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Armed Forces / Re: William Thomas DOWNHAM, Born 1845, Lambeth, Surrey
« on: Yesterday at 22:09 »
I would suggest it's more than likely that the deceased was Roman Catholic.
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Armed Forces / Re: William Thomas DOWNHAM, Born 1845, Lambeth, Surrey
« on: Yesterday at 20:36 »
The burial was carried out by John F Browne, who can be found in Portsmouth in the 1881 census.
He was R(oman) C(atholic) priest, Chaplain to Forces.
See RG 11 /1150/ 72/ 16
He was R(oman) C(atholic) priest, Chaplain to Forces.
See RG 11 /1150/ 72/ 16
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Armed Forces / Re: William Thomas DOWNHAM, Born 1845, Lambeth, Surrey
« on: Yesterday at 17:29 »Sadly, no.........he was Church of England, baptised in the Anglican Church of St. Mary, Newington, Surrey. Just for a moment I thought you had the explanation
Possibly, although baptised in the Church of England, he had become a practising member of a non-conformist church? That might explain burial in the non-Church of England part of the cemetery.
My own grandfather was baptised C of E but in his teens became a member of the Methodist Church and remained so all his life.
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Graveyards and Gravestones / Re: Help please
« on: Yesterday at 10:28 »
Interesting…..perhaps Edward lived in Ovingham as a child - he gives it as his birthplace in both 1851 and 1861. In 1841 he’s in East Rainton, Co. Durham, birthplace ‘out of county’.
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Graveyards and Gravestones / Re: Help please
« on: Yesterday at 10:14 »
A death certificate won’t give you his burial place.
You really need a parish register look up. I can’t see that the Winlaton registers for that time are available online.
You really need a parish register look up. I can’t see that the Winlaton registers for that time are available online.
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Graveyards and Gravestones / Re: Help please
« on: Yesterday at 09:53 »In 1851 he was living in Winlaton, birthplace Ovingham.
HO 107/ 2403/ 26/ 4
He was also living in Winlaton in 1861, so I should think the likelihood of burial there is fairly strong.
Added: his widow was still there in 1871
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Graveyards and Gravestones / Re: Help please
« on: Yesterday at 09:41 »
In 1851 he was living in Winlaton, birthplace Ovingham.
HO 107/ 2403/ 26/ 4
HO 107/ 2403/ 26/ 4
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The Common Room / Re: "Was Thomas Bolitho a gold miner in Sandhurst Australia?".
« on: Wednesday 17 April 24 16:01 BST (UK) »I wish to know if Thomas was a gold miner there in long gully area??
The Thomas Bolitho who died in 1897 had a Long Gully connection
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The Common Room / Re: "Was Thomas Bolitho a gold miner in Sandhurst Australia?".
« on: Wednesday 17 April 24 15:52 BST (UK) »
There is an In Memoriam announcement in the Bendigo Advertiser 9th April 1900 which might perhaps relate to tornado's couple:
Bolitho: in loving memory of our dear mother (Catherine Bolitho) who died 8th April 1898. Aged 46 years. Also our dear father Thomas R. Bolitho who died 21st March 1897. Aged 48 years.
Bolitho: in loving memory of our dear mother (Catherine Bolitho) who died 8th April 1898. Aged 46 years. Also our dear father Thomas R. Bolitho who died 21st March 1897. Aged 48 years.