burial on medway

[ali607]

hi i am trying to find the burial place of my ggg grandad George PLeasance. he was born in 1814 in gillingham and died 1908 (good age!) Medway. He was a ropemaker and could have died at James St in Gillingham - its quite likely.

i wonder if anyone could seuggest whereabouts he is buried?

Thanks
Alison

[Jebber]

Hi Alison,

I think perhaps you should amend your dates, you have him born six years after he died.

I think the most likely burial ground would be Gillingham Green Cemetery, Grange Road.

Jebber

[ali607]

oh right thank you - i will look that up
Alison

[casalguidi]

Hi Alison

Here's the email link for the Medway Cemeteries department should you not have found it yet: http://www.medway.gov.uk/index/community/burials/cemeteries.htm

Casalguidi

[buddysmum]

hi think you should look at woodlands road as i know from my own family gillingham green was full long be for your date it was only famly volts after 1896 or there about hope this helps

[ali607]

oh thanks very much!
great help
Alison

[Jebber]

I have to beg to differ with buddysmum.

As well having numerous family members buried in Woodlands Road Cemetery, my great grandfather and greatgrand mother were buried in Gilligham Green  Cemetery in 1924 and 1929 respectively, as were other family members in the early nineteen hundreds. They were most definitely not in a vaults.

(Grange Road Cemetery was established as Gillingham's first municipal cemetery in the mid ninteteenth century and was formally closed to new burials in 1973. Woodlands Road Cemetery was established in the early 20th. century and from 1973 became the only operating municipal cemetery in Gillingham. Both cemeteries also served the Rainham area from 1929 when that parish was transferred from the jurisdiction of Milton next Sittingbourne Rural District Council to Gillingham Borough)

Extract from City Ark.

Jebber

[buddysmum]

hi again tryed to copy of medway city arc site but wont let me but this is what it says register of burials 1842 -1927 There are few burials after 1867 and only seven after 1896 you can look it up i go there many times and is free for all

[casalguidi]

Hi Alison

As this is an old request just wondering if it is now complete?

Casalguidi