Charles Lamb 1827-1895 Methodist, Cordwainer and Painter

[Worlygigger]

I'm travelling close to Uttoxeter in a few weeks and want to find Charles Lamb's grave, (if he had a stone, of course) but I'm not sure where he would have been buried. He was definitely a Methodist and his second marriage to Harriet Wood in the 1880s is not recorded in the BMDs, although in the 1891 census they are man and wife. In the 1881 census she was just his servant, but living with him, with her children from a previous marriage, at Chapel Gardens in Uttoxeter.

In that 1891 census, they are living in Spath, just outside Uttoxeter. Is he likely to have been buried in Uttoxeter Cemetery? So would Uttoxeter Council be able to tell me this and do they charge for the privilege?

[Willow 4873]

You could try emailing them info@uttoxetertowncouncil.org.uk Wolverhampton has a bereavements service who will very kindly look up grave sites but I don't know how they deal with this at Uttoxeter

But as my dad always said - if you don't ask you don't get

Willow x

[Worlygigger]

Thanks for that advice, Willow. I'll give them a try.

[Willow 4873]

Good luck

Willow x

[Worlygigger]

Just as an update on my research into Charles's second wife, Harriet Wood, I have found her in the 1871 census, living with her parents, unmarried and the mother of three children!! Not unusual, of course, but I was wondering if anyone could confirm that Eliza Wood b 1868, Mary Ann Wood b 1870 and Hannah b 1873 were all baseborn. Their place of birth was given as Kingstone, which was part of the Uttoxeter Reg district.

Thank you for any help given in answering this query.

[Worlygigger]

Charles Lamb appears not to have been buried at Uttoxeter Cem'y - if he was, he has no stone memorial. Perhaps he was buried at a church - or are there any Methodist burial plots elsewhere?

[trish1120]

ELIZA Wood Christened 6 Sept 1868, Shenston, Staffordshire
Mother HARRIETT Wood
(F/S.Org)

Only one I could find

[trish1120]

I just noticed most Family Trees have Charles Father a HENRY which according to his 1850 Marriage is not correct.
You may already have this.
Marriage on FreeREG 1850 Derbyshire, Father SAMUEL Lamb, Farmer
Witnesses, William Lamb and Emma Louisa Lamb

Emma Louisa Lamb
Baptism Date:    15 Aug 1819
Baptism Place: Bradley, Derbyshire, England
Father: Samuel Lamb
Mother: Hannah
(Source Anc)

1851 in Clifton, Derbyshire
HO107/2146/204/18
Hannah Lamb, 61, Head, Widow, Pauper, born Rodsby
Emma L Lamb, 30, Daug, Unm, Lace Rimmer, born Gree Dersley
Saml W Lamb, 10, Grandson
George E Lamb,1, Grandson

1841;
Hannah Lamb, 45, Pauper
Emma Lamb, 20, Dressmaker
Lydia Lamb, 15
William Lamb, 13
Abel Lamb, 10
Samuel Lamb, 3mths
Milcha Lamb, 8

CHARLES Lamb 23 Nov 1823 Bradley, Derbyshire
Parents SAMUEL/HANNAH
Siblings;
Emma Louisa 1819 as above
MARY ANN, 19 Nov 1820
SARAH, 20 Jan 1822
LYDIA ELIZABETH, 8 May 1825
WILLIAM JABEZ, 28 Jan 1827
ABEL, 27 April 1828
MITCHER (Female), 27 Feb 1831 (Michal on Marriage 1863)
(Familysearch.Org)

Samuel LAMB Married Hannah MURFIN 21 Dec 1818 Ashbourne, Derbyshire
(F/S.Org)

Burial;
SAMUEL Lamb 1 April 1833 Ashbourne, age 37  (1796)
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Hannah MURFIN, 23 Jan 1795 Bradley to WILLIAM/HANNAH
(F/S.Org)

Likely Marriage;
William MURFIN of Bradley/Hannah HARLOW of Wirksworth, 3 March 1794, St Mary, Wirksworth
(FreeREG)

Trish

[Worlygigger]

That's excellent info - many thanks, Trish, fills in a few gaps.