Farraday's of Rochdale

[TinaRoyal]

I have just returned from Rochdale, where I was doing research into my 3x Great-Grandparents John Farraday and Elizabeth Lord.  Both John and Betty were born around 1781 and got married in St Chad’s Parish Church in Rochdale on 13th July 1806.  John was buried in the “new” burial ground of St. Chad’s on 19th March 1831 and according to the “Inscriptions on Tombstones”, prepared by the Borough Surveyor’s Office in Rochdale, Elizabeth died on 12th September 1847.  Unfortunately there is no burial recorded for Elizabeth in the Parish Registers of St. Chad’s, on or after that date.

Can anyone suggest an explanation for this, or offer any reason why the burial should not be recorded ?  Most of the Headstones in the “new” burial ground were laid horizontally and the majority are now overgrown, so I could not read what might have been originally recorded on the Headstone of their Burial Plot P34.

To further complicate the matter, on the same Headstone it is recorded that Margaret, their daughter aged 1, died on 31st October 1835, which means that she was born three years after John had died.  Again there is no record of the burial of Margaret in St. Chad’s Parish Registers.

[jacquelineve]

Have you found a death registration for Elizabeth(12 Sept 1847)

Jackie

[garstonite]

in case you were not aware
John Faraday buried 19th March 1831 St Chad , Rochdale - aged 50years - buried by J.W.Inchbald .
John Faraday abode - Yorkshire Street
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html
ADDED John was a Plasterer
12th July 1807 baptism of William Faraday son of John and Betty
abode Yorkshire Street
occupation Plasterer
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21st aug 1816 3 baptisms for John and Betty
George Faraday - born 17th May 1816
James Faraday - born 16th April 1813
Robert Faraday - born 1st Dec 1810
Hunters Lane as Abode - occ Plasterer
.............
30th May 1819 Matty Faraday - back in Yorkshire Street - Plasterer
28th dec 1823 - but born on 2nd May 1822 Ellen Holland Faraday - Yorkshire Street - Plasterer
28th nov 1824 - born on 15th October Margery Faraday - abode Folly - Plasterer

you say Margaret died aged 1 1835 - I wonder if that is a mistranscription and it should read Margery aged 11

[TinaRoyal]

Jackie,

I have not found any registration of death for Elizabeth, (or a Betty), of any appropriate age, in the whole of 1847, either on the GRO Index or on FreeBMD.

Tina.

[garstonite]

I have added to my last post -  Margaret died aged 1 1835 - should  it be Margery aged 11 and has been transcribed wrong ??

[garstonite]

No - not a mistranscription
Margery Faraday daughter of John buried 4th November 1825 at St Chad aged 1 - abode Yorkshire Street
can you find Margerys grave ??

[emeltom]

Below is the entry for Margery taken from lancs opc - note the year

Burial: 4 Nov 1825 St Chad, Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Margery Farrady - Daughter of John Farrady
    Age: 1 yr
    Abode: Yorkshire St
    Buried by: Wm. Hodgson Offg Minister
    Register: Burials 1824 - 1830, Page 73, Entry 580
    Source: LDS Family Search

Emeltom

[TinaRoyal]

Garstonite and Emeltom,

Between you, I think you might have cracked it.  According to the St. Chad’s Burial Register, 1 year old Margery Farraday was buried in the “new” burial ground on 4th November 1825.  I suspect the date has been transcribed wrong, and the Headstone should read that she died on 31st October 1825 and not 31st October 1835.

Thank you.

Tina.

[garstonite]

Ahh ...I see what you mean - yes Tina that looks very likely ...just connected with the death 31st Oct and burial 4th November - but they have transcribed 1835 instead of 1825 ...makes sense - yes (unknowingly ) we have cracked it - I was looking at Margery - you posted Margaret - and thought it may be the right girl
lets see what other members think - but I think your assumption to be correct - well done