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Family History Documents and Artefacts => Graveyards and Gravestones => Topic started by: GCE on Thursday 04 August 11 16:47 BST (UK)
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I cannot find where my Grandad is buried! He died 09/11/1913 in Mint Street Workhouse Southwark. There was a Coroner's report and my Grandmother declared that she had insurance. The burial entry says 'buried by friends'. I have tried all the cemeteries around Southwark and its area and the cemetery where Mint Street Occupants were taken to. There is no record of his burial. Where do I go from here.
His name was Charles Knight born in Bow in December 1874 son of Edward and Caroline Knight nee Stephens. My grandmother was Emily Adeline Knight nee Griggs.
GCE
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Hi, and welcome to Rootschat. I'm confused - not difficult, I know :D
You say the burial entry states "buried by friends" and so if you have that information, surely you must also have the cemetery/graveyard!
BumbleB
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Sorry, just seen the entry, which is the list of deaths in the Workhouse :-[ :-[
BumbleB
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Hi,
Have you tried : findagrave.com
I have found some on that site and its a freebee.......Hope this might help !!!
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Thanks have tried that - no luck! :(
GCE
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hi,sometimes a death notice would be put in the local newspaper,which would have the place of burial,maybe your grandmother did that?If so,local libraries usually have old newspapers on microfilm to search.
Steve
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Although that seems a good place to search apart from the insurance money my Grandmother did not have much money. I do not think she would have put an entry into the newspaper but as there was a coroner's report there may have been one filed by a reporter. However, a few months ago when I searched for copies of the South London Press for that time I did not seem to be able to find papers for that time. I will persevere and see what I can find but I have searched many avenues to find his grave and seem to hit a brickwall.
GCE
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Could your grandad have been a Quaker?
I wonder if the reference to friends was shorthand for The Religious Society of Friends.
Could he have been cremated rather than buried?
Are there any Quaker burial grounds in the vicinity?
Cheers
Guy
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I am certain he was not a Quaker but assumed the phrase was a general term used when a person was not buried by the council. We believe his paternal grandmother was Jewish but ahe would not have had any influence on his religious persuasion. He was baptised along with several of his siblings as a group baptism - like a job lot.
But thanks for the suggestion.
GCE
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Hi
If you have checked all the cemeteries in Southwark and the adjacent boroughs see the link for the full list plus crematoriums with their dates of opening (very few crematoriums in the whole country in 1913)
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,403485.0.html
Find a Grave has only a small coverage in the London area considering there are at least 150 possible cemeteries (full list in link).
Have you also checked Brookwood Cemetery? If he had been buried by the workhouse I would certainly have suggested checking that cemetery first. Is that the cemetery you mean 'and the cemetery where Mint Street Occupants were taken to'.
Regards
Valda
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Thanks - I have checked Brookwood and no luck! Will look at the others you have suggested. My grandmother and two of her daughters plus my Step Grandad and the husband of one of her daughters are buried at Nunhead. I tried there with no success.
His family came from the East End so that maybe another area to check.
GCE