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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Essex => Topic started by: Helen Bedford on Sunday 06 November 11 15:53 GMT (UK)
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Hi
I have found a burial for Sarah Dance, 10 Oct 1867 in Barkingside.
If anyone has acess to the parish burials could they look up the age please?
Helen
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Sarahs age is put at 47yrs.
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Hi
Thanks for that, it's very close to what I was looking for, I don't suppose it gives a specific address at all please?
Helen
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No, it just says Barkingside.
You could get the death cert.
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Hi
many thanks anyway
Helen
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Hi Helen
When I was looking for my Nana's grave in Barkingside a friend took me to the records office which, from memory, was in a new cemetery out near Fairlop Waters. They quickly found it for me and allowed me to look at the register.
I have been unable to find the address of this place on the net but maybe if you contacted Redbridge council they could tell you. Or if you wrote to Barkingside Cemetery, Longwood Gardens, Barkingside, Essex (which is where the older cemeteries are) the letter would probably find its way to the central office.
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Hi Scrabble
Thanks for that thought, that is certainly worth a try!
Helen
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Hi
The Essex burial guide at the top of the Rootschat Essex boards lists the cemeteries in the London boroughs (areas formerly in the county of Essex) their date of opening, their addresses and links to the necessary cemetery offices, as well as cemeteries in modern day Essex. Barkingside cemetery for instance opened in 1923. Buckingham Road Cemetery is the oldest in Redbridge - that opened in 1881.
However the indication is this 1867 burial was in a churchyard not a civic cemetery? If that is the case what is in the church burial register is what there is. The church register will be deposited at Essex Record Office. Cemetery record offices only hold records for civic cemeteries. As suffolk*sue says further details giving her address will be on her death certificate.
You would expect a death for Barkingside to be registered in Romford registration district but I can't see an entry in the GRO civil registration index. It might be worth contacting the local registry office which I think is now Barking and Dagenham to see if they hold a death certificate for her.
http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/CommunityPeopleAndLiving/Registrationinformation/Pages/Certificates.aspx
Regards
Valda
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Hi Valda
I actually found the entry on Family Search as "Barkingside", so I have taken up your suggestion and emailed Barking Registrar with a query.
I know it's clutching at straws, but I did find a death in Whitechapel for Sarah Dance aged 50. It isn't far from Barking and the family has married in Bethnal Green, which is next door. The only problem is I cannot give her a reason yet to be visiting the area - I have not traced any of her children yet to the area!! I think I will try that next.
Helen
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Hi
have emailed both Barking & Redbridge Registrars - both failed to find Sarah Dance buried in Barkingside in 1867 - very strange!
Although both her living children are in Barking, the Whitechapel one is looking more and more attractive, so I might send for that.
Helen
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Could the lady buried in Barkingside be the one registered in Whitechapel, same year and quarter. I know the age is slightly different, but depending on who gave the information.
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Although unusual it is entirely possible for the place of death and the burial to be miles apart. My Granny died in hospital in Wickford but was buried in Barkingside because her family lived there.
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Update on Topic
I have now found that the GRO now do digital copies of index entries for £2.50, which is very reasonable!
So I decided to take the plunge on this one and found the reason for the discrepancy - she was in the London Hospital, Whitechapel with diseased kidneys.
This was definitely the right woman, as she was described as "widow of Francis Dance, beer house keeper", which is 100% correct as her husband Francis died in 1858 and that was his occupation.
So the death is the correct one and the burial is 3 years out as she was baptised in 1817.
Helen