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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cornwall => Topic started by: polly50 on Thursday 21 September 23 15:14 BST (UK)
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Does anyone know where the deceased inmates of Helston workhouse would have been buried?
I am looking for the burial details of Hetty Date born Sep. qtr 1882 and died March qtr 1883.She was my great grandmother's child and was born in the workhouse.
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Did she die in the workhouse. Children who were born in the workhouse were not necessarily permanently resident there
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"The OPC has produced a list, searchable by surname, for burials in Helston 1598 to 1893."
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/Helston
No Hetty Date burial is listed
Tony
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You also have to remember that the Workhouse was also the Hospital, back in those days.
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Thanks all for your help. I will send for her death certificate at some point it may throw up a clue.
I believe my great grandmother grew up in the workhouse and in 1882 she applied to enter it for her confinement according to the newspaper The Cornishman dated 21st April 1882. Sadly Hetty died when she was a few months old. I think it was then my g grandmother went back into service. Returning to the workhouse in 1887 with another baby on the way...this one survived.
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In the 1881 census was the mother of Hetty living in the town of Helston or a parish outside of Helston?
Tony
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In the 1881 census was the mother of Hetty living in the town of Helston or a parish outside of Helston?
Tony
In the 1881 census the mother of Hetty, Mary Ann Date, was living on a farm in Gunwalloe, which is quite close to Helston. When she became pregnant she applied to enter the workhouse. I believe the father of the child did not support her.
Of course Hetty may have been placed in a coffin with a deceased adult. Which I think was common practice then.
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the burials transcribed for the Opc database are the ones in the parish churchyard. She could have been buried in the cemetery
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/deaths-funerals-and-cremation/council-cemeteries-in-west-cornwall/
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Thank you osprey for the information. I will check it out.
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I discovered that Hetty is indeed buried in Helston cemetery. She is in a mass children's grave.
Thank you for the link osprey. The burial services office have been really helpful and very prompt in their replies.
Hetty's death certificate states she died in Helston workhouse, of marasmus aged 5 months. I should imagine my great grandmother was undernourished herself and would have struggled to feed a baby.
Thanks to all that have helped with my enquiry.
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it's good that you have found out where she is buried. Poor little mite!
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Sorry to come in late, Polly are you living in cornwall? I'm driving distance to Helston if I can help take pictures or if you know which graveyard and roughly were I might be able yo find a mark if one exists
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Sorry to come in late, Polly are you living in cornwall? I'm driving distance to Helston if I can help take pictures or if you know which graveyard and roughly were I might be able yo find a mark if one exists
Thank you for your kind offer. I frequently visit Cornwall and know the cemetery and the area well. Sadly, there won't be a gravestone as that branch of my family were poorer than church mice.
I will be visiting family after Christmas and will visit then. Once again many thanks.
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no problem, enjoy Cornwall when you come down