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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Derbyshire => Topic started by: Moosie100 on Thursday 12 June 14 16:21 BST (UK)
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I am looking for the burial place of the REV Julius Benn who is buried in the Matlock area in 1883 after being murdered by his son William Rutherford Benn.
Regards]
William
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According to the Probate Record, he was a "dissenting minister", so that might rule out any local CoE graveyards.
Have you tried the local council - Derbyshire Dales - to see if they have any cemetary listings?
STG
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According to the newspaper reports he was a Congregationalist Minister, residing at 119 Stepney Green, London. According to the 1881 census he had a wife and five children, his eldest son attended the inquest so it could be his body was returned to London for burial.
Stan
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In the 1871 Census he had eight children in London, so it is more than likely that his body was returned to London for a family funeral.
Stan
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I would also assume the funeral service would be held in his church.
Stan
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Hi Stan,
Thanks for the information. I believe the body was left in the area due to the fact it was a bad corpse and the newspapers reports he was buried locally.
I'am not sure of the Matlock area so not sure what cemeteries are there.
Regards
William
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just seen the message from smalltowngirl.
I was hoping that the Derbyshire sales were online but not available yet.
May have to travel up that way to check the records
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Have you seen this ...
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=125428574
If you Google "Rev Julius Benn" you will find lots of information - including the fact that Tony Benn was a descendant.
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May have to travel up that way to check the records
The flaw with that plan is that you don't know they've got what you're looking for. Try this link
http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record_office/records/
Then, if they confirm they have the set you're after, maybe some kind soul would do the look-up for you.
Or, if the local Council don't come up trumps, perhaps you could try Derbyshire Family History Society.
http://www.dfhs.org.uk/
STG
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I know about the findagrave article as I wrote it and go by the name of Moosie, but thank you for checking for me and replying.
I will contact the record office on Monday and see what records they hold and thanks for the tip, live in London so could of been a wasted journey.
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In the British Library 19th C newspaper archive -The 'Sheffield and Rotherham, Independent', dated Mar 7, 1883 has a long article about the inquest, but then a shorter para re the Reverend's career. This last paragrpah states:
The body of the Rev Julius Benn was taken to London by the train leaving Matlock Bridge at 5.24pm, and will be interred in Ilford Cemetary on Thursday
Hope this helps in your search
T1908
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According to the 1881 census he had a wife and five children, his eldest son attended the inquest so it could be his body was returned to London for burial.
Stan
In the British Library 19th C newspaper archive -The 'Sheffield and Rotherham, Independent', dated Mar 7, 1883 has a long article about the inquest, but then a shorter para re the Reverend's career. This last paragrpah states:
The body of the Rev Julius Benn was taken to London by the train leaving Matlock Bridge at 5.24pm, and will be interred in Ilford Cemetary on Thursday
Just as I assumed :)
Stan
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Thank you for the information and taking the time to help out. Spoke to the cemetery and they confirm he is in IIford so a mystery now solved.
Thank you