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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cheshire => Topic started by: Renron on Thursday 25 January 18 14:33 GMT (UK)
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Hi , Can any one help?.
There was a family ancestor buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Birkenhead in 1916. In, approximately, 1957 the churchyard was sold to Cammell Lairds, Shipbuilders for the building of a dry dock. The remains (some 5,500 people, were reinterred in Landican Cemetery. Wirral Archives confirm the the person concerned, Hilda Humphreys (age 1) was indeed reinterred at Landican. At a visit to Landican today they say they have no record of the person as they only have a record of the first person buried in each grave. I think that there must be a record of who is buried where, can anyone point me in the right direction to look
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If Wirral Archives have confirmed that she was reinterred at Landican, then in theory there should be a burial plot/grave number for her.
Recheck with Wirral Archives and ask if there is any plot or grave number for her.
Was there anything in the local news about this reinterment in 1957?
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Hi Girl Guide, yes I thought I would go back to Wirral Archives and see what I can find.
The reinternment was a big deal in the area at the time as the remains of 5,500 people were involved. They are all reinterned in a specific St Mary's area of Landican. The records that were shown to me at Landican do look VERY basic so I'm not too optimistic. Searching the web regarding the basics of the reinternment leads to think that as the remains were recovered they were placed in a new coffin in plot order and reburied the same way, so that is the route I am taking and will look as to whom was buried with whom and try and solve the problem that way!.
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Afternoon Renron
if you have a look here (you will need to scroll to the beginning (using older posts) there is a detailed explanation of how the graves were moved & numbered. I have not found a MI for Hilda though there is one for a Humphreys family.
http://stmarysbirkenhead.blogspot.co.uk/
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Hello, I have just joined RootsChat so am learning as I go.
I was looking up information about St Mary's graveyard in Birkenhead most of which was moved in 1957 to another cemetery in the borough.
Someone was looking for a grave in 2018(?).
Some years ago I visited Birkenhead Archive and found some extensive research notes which included a list of the graves that had been moved. I think the list was in alphabetical order but gave the reference number for the new grave location at Landican Cemetery. I was able to use the information to locate about five family headstones which I was interested in. I will provide more info if anyone is still looking.