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Title: Burial place query
Post by: cupcake on Monday 15 October 18 12:04 BST (UK)
Would like to know where Coleman Hugh Kidman and his wife Annie Mary Kidman (Close) could be buried.

Annie died 1944 - Hastings  Coleman Hugh 1951 - Northampton.

Any information will be appreciated.

cupcake
Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: BumbleB on Monday 15 October 18 12:28 BST (UK)
Have you got actual dates of death, and their addresses at the time, or have you just taken the Registration District as an indication?  Registration Districts tend to cover a range of towns and villages.

Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: cupcake on Monday 15 October 18 12:44 BST (UK)
Have you got actual dates of death, and their addresses at the time, or have you just taken the Registration District as an indication?  Registration Districts tend to cover a range of towns and villages.

These are just GRO references. Sorry, I don't have addresses. Will keep looking.

ADD. Just had a look and there is a probate for Coleman Hugh Kidman of 79 Eastern Avenue,Northampton.Died 19 March 1951.

cupcake
Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: rosie99 on Monday 15 October 18 12:59 BST (UK)
Annies funeral took place at Fairlight Church (Hastings) - abode at time of death Lenblaron, Shepherds Way, Fairlight.  No mention of where body was buried
Hastings and St Leonards Observer 21 October 1944
Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: cupcake on Monday 15 October 18 13:07 BST (UK)
Annies funeral took place at Fairlight Church (Hastings) - abode at time of death Lenblaron, Shepherds Way, Fairlight.  No mention of where body was buried
Hastings and St Leonards Observer 21 October 1944

Thank you very much for that, very much appreciated.

Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: cupcake on Monday 15 October 18 17:30 BST (UK)
Annies funeral took place at Fairlight Church (Hastings) - abode at time of death Lenblaron, Shepherds Way, Fairlight.  No mention of where body was buried
Hastings and St Leonards Observer 21 October 1944

Thank you very much for that, very much appreciated.

Have contacted the Fairlight Church to see if Annie was buried there or, where she might have been.
Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: rosie99 on Monday 15 October 18 17:31 BST (UK)
I suppose the alternative could be Hastings cemetery. I know that my gt grandmother who was living in Fairlight is buried in Hastings.

Let me know if you get a repky  :)
Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: cupcake on Monday 15 October 18 17:41 BST (UK)
I suppose the alternative could be Hastings cemetery. I know that my gt grandmother who was living in Fairlight is buried in Hastings.

Let me know if you get a repky  :)

Will do.

Curious to know whether her husband would have been buried with her.He died in 1951 - Northampton.
Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: rosie99 on Monday 15 October 18 17:44 BST (UK)
I suppose that is possible as the family were resident in Fairlight area prior to Annies death.
Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: cupcake on Wednesday 17 October 18 05:44 BST (UK)
I suppose that is possible as the family were resident in Fairlight area prior to Annies death.

Have had a reply from Fairlight Church.

According to the records, an Annie Eliza* Mary Kidiman (later amended to Kidman), was buried at Fairlight on 14th October 1944 (*The writing is unclear – this name could be Eliza or Clara or Edna). The address is given as The Cove died Municipal Hospital Hastings aged 72 years. In the side column is written ‘double’.

The Cove was the local hotel/pub/restaurant. One of my colleagues wrote an article about The Cove and his research had a gap during the war years – namely we do not know who owned it or lived there at that time.

Secondly there is an entry for Coleman Hugh Kidman, buried 24th March 1951, aged 79. The address is 79 Eastern Avenue, Northampton. Again in the side column it says ‘Reopen Grave – full’. So presumably he was buried with his wife.

Also a look at our records suggests that there is no stone – but that is not definite as the records are incomplete.

ADD - Just a pity the records aren't complete regarding whether there is a headstone.


cupcake
Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 17 October 18 07:55 BST (UK)
I am impressed that you got a quick answer.   It is also good that you have found that they are buried there together.  Thank you for letting me know.
Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: cupcake on Wednesday 17 October 18 08:58 BST (UK)
I am impressed that you got a quick answer.   It is also good that you have found that they are buried there together.  Thank you for letting me know.

You are most welcome.  I was impressed with their prompt reply giving me so much information. Just a shame I don't know whether there is a headstone.

Thanks to you giving me Annie's burial details, I have been able to confirm her and husband Coleman's burial place  :)

Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: larkspur on Wednesday 17 October 18 09:45 BST (UK)
It may be worth while posting on a local board and asking if anyone lives near the burial ground and would be willing to kindly go and have a check for a grave stone. I have done it a few times for local, to me, graveyards and been able to send a photo.
Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: cupcake on Wednesday 17 October 18 09:53 BST (UK)
It may be worth while posting on a local board and asking if anyone lives near the burial ground and would be willing to kindly go and have a check for a grave stone. I have done it a few times for local, to me, graveyards and been able to send a photo.

Yes, I had been thinking about that but, I don't have any other information to give them, other than they were buried there.

cupcake
Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: cupcake on Saturday 27 October 18 06:58 BST (UK)
It may be worth while posting on a local board and asking if anyone lives near the burial ground and would be willing to kindly go and have a check for a grave stone. I have done it a few times for local, to me, graveyards and been able to send a photo.

Yes, I had been thinking about that but, I don't have any other information to give them, other than they were buried there.

cupcake

I have posted regarding a headstone in Fairlight Churchyard and a Rootschatter has kindly offered to look for me. It is appears to be a large cemetery and will take a few visits.

cupcake
Title: Re: Burial place query
Post by: larkspur on Wednesday 31 October 18 11:46 GMT (UK)
 ;)  best of luck.