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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Yorkshire (East Riding & York) => England => Yorkshire (East Riding & York) Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Jonathan Fry on Tuesday 17 December 19 21:06 GMT (UK)
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Hi and thanks for reading my post.
I'm trying to locate the grave of my great grandfather James Augustus Fry. James died on the 23rd March 1922 and a notice in the Hull Daily Mail on the 27th March 1922 stated he was to be interred in the Hull Western Cemetery, possibly on that date.
Does anyone have access to any information which may help me to locate his grave or at least the area he is buried in so I can visit his grave.
Thanks,
Jonathan Fry.
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Hi Jonathan and welcome to RootsChat, if you google the "Hull City Council Bereavement Services" there is a link to Western Cemetery and contact details, as you have the date of death, they should be able to give you a plot number and email you a plan of the cemetery.
http://www.hull.gov.uk/communities-and-living/births-and-deaths/bereavement-services
Carol
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Thanks Carol. I messaged them at lunchtime and had a reply with James' grave location within a couple of hours. Fantastic, we can now head down to the cemetery at the weekend and have a closer look.
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a reply with James' grave location within a couple of hours.
Compartment 545 Grave 52607
Cause of Death Senile Decay
Undertakers appear to be S Robinson & Sons, 424 Hessle Road. Still there!
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Thanks Carol. I messaged them at lunchtime and had a reply with James' grave location within a couple of hours. Fantastic, we can now head down to the cemetery at the weekend and have a closer look.
Aw that's great Jonathan, so pleased for you ;) Great additional info from Jon too :D
Carol
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a reply with James' grave location within a couple of hours.
Compartment 545 Grave 52607
Cause of Death Senile Decay
Undertakers appear to be S Robinson & Sons, 424 Hessle Road. Still there!
Thank you very much Jon. We're going on Sunday to have a look. I'm not expecting to find a headstone but it will be nice to see where he's been resting for nearly 100 years. I don't suppose your information indicated whether his wife Mary Ann Fry who died on 23rd February 1930 is buried in the same grave?
Thanks again,
Jon.
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As Jon is offline I hope he doesn't mind me answering.
Mary Ann is buried in Compartment 351, Grave 33961. Died of Heart Failure
Details here: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-996P-DQL9?i=149&cat=702378
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As Jon is offline I hope he doesn't mind me answering.
Mary Ann is buried in Compartment 351, Grave 33961. Died of Heart Failure
Details here: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-996P-DQL9?i=149&cat=702378
Thank you very much Jomot. I didn't realise these records were available on FamilySearch. You've just given us another target for Sunday's trip to the cemetery which is brilliant.
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Hope your visit was successful Jonathan ;D
Carol
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Hope your visit was successful Jonathan ;D
Carol
It was Carol, thank you. We located the approximate grave locations of both James and his wife Mary. There were no headstones but I guessed there might not be. Using a bit of creative mathematics based on other grave numbers we think we got pretty close. I've also discovered since visiting on Sunday that Mary's granddaughter Amelia is buried with her and I've got a second great aunt and her husband in another compartment so there's a good chance I'm going back tomorrow for another look.
This should keep me occupied over the holiday!! :)
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Oh that's great, have you found their cause of death in the burial records on family search? I have spent a lot of time looking around both Western and General cemeteries in the past.
Carol
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Oh that's great, have you found their cause of death in the burial records on family search? I have spent a lot of time looking around both Western and General cemeteries in the past.
Carol
Since Jomot posted the link to the burial records my normal life has come to an end and I've spent just about every available minute both at home and at work trawling the records. I've added burial information for another dozen in my family tree tonight alone. I've found a second great uncle and his wife in Northern Cemetery (I'm going to try and get there tomorrow too)! The home address at the time if death and also the place of death notes are also useful.
It's a shame there doesn't appear to be cremation records transcribed at the moment (unless I'm looking in the wrong place) as these would help for those I can't find burials for.