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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Durham => Topic started by: YB2019 on Thursday 27 August 20 14:58 BST (UK)
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Hello,
Can anyone help? My great grandfather was born 1911 and died in 1960. He was buried in his local cemetery along with his wife. I have his death certificate which claims when and how he died. I then contacted the cemetery where I thought he was buried to check records and the priest there confirmed my great grandfather is indeed buried there. The shocker came when he said he was buried in 1961...a whole 6 months after he died!!
There is no headstone, just a small figurine marking the plot which leads me to believe they did not have a lot of money and there are other family members buried in the same cemetery.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know of a reason why it would take 6 months to bury someone when the cause of death was natural causes?
Thank You :)
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Have you checked to see whether he had been cremated.
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Oh no I didn't even think to do that. How would I check if he was cremated?
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If he died local to where he was buried I would imagine the nearest crematorium would have records. They would need a death date.
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Ohh OK.....I didn't even think to research this. I will contact the local crematorium where I think he may have been and drop them an email to see if they have records.
Thank you so much :)
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Had his wife already died :-\
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No, he died first then his wife died 10 years later but was buried 2 weeks after she died in the same plot as him.
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I would be surprised if a Body was later interred with ashes though, it is normally the other way round.
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Yeah I know, me and my mam think the same as you. It is a mystery......
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Without getting all gory if his death was a result of a crime and the body had to be kept until after the trial could that explain things?
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Death was by Natural causes :-\.
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Yes so it was, I missed that the first time round. Sorry.
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To be honest I also thought the same and maybe thought there was something a miss, but as he died of natural causes I can't think of why it would take so long to bury or cremate him.
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I would doubt that he was being 'preserved' prior to burial for that long. Maybe the burial records are wrong. Was there an obituary
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Same here...I think the burial record is wrong. I don't think there was an obituary and I have never been able to find one which doesn't help :'(
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Have you tried online burial sites such as
https://www.findagrave.com/
https://www.deceasedonline.com/
for the latter you will probably have to pay to see results in detail but you should still be able to search to see if there are any results. Also I believe the latter includes both burials and cremations.
NB: Both sites are not complete but worth a try ?
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Yeah I use 'findagrave' quite a bit and have had some good successes with it, but sadly not with the relatives I need :( I have not used 'deceasedonline' but it's worth a look so thank you for the info :)