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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Death look up please
« on: Saturday 20 April 24 12:16 BST (UK) »Death announcement in Western Daily Press, 27th June 1980
Gibbs, A. S. (John) of Milbury Heath passed peacefully away at home on June 25th Aged 72. Will be sadly missed by his loving wife Gwen......
So, as nanny jane suggested, Arthur Septimus was usually known as John.
Date of birth in GRO death index 18th September 1907, which fits exactly with Arthur's date of birth in the 1939 register.
It would be quite nice to have some feedback on this.
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Armed Forces / Re: William Thomas DOWNHAM, Born 1845, Lambeth, Surrey
« on: Friday 19 April 24 22:09 BST (UK) »
I would suggest it's more than likely that the deceased was Roman Catholic.
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Armed Forces / Re: William Thomas DOWNHAM, Born 1845, Lambeth, Surrey
« on: Friday 19 April 24 20:36 BST (UK) »
The burial was carried out by John F Browne, who can be found in Portsmouth in the 1881 census.
He was R(oman) C(atholic) priest, Chaplain to Forces.
See RG 11 /1150/ 72/ 16
He was R(oman) C(atholic) priest, Chaplain to Forces.
See RG 11 /1150/ 72/ 16
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Armed Forces / Re: William Thomas DOWNHAM, Born 1845, Lambeth, Surrey
« on: Friday 19 April 24 17:29 BST (UK) »Sadly, no.........he was Church of England, baptised in the Anglican Church of St. Mary, Newington, Surrey. Just for a moment I thought you had the explanation
Possibly, although baptised in the Church of England, he had become a practising member of a non-conformist church? That might explain burial in the non-Church of England part of the cemetery.
My own grandfather was baptised C of E but in his teens became a member of the Methodist Church and remained so all his life.
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Graveyards and Gravestones / Re: Help please
« on: Friday 19 April 24 10:28 BST (UK) »
Interesting…..perhaps Edward lived in Ovingham as a child - he gives it as his birthplace in both 1851 and 1861. In 1841 he’s in East Rainton, Co. Durham, birthplace ‘out of county’.
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Graveyards and Gravestones / Re: Help please
« on: Friday 19 April 24 10:14 BST (UK) »
A death certificate won’t give you his burial place.
You really need a parish register look up. I can’t see that the Winlaton registers for that time are available online.
You really need a parish register look up. I can’t see that the Winlaton registers for that time are available online.
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Graveyards and Gravestones / Re: Help please
« on: Friday 19 April 24 09:53 BST (UK) »In 1851 he was living in Winlaton, birthplace Ovingham.
HO 107/ 2403/ 26/ 4
He was also living in Winlaton in 1861, so I should think the likelihood of burial there is fairly strong.
Added: his widow was still there in 1871
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Graveyards and Gravestones / Re: Help please
« on: Friday 19 April 24 09:41 BST (UK) »
In 1851 he was living in Winlaton, birthplace Ovingham.
HO 107/ 2403/ 26/ 4
HO 107/ 2403/ 26/ 4