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Hi all.

I'm trying to find possible burial locations for someone who died at home, living at Copestick Street, Ancoats. I've seen part of an old map showing All Souls church in Ancoats, but after reading up on it it doesn't have a graveyard.
I have also searched the manchester council burial records with no positive result.
I'm looking for the burial of John Johnson, who died at Copestick Street, in February of 1922. He was born around 1863 in Beswick / Bradford area of Manchester.
His wife died in 1948, and is buried in St.Josephs R.C cemetery, He isn't buried with her.
Any advice gratefully received,

Thanks in advance, Benn.

A search has been launched for the final resting place of a First World War soldier who is thought to be buried in Salford.

Belgian soldier Franciscus Alphonsus Van den Eynde, 21, was wounded fighting in Mechelen in the fields of his home country.

He is honoured on a plaque for the fallen in a church in the town where he was raised.

He was brought to England for medical treatment, and his death was recorded in Salford on December 3, 1914. He had been a ‘karabillier’ or rifleman.

It is believed he may have been treated at Salford Royal Hospital in Chapel Street.

Now council staff from Zandhoven, the district where the soldier was born, have appealed to Salford residents to help find his last resting place.

City Mayor Ian Stewart said: “I’ve asked staff to check records and see if Mr Van der Eynde is indeed buried in our city but it may be an enthusiastic local historian already knows where his grave is.”

Kevin Verboven from Zandhoven wrote to Salford council asking for help.

He writes: “I’m part of the Zandhoven municipal advisory group tasked with the World War 1 commemorations, asked to gather data on the fallen soldiers of our municipality.

“One of these fallen soldiers, commemorated in the town of of Viersel, is Franciscus Alphonsus Van den Eynde. He was born in Viersel the 21st of March 1893. He is said to have died in December 1914. What little information I have claims that he was wounded and that he died in Salford, Great Britain.”

“I’m amongst others trying to ascertain where Mr Van den Eynde died and importantly where he was and maybe still remains buried. The Belgian database which lists the fallen soldiers of the first World War lists this person but not his burial site. Usually burial sites are listed.

“The name I mentioned is the name listed on the Dutch language birth certificate (he was born in Dutch speaking Flanders). However these names were often shortened in daily use or they were given a French twist, this being a dominant language at the time in Belgium.”

A commemorative plaque in a church in Viersel lists him as Alfons - short for Alphonsus. But he may have been known as Frans or Franscois. If you can shed any light on the mystery email newsdesk@men-news.co.uk


(I've just copied & pasted this report from the M.E.N article. I hope that's ok)

Hi, If its possible is someone able to do an address search for 1901 please. I'm looking for the residents of 10 Hibberts Place, manchester.
Hope someone can help,
Thanks in advance
Benn

Hi all, after a long time of being away from my family tree, I had a look today at the 1911 census and found a new person in my tree. It was the grand daughter of my great great grandparents, so my grandfathers cousin? I just need to link her now to my great grandfathers siblings, so I'm hoping someone out there may have come across them. Her name was Eva Westwood, born in approx 1907, district of Barton upon irwell, and I think she married a William Shaw in 1928, also in Barton upon Irwell district. Before I have to order certificates I'm hoping someone will recognise these names. If she married william, I have found 3 of their children - but don't want to mention these as they could still be alive.
I hope someone can help, and I look forward to any replies.
Many thanks.
Benn