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Hi Rogier

Unfortunately you'll not find in this man via a search.  Anyone 'deemed to still be alive' so under 100 years will be redacted (that's the black line) you'll have seen.  They won't event turn up in a search.  You'll need to wait a couple more years I'm afraid.

Saying that, you should be able to submit a copy of a d/c for the record to be opened.  But I think you have to have identified where the redaction is.

CD

Hello all

My husbands great grandmother died in 1938. We discovered today, thanks to a newspaper article, that she committed suicide. There is a report on the inquest, but nothing at all about a burial is in the newspapers (that I can find).
I can't find any burial records, but I think that is due to the time period is still not online at the moment.
She lived in a village called Thaxted in Essex. So, I wondered if a) she isn't buried there but in the closest municipal cemetery b) because of her death, her burial was secret or was her body returned to her place of birth in Finchley, London.
Her name was Clara Johnson nee Neville, 1872-1938
Her husband George William Johnson married again a few months later after advertising for a housekeeper/companion in the newspapers!
thanks in advance
Lisa

Hi Lisa

Finding a burial of an ancestor is one of the hardest things we can try and do in family history.  Usually my first port of call is Findagrave (this is a volunteer lead website) Downside - not all cemeteries have been photographed. They only record graves with markers.

I would also try Deceased Online (£) many councils are now selling this information to Deceased online rather than having to monitor it themselves. They have lots of information. https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch

I don't think a municipal cemetery would 'refuse' to  accept someone because of the type of their death.  It is 1938 we are talking about. 

You also  need to consider cremation. And think about crem records.  Try Essex Archives

If no luck also consider if the family had a family plot?  Some did most did not.  Also consider looking for where the husband is buried.  There may be a route back to her resting place.

Kind regards,
CD

i have not much to go on and i am hoping that someone can help.
i am researching my great great Uncle Thomas Davies, born Herefordshire 1861. His parents were Thomas Davies born  1841Tupsley, Herefordshire. mother Martha Davies. His brother my great great grandfather was James Williams born circa 1835 and his wife was Jane Morris
i have Thomas Davies on the 1881 census living with his Uncle James at Pwlldu, Blaenafon. After that I lose Thomas (born 1861).
i have been told that he went to South Africa, no knowledge of his wife but he had a daughter called Rose Davies.
We believe he might have sailed on a ship named St Helena but that is only family verbal history.
Hope someone can help

Best
Ken

Hi Ken

I have a James Davies in my family, born in Shropshire in 1877.  He ended up in SA also.  He went to SA as he was involved in the Boar War.  James ended up staying after the war to work on the railways.

Good luck with your search.

CD

A great shout Alan. Lots of good information.

CD