COMPLETED - Wirral Burial / Newspaper Query - 1935

[heathers]

Arthur Horsman died aged 80 on 25 Oct 1935  at 56 Church Road Birkenhead.  I have discovered that this was probably St Catherines Hospital.
His home address was 741 St Pauls Road, Wallasey,  and he was a retired Pharmacist (Shop Keeper).

I believe that he was a widower,  and did not have siblings or children;  although he may have had cousins in the area.

In view of this,  could anyone suggest where he may have been buried.

Also  which newspapers are likely to have had a death notice / obituary?

All ideas gratefully received,  Thanks

Heathers

[alan m]

One newspaper could be Birkenhead News it came out twice a week Wednesday and Saturday.The other Liverpool Echo
Birkenhead Library have copies of Birkenhead News and if you send them an email they might look it up for you as you have a date.
For burial you could try Landican crematorium they have records for Birkenhead and surrounding areas.

[stanmapstone]

Arthur Horsman died aged 80 on 25 Oct 1935  at 56 Church Road Birkenhead.  I have discovered that this was probably St Catherines Hospital.

Church Road was a Poor Law Institution, and in 1919 the Registrar-General received the sanction of the Ministry of Health to alter the Regulations issued for the guidance of Registrars of Births and Deaths in such a manner as to authorize them to omit all direct reference to Poor Law Institutions in future entries recording deaths of persons therein, and to describe the place of death in such alternative manner as the Guardians may suggest and as may be approved by him. A similar arrangement in regard to births in Workhouses had been operating since the 1st. January 1905, and the alternative address then approved would in future be used in the case of deaths. The alternative address in this case was 56 Church Road.

Stan

[*sara*]

Flaybrick cemetery is a very large one in the area, there is a 'friends of flaybrick' society, I think the records might be held at wirral archives although i am not certain about tis.
Sara

[celia]

Heathers
If Arthur lived in wallasey any obituary would be in the wallasey news if family entered one, and he might be In  Rake Lane cemetery.
Would you like me to look up both?

Celia P.S.If he was a widower he might be buried with his wife in Rake lane if she is there

[heathers]

Dear all, 
Many thanks for all the information you have posted.  Stan's explanation of the Poor Law institution is very useful background information for everyone. 

Celia -
I would really appreciate any help you could offer with his burial location or a death notice / obituary.  It would be interesting to know if he was in a purchased grave,  and if so who purchased it.  I do know that he had some distant cousins in the Birkenhead area;  Cooper,  Richardson and Midwood are the relevant names. 
As he was originally a pharmacist,  and came from a reasonably well off family - it may be that the grave was purchased. 
Unfortunately there is no will for him listed in the national probate index.

As for his wife - he married in London,  and she died there shortly after.  I've no evidence that he remarried.  In 1901 he was a widower in Battersea,  an in 1911 he is being totally elusive.

Thanks again to everyone

Sue

[celia]

Sue
the added info puts a bit of slant on finding him,but i will look anyway, What religion was he,each one have there own film.

Celia

[heathers]

As far as we know the family were Anglican,  and when he married in 1885 it was in an Anglican church.

Sue

[celia]

Sue
I went to library to do some digging before i look through various films.To see if i could find a start date but i cant yet.I have got some names from various directories but no Arthur's,But will leave that for now. " Question  Is the Jessie Elizabeth Horsman that died the same year as Arthur age 70 related.Jessie was registered in wallasey .By a visiting registrar who came once a week.I looked in the index of orbits for any horsman but found none
Was Arthur a pharmacist in Birkenhead or wallasey.

Celia  Forgot to ask is the number 741 St Pauls road correct? the latest book i could find the road in was 1920/21 and the numbers dont go anywhere near that high.