St Cadoc's, Trevethin

[chepstowgirl]

Does anyone know if any mapping has been done of Trevethin's St Cadocs church?

Im trying to find the grave of my 3xg grandmother, Catherine Underwood. She died in 1914 in the district of Pontypool, her last known address was Osbourne Road. Her maiden name was Walkey and her mother's maiden name was Pascoe. I believe her full name was Catherine Pascoe Walkey/Underwood.

Her husband's name was Thomas and he died in 1892 apparently at home (Broad Street, Abersychan).

Catherine was approx 73 when she died, Thomas was approx 62.

A preliminary search on foot yielded nothing, but its a big cemetery and much of it is overgrown. I would dearly love to find their final resting places.

One other thing to note - they were Baptists, and were married at Pisgah Baptist Chapel in Talywain. I dont know if this would have any bearing on where they were buried.

Thanks very much.

Jules

[pritch19]

They were both buried at St. Cadoc's:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monfamilies/trev-bur-t-v.htm


I don't know if the burial plots have been mapped.

[chepstowgirl]

Thank you Pritch - I can see Thomas on the list. I did actually find Catherine on a list like this but wasnt sure if the list related to St Cadoc's itself, or just the parish, ie covering any other burial places in the Trevethin deistrict. Is this list from St Cadoc's church register, do you know?

Jules 

[pritch19]

Jules

Yes, all the transcriptions listed under Trevethin on Mike John's site are taken from the registers of St. Cadoc's.  There are also Bishop Transcripts of some baptisms.

[Papa1]

I had a problem finding the grave of an airman killed in WW2 who was buried in a family grave in St. Cadoc’s.
I found it by using Google Earth, zooming down onto the graveyard at St Cadocs and making a copy of it.
Then visiting the CWGC web site to get the names and locations of the military graves in St Cadocs and on visiting the graveyard again, marking the CWGC headstones on the copied image from Google
I was then able to work out the plot numbers and found the grave I was looking for.
This will only apply to the older part of the graveyard on the right hand side.
Hope this helps.

[chepstowgirl]

How ingenious papa - well done! Im very impressed with your resourcefulness!

Im not sure I could apply the same logic, I think I just need another wander around. The last time I visited I was primarily looking for Catherine's parents and young sibings who died around 1840, so was not actively seeking Underwood, but Walkey/

I will keep trying. In the meantime, if anyone know of anyone who has mapped this part of the cemetery, pleas please let me know.

xx

[djunna]

Hiya

Im not sure if your aware, but the church holds open days. i went there last year and was able to access the church records to find a plot that i was looking for. if you can do this , there is normally someone around who can point you in the approx area.

im sure iv got a map of the plots somewhere, il have a look. do you know the church well? im sure the baptist section is on the other side of the road to the church

Darren

[chepstowgirl]

Hi Darren

thanks so much for this info. I will try to find out when the next open day is and perhaps I can get up there to visit. I dont know the church very well, only been up to the churchyard twice. Im guessing you mean to the left of the church when standing look up the hill, so to speak. If you could find the map, that would be fab!

Thanks again

Jules x

[djunna]

Hiya,
 
Sorry for the delay , but iv found the map you wanted,  let me know if you understand it ok. Plot  Q is running along side the road. Plot A is the church. I think the worst plots are R,T,U,S,S,S,

Looking at the map i think there is 32 different plots. i used it to find a grave there 2 years ago. some of the area is being tidied up by community service ppl, so you may be in luck, mine hadnt been touched for years,  when i got there they had just finished strimming it , so you never know.