Hastings cemetery on The Ridge

[artifis]

Can anyone tell me when the cemetery first started to be used and if there is anywhere online that I can search for burial details.

I have an ancestor, Fanny White, whose death is registered in Q1 1875 84 years old but I can't at the moment find her burial in any of the Hastings or surrounding parish records as available on Sussex Family History Group's web site. Fanny (Frances) and her husband Zebulon lived in Hastings so I'm assuming she was buried there.  Zebulon is evading me at the moment, no record of his death is coming up anywhere at the moment so don't know if Fanny was buried with him or vice versa.

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi there Artifis

Hastings Cemetery was opened in 1854, so a burial in 1875 should be on their books - you can e-mail them at

The Ridge
Hastings
East Sussex
TN34 2AE  01424 451057 01424 451368 cemandcremhastings.gov.uk www.hastings.gov.uk/bereavement/default.aspx
 
they usually reply by return post and they will will give you full details if she is there.
The cemetey books have been transcribed by
Hastings and Rother Family History Society - again onthe web if you google them

Hope that helps

Chris in 1066

[omega 1]

Hi Artifis

Welcome to Rootschat

From looking on  the census Zebulon died between 1861 & 1871.

Freebmd have transcribed his name wrong.

Death, Q3 1865, 2b 13
Zebuton White

Kind Regards

omega

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi

I do have a transcript of the burial register at Hastings Cemetery that covers the period 1854 to 1866 - but there is not an entry for Zebulon White in 1865

This would probably mean that he was buried elswhere in Hastings, but as yet have not been able to find him in my databases

Chris in 1066

[omega 1]

Hi

Found Zebulon`s burial date

All Saints ,Hastings

16 Aug 1865 aged 73

omega

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi omega

Thanks for that chuck, will have to update some of my databases

Chris in 1066

[artifis]

Wow, thanks all for all that info.  and the very prompt replies.  Brilliant.

I've spent ages searching various records and didn't think of the Zebuton spelling.  In the 1851 census he's transcribed as Lebulow which totally blew any of the criteria I tried, only got him through Fanny.

I can't find him in 1841 but as he's described as a fisherman in the 51 and 61 censuses maybe he was away at sea as perhaps was his son Stephen who's also missing in 41 but listed in 51 and 61 also as a fisherman. Does anyone know if fishermen away at sea on the census day were supposed to be listed or simply left out?

I've sent for Fanny's death certificate to see where she was living in 1875 as this should narrow down where she might be buried.  Her age in the various census return transcriptions and the death registration puts her birth year as early as 1784 (error in the transcription, one of four on this entry alone!) and as late as 1791, even her name changes from Fanny to Frances, the only consistent thing is that she was born in Ninfield so I'll look through their parish records to see if I can pin her down.  

Thanks again for your help.

[maxitup1966]

I come from a Hastings fishing family and I have a couple of relatives missing in a census ... and I have Whites but only by marriage and no Zebulon ... and I have a Fanny who's sometimes a Frances but don't tell anyone !!! 

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi there

Yes, the way i understand it is that it was tradition for seamen/fishermen to be at sea on census night so that they were never recorded on any government documents.  I have come across this on numerous occasions - it usually makes the fishermans wife look like a widow or Head of Household.

Chris