burials in the old holy cross r/c church cemetary, whitwick, leicestershire

[AliIsoMar]

 AliIsoMar
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  AliIsoMar
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Hi, i'm currently researching the cemetery gravestones { the graveyard is now unused and in private hands, i do have permission to be there by the owners} if anyone thinks they may have ancesters buried there please let me know and i will try to check for you. the cemetery is very overgrown and the gravestones are sometimes hidden or hard to read or completely missing but all the gravestones i have found i'm writting down the full grave insciptions and a plan of where they are in the cemetery.Hi, i'm currently researching the cemetery gravestones { the graveyard is now unused and in private hands, i do have permission to be there by the owners} if anyone thinks they may have ancesters buried there please let me know and i will try to check for you. the cemetery is very overgrown and the gravestones are sometimes hidden or hard to read or completely missing but all the gravestones i have found i'm writting down the full grave insciptions and a plan of where they are in the cemetery.

[vicky0607]

 Hi AliIsoMar,

All of my relatives stem from Leicester.  Not sure if any are there but if you find any Perkins or Wright before 1900 I'd be interested.  Thank you

[AliIsoMar]

Hi Vicky, I have found three Wrights so far as i have only just started in the cemetery and it is very overgrown. They are all buried within one grave. The inscription on the grave stone reads: Pray for the soul of  William Wright who died June 23rd 1848 aged 60years, also his wife Hannah who died July 14th 1853 aged 61years, also William Wright grandson of the above who died April 13th 1958 aged 11 years R.I.P.If i find any others i will let you know.                                                                                      Regards AliIsoMar

[vicky0607]

thanks so much, yes anything would be helpful.

[Tsauru]

Hi,

Sorry to dig up an old thread but I'm doing a bit of graveyard research myself locally.

Particularly interested in any Stanyard, Straw, O'Meara or Hallam graves, if you found any - I know how overgown it is in there! Did you ever complete the entire churchyard?

Tom

[charby]

Hi I just recently found that some of my Darby ancestors lived or were born in whitwick. Thank you.

[AliIsoMar]

Hi Tom, i did finish noting all the headstones that survived and those i could read insciptions of i recorded. I also took photos of the headstones i found. Ali