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Offline Graham47

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Same name....
« on: Monday 05 August 13 12:38 BST (UK) »
I have found the same name with the same birth and death dates on two different graves stones in the same grave yard - which has left me rather puzzled.

Any explanation guys or is this just a coincidence?

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Re: Same name....
« Reply #1 on: Monday 05 August 13 12:50 BST (UK) »
Are each of them a separate, individual headstone?

It might be that one was erected in a family plot and the other where the person was actually buried.
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Re: Same name....
« Reply #2 on: Monday 05 August 13 13:48 BST (UK) »
Hi there.

That's a thought  ::)

One is on a gravestone and the other on a sort of square tomb which is perhaps a family plot. Does this mean the name on there is just a record of the actual burial taken place separately.

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Streeter's and Kent's of Croydon.
Cavalli's and Cascarini's of Wales and Italy

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Re: Same name....
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 14 August 13 15:57 BST (UK) »
Graham

            I think what aghadowey says is spot on. There are quite a few examples of this in our local cemetery. It usually happens when a child's death pre-dates that of the parents and is memorialised on the parent's grave as well as the original grave.

            The attached photo is an example of this, with the added problems that the memorial was incomplete and was in the totally wrong place. I've attached two PDFs; the first shows the full text of the two headstones and the second shows the Burial record of the child in question (third from the bottom).

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