Author Topic: Look-up request in the the Grave Registers 1888-2006 for Bromley parishes  (Read 1299 times)

Offline Spitfire

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Long shot, but is there someone out there who is taking a trip to the Bromley Local Studies Library at all?

I am seeking the burial record for my Great Aunt, Gertrude Elizabeth Huggins (nee Howlett) who died 11th August 1939 in Farnborough Hospital aged 33.  Sadly, I am unaware of where Gertrude is buried and should love to know the details inorder to visit the grave.

Many thanks in advance,

Emma
Howlett - London, Buckinghamshire
Cole - Peterborough
Huggins - London

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Re: Look-up request in the the Grave Registers 1888-2006 for Bromley parishes
« Reply #1 on: Friday 15 April 16 19:12 BST (UK) »
I stand to be corrected, but don't know that they have as comprehensive an index as the thread title implies, and I didn't have the temerity to ask. I looked at a number of registers, but by no means all, there and at home without finding any Hugginses. Farnborough was a large regional hospital with a wide catchment area and it would narrow the search down a bit to know where she was living in 1939.

Many 20th century registers are still held by individual Churches and/or have not been transcribed. Of course, by 1939 most burials were in municipal cemeteries rather than churchyards. I looked at the Bromley Burial Board record for the end of 1939, but no Huggins or Howlett is named (most entries give just the person who purchased the grave; any other surnames I should look for?). But perhaps she was buried in an already-existing family grave, which may, of course, not even be in the Bromley area.

I await more clues.
Researching Penge, Anerley, (incuding the Crystal Palace) and neighbouring parts of Beckenham, currently in London (Bromley), formerly Surrey and/or Kent.

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Re: Look-up request in the the Grave Registers 1888-2006 for Bromley parishes
« Reply #2 on: Friday 15 April 16 22:57 BST (UK) »
Do you have a last known address? That may narrow down the search area.

Shame she passed away just before the 1939 register.
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Re: Look-up request in the the Grave Registers 1888-2006 for Bromley parishes
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 16 April 16 19:01 BST (UK) »
Thank-you so much for taking a look firstly.

Her death certificate states that her husband was living at 86,Byrne Road, Sydenham at the time and is covered by the Bromley registration district in the sub district of Orpington.  She passed on the 11th August 1939 in the County Hospital,Farnborough, Orpington. 

I have done a little digging into known family graves (not literally) and she is not there. 

Any further help would be greatly appreciated.
Howlett - London, Buckinghamshire
Cole - Peterborough
Huggins - London


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Re: Look-up request in the the Grave Registers 1888-2006 for Bromley parishes
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 16 April 16 19:10 BST (UK) »
Have you contacted Beckenham Cemetery

http://www.bromley.gov.uk/directory_record/1213373/beckenham_cemetery_and_crematorium

the crematorium opened much later.
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Re: Look-up request in the the Grave Registers 1888-2006 for Bromley parishes
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 17 April 16 14:35 BST (UK) »
I haven't, no.  Looks like that's going to be my port of call first  ;D
Howlett - London, Buckinghamshire
Cole - Peterborough
Huggins - London

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Re: Look-up request in the the Grave Registers 1888-2006 for Bromley parishes
« Reply #6 on: Monday 09 May 16 22:40 BST (UK) »
Update:  I contacted Beckeneham and they have found her for me.  Thanks all
Howlett - London, Buckinghamshire
Cole - Peterborough
Huggins - London

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Re: Look-up request in the the Grave Registers 1888-2006 for Bromley parishes
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 10 May 16 11:16 BST (UK) »
Thanks for letting us know.
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