Trying to locate a grave in St Woolas cemetery newport

[John Curtis]

Hi,
 I am trying to locate the grave of Charles Henry Hughes, aka Brother Albert of Chester. He was studying theology at Pontypool and was drowned on 7 Aug 1884 in the River Usk. He was buried in the Catholic cemetery at Newport, which I assume to be St Woolas. The family came from Chester. I have been in contact with family descendants who emigrated to the USA and I trying to locate  his grave and if possible obtain a photograph of it to help with their family research. Many thanks to anyone who can help me with this. I saw on Roots chat that there were members in the area who have been most supportive of this type of request, many thanks to them
John

[Girl Guide]

Here is some info I found on the council website

Locating a burial plot

To locate a relative’s burial plot in the above cemeteries please write to:

St Woolos Cemetery, 48 Bassaleg Road, Newport NP20 3PY

Or email info@newport.gov.uk, giving name of the person and approximate date of burial.

There is a charge of £10.40 for 30 minutes research.


In view of the charge above you may like to wait and see if anyone offers to look for you.

[*Sandra*]

Hi John,

Welcome to RootsChat

How to create a memorial at Find A Grave.

You could join Find A Grave (free) and create a memorial page for Charles Henry Hughes aka brother Albert of Chester and then request a photograph - its explained here -  How to submit a photo request.  Hope this helps.
It would appear that this is a rather large cemetery and 98% of tombstones have been photographed. Sometimes these requests can be worthwhile.
It probably would be helpful if you knew the burial location, the headstone could have weathered/disintergrated or it could be face down of course.   

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=listFaqs#73

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1967935

Good Luck
Regards
Sandra

[Mabel Bagshawe]

St Woolas is the Church in Wales cathedral, so not sure it would be the right place for a catholic burial

This list of catholic records in the Gwent archive might help with suggestions

http://www.gwentarchives.gov.uk/media/41059/list-of-roman-catholic-registers.pdf

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ugh i wanted to do it too but no time for now