Sarah Wallworth Brereton

[heatherjulie]

Small compared with some!
They were buried.
Did you see my message?

[The Man from the East]

Hi!Thanks a great deal for your recent support. I hope I have received & read  all your messages?? . I believe it is really something to work on now.  When the census describes living on private means would that mean that they were well off or on a sort of pension? I still need to find Dr. Joseph Smiths offspring and descendants.

[KGarrad]

It used to be the case that one could 'buy' a grave plot for up to 6 persons.
Rather more usual was a plot for 4 persons. (My grandparents are buried with gran's parents; no room for my father!)

It just had to dug to the right size and depth to start with.

[The Man from the East]

Thank you for the heads up!I guess they had hundreds of years knowledge behind them to calculate how long it would take for corpses to decomposed and thus allow new family permanent visitors some resting space? The bodies are normally buried  6 ft deep ?

[KGarrad]

6 feet is the usual minimum for any grave - or at least, it is now!
Multiple, or family graves, have to be dug deeper.

[The Man from the East]

Ah! I see!
Well the top soil is very deep in England compared to many other parts of the world. Where I live its about 6''!
 Labour was  no doubt also plentiful and considering  the short life span of the larger  population the diggers must have been assured of continuous demand?

[heatherjulie]

Could this be the Dr Starkey Smith referred to in the will of Joseph Smith?

From GRO

Thomas Starkey Smith birth registered 1838  Warrington mother's maiden name Starkey

Possible marriage

Thomas S   SMITH and Elizabeth A W CHURCH in 1867 at Dunham Massey, St Margaret Cheshire

1881
14 Bold St, Warrington

Thos.S. Smith Head 42 General  Practitioner M.B. Lon F.R.C.S. Eng L.S.A. Lond
Elizth.A.W. Smith Wife 40
Reginald Smith   Son 12
Winifred M. Smith Daughter 10
Leonard Smith   Son 8
Dorothy M. Smith Daughter 5
Hilda M. Smith Daughter 4
Thos.G. Smith Son 
Francis A. Vernon Servant 18 Cook, Domestic Servant
Emma Leach Servant 25 Housemaid
Mary A. Trevornon Widow Servant 39 Nurse
Susanah Eldwell   Servant 15 Niurse


RG11/3791/87/33

[heatherjulie]

Winifred Mary Smith
Baptism 4 Sep 1870
Warrington, Lancaster, England
Father:Thomas Starkey Smith
Mother:Elizabeth Ann Worthington

Gertrude Mary Smith
Christening Date (Original):   15 FEB 1879
Warrington, Lancaster, Cheshire, England
Birth Date:19 Dec 1878
Father's Name:   Thomas Starkey Smith
Mother's Name:   Elizabeth Ann Worthington


Thomas Gordon Smith
31 Aug 1881
Warrington, Lancashire, England   
Father's Name:   Thomas Sharkey Smith
Mother's Name:   Elizabeth Ann Worthington

Leonard Smith
Baptism
13 Apr 1873
Warrington, Lancashire, England
Father's Name:   Thomas Starkey Smith
Mother's Name:   Elizabeth Ann Worthington

[heatherjulie]

1871
In Altrincham
William Church   Head 68
Mary A Church   Wife 55
Frederick Church Son 24
Elizabeth W Smith Daughter 30 Surgeon's wife
Reginald Smith   Grandson 13
Winefred Smith   Grand daughter 1 Year, 1 Month
Hannah Broom   Servant 41
Martha Broom   Servant 10
Sarah J Eastham Servant 16

RG10/3682/5/3