I am trying (and failing) to find the burial of John Morton (or Murton, both versions recorded) in Newcastle in 1850. A local Newspaper has:
'Deaths: At Newcastle on the 28th ult. In Trafalgar Street, aged 68, Mr John Murton, flour dealer' (Durham County Advertiser, 15th of March 1850)
Annoyingly, another newspaper has:
'Deaths: at Newcastle in Pilgrim Street, on the 5th inst. aged 60, Mr John Morton, Ostler' (Newcastle Guardian, 9th of March 1850)
These are two completely different people and coincidentally both these Johns lived within a couple of streets from each other but only the burial of the second is traceable (at All Saints Newcastle on 7/3/1850) although there are entries for both Johns in the Civil Registers.
I have searched the Bishops Transcripts for the following parishes without success:
Newcastle upon Tyne, All Saints
Newcastle upon Tyne, Christ Church
Newcastle upon Tyne, St Andrew
Newcastle upon Tyne, St Ann
Newcastle upon Tyne, St John
Newcastle upon Tyne, St Nicholas
Newcastle upon Tyne, St Peter
I know that John Morton the flour dealer was a Catholic and I wondered if anyone can tell me if there were any Catholic burial grounds in Newcastle at the time or indeed any other burial grounds of any denominations. The only other place John had a connection with was Haggerston/Ellingham from where he originated and it's unlikely that he was buried up there as all his family was in Trafalgar Street where they continued to live.
