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Finding Burial Record
« on: Sunday 06 December 20 14:36 GMT (UK) »
My grandfather, James Henry Forrest, dies in Sunderland on 6th August 1939, in Sunderland Municipal Hospital of Stomach Cancer. Ive been trying to find his burial site, and cant!  Ive checked the index's of all the cemtery's in Sunderland, but cant find any record. Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

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Re: Finding Burial Record
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 06 December 20 15:51 GMT (UK) »
Hi

Just a thought, check the 1939 register for any known family members, especially his wife.

If found that should give the residence and possibly the Parish (for church records)

Hope this helps

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Re: Finding Burial Record
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 06 December 20 16:04 GMT (UK) »
Is it possible he was cremated? Those records are more difficult to find in my experience.
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Re: Finding Burial Record
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 06 December 20 16:09 GMT (UK) »
 Have you tried Durham Records Online? I have just done a free search on that site and can see a record for a James Henry Forrest in the Sunderland Cemetery Registers which has a death for him in 1939 - born about 1889? Could this be what you are looking for?

William
Dent (Haltwhistle and Sacriston), Bell and Jetson (Haltwhistle), Postle, Ward, Longstaff, Purvis, Manners, Parnaby and Hardy (Co. Durham), Kennedy and McRobert (Banffshire), Reid(Bathgate), Watson (Wemyss), Graham (Libberton), Sandilands (Carmichael), Munro (Dingwall)


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Re: Finding Burial Record
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 06 December 20 16:19 GMT (UK) »
There is also a notice in the Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette 10 Aug 1939:

" Forrest - At the Municipal Hospital, on August 6, aged 48 years James Henry (better known as Abe), the beloved husband of Mary Ann Forrest. Internment at Sunderland Cemetery on Friday; service at home 1.15. Friends kindly invited. Deeply mourned."

William
Dent (Haltwhistle and Sacriston), Bell and Jetson (Haltwhistle), Postle, Ward, Longstaff, Purvis, Manners, Parnaby and Hardy (Co. Durham), Kennedy and McRobert (Banffshire), Reid(Bathgate), Watson (Wemyss), Graham (Libberton), Sandilands (Carmichael), Munro (Dingwall)

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« Reply #5 on: Sunday 06 December 20 16:22 GMT (UK) »
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Re: Finding Burial Record
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Re: Finding Burial Record
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 06 December 20 16:30 GMT (UK) »
You may have to log in to Family Search in order to see the image - it is free.

Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
If you don't ask the question, you won't get an answer.
He/she who never made a mistake, never made anything.
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Re: Finding Burial Record
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 06 December 20 16:53 GMT (UK) »
This looks like the one
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJW-L53?i=687&cat=825808

Thank you , that’s just a link to the log in page !

No, that's a link to the actual page of the Burial Register  :)

As BumbleB says, you will have to log in/create an account first of all. It's free and well worth doing.
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