ALTON - Burial. 1880

[jkgla]

Thomas Henry Smith died 25 April 1880 in Winchester and is said to have been buried at Alton.
Could someone check for his burial and any details, please.
Many thanks

[CaroleW]

If no response - as you know his actual date of death you could check with the records office

[jkgla]

Thanks - yes.  I have scoured Ancestry records, but they are not good on Hampshire.

[PaulineJ]

Go to the library and try FindMyPast, or familysearch from home.

or of course, closer to the horse's mouth. The records office

Pauline

[CaroleW]

You say "is said to be buried in Alton"  Are you taking that info from somebody else's tree.  If not - where have you got the info from?

If you check freebmd - the death was registered in Winchester RD which doesn't cover Alton - Alton was a separate RD.

He was living in the Alton RD in 1871

[jkgla]

Hi Carole,

Thomas Henry Smith was my Great Great Grandfather. My father - frequently unreliable on these matters - stated that Thomas Henry was buried at Alton, along with his wife, Eliza Ann Judd, who was buried at Alton 10 Aug 1871 - I have a copy of the register entry.

[CaroleW]

Was he shown as living in Alton on his death cert

Deaths Jun qtr 1880
Thomas Henry Smith 66    Winchester    2c   64

https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/winchester.html

Deaths Sept qtr 1871   
 
Eliza Ann Smith 66    Alton     2c   104

https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/alton.html

[jkgla]

Hi, yes, the 1871 census shows Thomas Henry Smith as being a hotel manager in Alton.  He died on 25th April 1880 at the County Hospital in Winchester.

[CaroleW]

As you know where & when his wife was buried you can ask the RO if William is in the same grave