An unknown woman buried in Newton

[plimmerian]

I've found burial details of an unknown woman buried in Newton le Willows Cemetery but no death entry matches in the GRO database. Could such a burial have been allowed without a death certificate?

Deceased detail   
Surname A Woman Unknown 
 
Forename Not recorded 
 
Burial date 31 / 08 / 1904 
 
Location Newton Le Willows Cemetery 
 
Register Number 1905 
 
Age 50   Years 
 
Thank you.

[louisa maud]

I assume every death should have a death record even if it is shown as unknown in the register of freemds or gro, I would be interested in others ideas
You may never find out if she is listed as unknown
LM

[BumbleB]

Looking at FreeBMD and Deaths - using just Unknown for "Surname" the message reads:

Sorry, that search found more than 50000 matches and the maximum number that can be displayed is 3000.

[Davedrave]

Looking at FreeBMD and Deaths - using just Unknown for "Surname" the message reads:

Sorry, that search found more than 50000 matches and the maximum number that can be displayed is 3000.

I searched by year and county and it brought records up OK. Generally unknown men considerably outnumber unknown women. I couldn’t see any sign of the woman in this burial, certainly no matching age.

[Chris Doran]

Are the records of the local Poor Law Union Infirmary available? That's where such people were taken around here and sometimrs there's an explanatory note such as where found.

[wilcoxon]

An Earlestown Tragedy
Date: Tuesday,  Aug. 30, 1904
Publication: Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser

AN EARLESTOWN TRAGEDY.,SUPPOSED MURDER OF A FEMALE . TRAMP. The dead body of an unknown woman of about fifty, apparently of the vagrant class, has just been found in what ;s known as the Dingle, at Earlestown. Marks of fingers were found on her throat, and appearances point to strangulation Her clothing was much disarranged, and thoie hul evidently been a severe struggle. The body was found by some children the affair is at present a mystery.

Could this be here, it doesn't say exactly when she was found but is in the right area. Poor soul.😥

[wilcoxon]

An Earlestown Tragedy
Date: Tuesday,  Aug. 30, 1904
Publication: Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser

AN EARLESTOWN TRAGEDY.,SUPPOSED MURDER OF A FEMALE . TRAMP. The dead body of an unknown woman of about fifty, apparently of the vagrant class, has just been found in what ;s known as the Dingle, at Earlestown. Marks of fingers were found on her throat, and appearances point to strangulation Her clothing was much disarranged, and thoie hul evidently been a severe struggle. The body was found by some children the affair is at present a mystery.

Could this be here, it doesn't say exactly when she was found but is in the right area. Poor soul.😥

OCR isn't good. " and there had evidently " is correct .😉

[louisa maud]

How sad
Well done wicoxon.

LM

[wilcoxon]

I saw this young mans grave in Anglesey,  he is buried in the Church in the Sea at Porth Trecastle.I did some research and found he died in 1869.

https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3305947/3305951/37/

Deaths Jun 1870   Gurney Frank Morley 20 Anglesey 11b396 

His death wasn't registered till the following year. 🤔