Has anyone any ideas - 2 burials of cholera victims.

[Suki 1]

This seems a weird one to me. Has anyone any ideas?
My 3xgtGrandfather William Stirrup died in Aug 8th 1849 in the Cholera Hospital, Vauxhall rd, Liverpool.The first mention of his burial I found years ago was for 7th Oct in St Martin in the Field CofE. I always thought that was a long time between death & burial especially for a Cholera victim. Today I found another record for him to say he'd been buried on the 9th August in St Mary's church RC,which I would have thought would be more feasable. Why is there a record for him at St Martins so long afterwards?  I noticed other people on the register as well - e.g. Christopher Judge who I also found but buried on the 15th Aug in St Anthonys RC. I also found another couple of records as well of people on the Oct one.
Plus I've no idea who Thos & Sarah are. He'd no children called either of those names, I think his father was called Thomas. If that was the correct one though he died in the 1830's.but I can't verify that other than a baptism in Warrington in 1813 to a Thomas & Alice Stirrup.
Thanks!

[emeltom]

Is it possible that something happened to the first burial ground and the bodies were exhumed and reburied elsewhere?

[josey]

What's the column heading for Thos & Sarah in the last image?

ADDED: Maybe there were mass burials from the cholera hospital without regard for the denomination of the deceased because of infection risk, then RCs were reburied in a catholic cemetery?

[Suki 1]

I've no idea but surely they were terrified of infection barely 2 months after death from cholera & all the ones on the Oct register were cholera victims. They seem to have been buried at St Martins in October from a couple of different churches.

The column heading just says Remarks.

[heywood]

Is St Mary’s Cemetery a Catholic one? I don’t see that in the record.

[Suki 1]

Yes it is. He had his children baptised there, St Anthony's where Christopher Judge was buried first is also RC.

[josey]

I've no idea but surely they were terrified of infection barely 2 months after death from cholera & all the ones on the Oct register were cholera victims.

I have read that cholera victims bodies were sometimes covered in pitch then covered in quicklime, so they may have been less anxious about infection risk after 2 months.

[Suki 1]

What's the column heading for Thos & Sarah in the last image?

ADDED: Maybe there were mass burials from the cholera hospital without regard for the denomination of the deceased because of infection risk, then RCs were reburied in a catholic cemetery?

He was first buried in a RC cemetery then buried in the C of E one later - as were most of the others on that register.

[heywood]

I don’t understand this but here is a Find a Grave record.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223313124/william-stirrup

In the details it is noted: “ Death date listed may be the date of application”

I can’t see the ‘Thomas and Sarah’ note on the St Mary’s one I have found.