A Burnell headstone in Dunstable?

[AndrewMartin]

Hello 

My research hasnt really taken me to Bedfordshire and therefore I'm cautious of doing a journey to Dunstable just on the off chance that my Great Great Grandfather, George Burnell, has a headstone there on his grave.

He died in 4th June 1891 at The Royal Oak, Church Street, where he was the publican, aged just 41 years. At that time, he had five children with his wife Mary Ann and their sixth child (their only son) was born after his death.

What i'd like to know is whether there was or is a headstone in Dunstable for GEORGE BURNELL. I'm making a sweeping assumption here that presumably Church Street had a church on it and that possibly he would be buried in its churchyard.

Mary Ann was not buried with him later on as she moved over to Littleport in Cambridgeshire and later remarried.


Fingers crossed,

[tazzie]

Hi Andrew,

   Just a little info on Dustable. The church in Church Street is the Priory Church of St Peter. As George died in 1891 it is more likely that he would be buried in the cemetery in West Street .This was opened in 1861 and will be full by about 2007 so it is a pretty big site. (Lots of leg work)!!
  Google Dunstable or contact the council offices in the town they may have records of plots to narrow the search.
    Hope this may help you .

                      Tazzie

[AndrewMartin]

Tazzie,

Thanks for your help, info and advice  


I remember when i went off to nearby Soham to look for gravestones of long since passed on relatives. I arrived and from the road the cemetery looked quite small... then when i walked to the bottom i turned the corner and there were headstones as far as the eye could see!

[AndrewMartin]

...and i've googled it and found this excellent resource:

http://www.interment.net/data/eng/bedfordshire/stpeter_duns/