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Tracing Buriels In Devon

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joysie4

joysie4 Report 27 Dec 2012 20:54

Thank you Chris Ho
ive already stated all these deaths i want to know were they are buried as they all died so young


joyce

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 27 Dec 2012 19:31

Burials (Find My Past)

Surname:Mcdowell
Forename:Amelia
Age:2 Years 8 Months
Year:1822
Month:Feb
Day:21
Notes:
Parish:Stoke Damerel
Town Or City:
County:Devon
Record source:Devon Burials - Transcripts
Data provider:Devon Family History Society

Surname:Mcdowell
Forename:Louisa
Age:6 Months
Year:1822
Month:Feb
Day:10
Notes:
Parish:Stoke Damerel
Town Or City:
County:Devon
Record source:Devon Burials

Surname:Mcdowell
Forename:Thomas
Age:3 Months
Year:1831
Month:Sep
Day:22
Notes:Quarry Street
Parish:Stoke Damerel
Town Or City:
County:Devon

Surname:Mc Dowell
Forename:Thomas
Age:4 Years 6 Months
Year:1837
Month:Dec
Day:10
Notes:Oxford Row.plymouth
Parish:Stoke Damerel
Town Or City:
County:Devon

Surname:Mcdowell
Forename:Mary
Age:42
Year:1837
Month:Jan
Day:29
Notes:Plymouth
Parish:Stoke Damerel
Town Or City:
County:Devon

Forenames:William
Surname:McDowell
Age:49
Burial Year:1842 (died 28 June)
Burial Month:Jul
Burial Day:1
Parish:Stoke Damerel
Place:Plymouth
County:Devon
Page:414
Archive Ref:166/90
Notes:
Record source:Burial Register - Transcripts


Chris :)


Groom's Surname:Mcdowell
Groom's Forename:William
Bride's Surname:Gerry
Bride's Forename:Mary
Year:1814
Month:Nov
Day:14
Parish:Stoke Damerel
Town Or City:
County:Devon
Entry No.:
Notes:
Record source:Devon Marriages - Transcripts
Data provider:Devon Family History Society


Baptisms

Surname:Mcdowell
Forenames:Mary Ann
Father's Forename:William
Mother's Forename:Mary
Father's Occupation:Cordwainer
Year:1817
Month:Apr
Day:13
Abode:Dock
Parish:Stoke Damerel
Town Or City:
County:Devon
Record source:Devon Baptisms - Transcripts

Forenames:John
Surname:McDowell
Year:1815
Month:Oct
Day:08
Father's Forename:William (Cordwainer)
Mother's Forename:Mary
Mother's Surname:
Birth Day:
Birth Month:
Birth Year:
Dedication:Stoke Damerel
Place:Plymouth
County:Devon
Page:158
Archive Ref:166/11
Record source:Devon Baptisms - Transcripts

joysie4

joysie4 Report 27 Dec 2012 18:03

Thank you for the quick replies Reggie and Patchem
I have tried emailing the registry office in devon and i was a member of the devon society were i did get a lot of info as well as genes reunited members also i bought a couple of death certificates my relative in australia has helped me as shes a member of ancestry but she cant help me with deaths or were they were buried as i beleave the cemetry in stoke damerel was built on i did try other cemetrys but had no replies
which church should i contact
thank you once again
joyce

patchem

patchem Report 27 Dec 2012 16:29

Who have you tried to contact?

http://www.stokeconservationsociety.org.uk/stoke_conservation_society_local_history.php

http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/oftheparish

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 27 Dec 2012 16:27

How did you find out the exact dates of death?

Most of them were before certs were issued.................

Have you tried contacting the Church in Stoke Damerel?

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 27 Dec 2012 16:25

'The Midwives' is fiction!

joysie4

joysie4 Report 27 Dec 2012 16:22

I watched the midwives on tv xmas day and a nurse found an old ladies children who all died in a workhouse also found where they were buried
So why cant I as my 3rd grt grandparents William Mc Dowell and Mary Ann Gerrys children died in Stoke Damerel Devon and nobody can help me find were they were buried as I am unable to go down there myself

William Mc Dowell b 1766 Ireland Died 21/3/1844 Stoke Damerel Devon
Catherine Gregory b 1772 D 1858 Roborough Devon
William b 1792 Sidbury Devon D 28/6/1842 Clowance Stoke Damerel
Mary Ann Gerry b 1796 Ashwater Devon D 29/1/1837 Plymouth (I cant trace a marriage)
Children
John b 8/10/1815 D 11/9/1849
Mary Ann b 13/4/1817 D ?
Amelia b 29/6/1819 D 21/2/1822
Louise b 13/7/1821 D 10/2/1822
William b 8/5/1828 D ?
Thomas b 19/6/1831 D 22/9/1831
Thomas b 30/8/1833 D 10/12/ 1837
I would be so grateful if anyone can help me find these buriels as I have tried and I am stuck with this family now
joyce