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West Didsbury Institution
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Jeanette | Report | 28 Dec 2012 16:15 |
I have been trying to find where my grandfather is buried. He died on 8 January 1922 (I have death certificate) and the death was registered in Salford where they were living at the time. I have checked with the local cemeteries and there is no record of his burial - even in a pauper's grave. I have now found a burial record on 2 February 1922 for a man of the same age and name showing a burial in Hurst cemetery and the locality of the record being Manchester Withington Workhouse. I know they were very poor at the time so can anybody tell me if it is possible that this is a record of his burial? |
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Dea | Report | 28 Dec 2012 16:18 |
What was his name please and his age at death? |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 28 Dec 2012 16:36 |
His death cert should say where he died, |
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Jeanette | Report | 28 Dec 2012 17:04 |
Hi Dea |
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Flip | Report | 28 Dec 2012 17:11 |
I would have thought it unlikely to be the right one - Salford had it's own workhouse and hospital, The Withington workhouse did not cover the parish of Salford. |
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brummiejan | Report | 28 Dec 2012 17:15 |
Is the age identical or might this be the other William? Chorlton covered Withington. |
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Jeanette | Report | 28 Dec 2012 17:25 |
Yes Jan the age is identical. Have to go now to see to the evening meal. |
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Flip | Report | 28 Dec 2012 17:53 |
Pretty sure a death has to be registered in the district it happened - although I believe you can register it at your nearest office the record is then passed onto the relevant district. Your grandfather was recorded in Salford so I think he must have died there, but the age given is 64 - does this tally with the death certificate? Does the certificate say where he died? |
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Jeanette | Report | 29 Dec 2012 16:09 |
Know I am clutching at straws as I am not able to find out where he could be buried in Salford even though I have checked with the local authority cemeteries and all local churches. |
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Flip | Report | 29 Dec 2012 16:42 |
The info on the death cert is only as good as what the informant knew, and the ages are often out by a year or two - he may have lied about his age during his lifetime, it's not just the women who do it! |
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brummiejan | Report | 29 Dec 2012 17:14 |
I don't think I communicated what I meant to in above posting with the 2 deaths! |
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Alemap | Report | 29 Dec 2012 17:25 |
There is a William Marsland in Gorton Cemetery which will probably be the one who died in Chorlton, but the date is consistent with your William. |
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Flip | Report | 29 Dec 2012 18:00 |
Pam is there an age on that burial - there was another William Marsland who died in the same quarter but was an infant: |
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