Hi folks,
I am trying to track down my wife's great great great grandfather, who according to his son Arthur's marriage certificate was a Warrant Officer in the Royal Navy at the time of his death.
From my wife's grandmother's memoirs (she actually wrote some of her own family's history some years ago) we believe that Edward Davis died in Haslar Hospital, from lockjaw, around the time that Arthur was born. Sadly we haven't been able to find a birth certificate index entry for Arthur; neither can we find any reference to a death certificate entry for Edward. I had this thought that maybe he was buried in one of the cemeteries around Haslar, and today I telephoned the Haslar Cemetery to be told that their burials only start from around 1880. The gentleman I spoke to was kind enough to seek out the phone number for Ann's Hill Cemetery, however I think I read in another thread on here that this cemetery opened in 1855, which is obviously still too late. I am at a loss now as to where else he might have been buried. Frustratingly, we don't have a date of birth for Edward, neither do we know the name of his widow - we can only surmise from the memoirs that she had married before, and that Arthur had 2 step brothers and a sister - again, no names or dates of birth.
So, I would very much appreciate any pointers as to where to look to obtain this man's burial details - and anything else for that matter. The hope is, that we can at least get a burial date and an age.
Thanks,
Clive
I am trying to track down my wife's great great great grandfather, who according to his son Arthur's marriage certificate was a Warrant Officer in the Royal Navy at the time of his death.
From my wife's grandmother's memoirs (she actually wrote some of her own family's history some years ago) we believe that Edward Davis died in Haslar Hospital, from lockjaw, around the time that Arthur was born. Sadly we haven't been able to find a birth certificate index entry for Arthur; neither can we find any reference to a death certificate entry for Edward. I had this thought that maybe he was buried in one of the cemeteries around Haslar, and today I telephoned the Haslar Cemetery to be told that their burials only start from around 1880. The gentleman I spoke to was kind enough to seek out the phone number for Ann's Hill Cemetery, however I think I read in another thread on here that this cemetery opened in 1855, which is obviously still too late. I am at a loss now as to where else he might have been buried. Frustratingly, we don't have a date of birth for Edward, neither do we know the name of his widow - we can only surmise from the memoirs that she had married before, and that Arthur had 2 step brothers and a sister - again, no names or dates of birth.
So, I would very much appreciate any pointers as to where to look to obtain this man's burial details - and anything else for that matter. The hope is, that we can at least get a burial date and an age.
Thanks,
Clive
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