I have just been working through some burials that I have and noticed that a couple of the people were buried on the same day that they died.
(The date of death has been taken from their gravestones).
I suppose it would be logistically possible to bury someone on the same day they died, especially if they died in the early hours of the morning.
One of the burials / deaths was in 1840 and I cannot remember who the other one belonged to but I think it was earlier.
The only thing I can think of is that the grave was placed on the stone later and whoever informed the monumental mason got the date wrong? Or maybe they asked the vicar when the person died and he told them the date they were buried?
Any thoughts?
(The date of death has been taken from their gravestones).
I suppose it would be logistically possible to bury someone on the same day they died, especially if they died in the early hours of the morning.
One of the burials / deaths was in 1840 and I cannot remember who the other one belonged to but I think it was earlier.
The only thing I can think of is that the grave was placed on the stone later and whoever informed the monumental mason got the date wrong? Or maybe they asked the vicar when the person died and he told them the date they were buried?
Any thoughts?
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