Burial register marginal note.

[Jill on the A272]

Any theories on this?

The burial of Sarah Chandler at Sutton, Sussex 29 Jan 1865 aged 89 has a marginal note "see p45 number 357" which turns out to be the burial of Sarah Sockett aged 94 on 24 Feb 1871, the Sockett entry has a reference number referring back to the Chandler burial with no further explanation of why.

[Velma Dinkley]

The same grave perhaps??

[Jill on the A272]

It's the only note of its type in the whole register from 1813-1895. (The Rector at the time is also called Sockett but that's prob a red herring)

[Jill on the A272]

Just found Sarah Sockett in 1861, she's the Rector's mother! Grave sharing unlikely then as I think the Chandler burial is OH's ancestor born Sarah Harwood who had a string of children while unmarried then married a Chandler & had some more.

[Velma Dinkley]

Have you found any connection between the two women, apart from both being called Sarah??!!

[Jill on the A272]

None at all, I've just started on OH's Harwoods, his and mine come from the same village and it's all one big tangle at the moment.

[Velma Dinkley]

It will be interesting if you find a connection between your two families then...

[Jill on the A272]

Well I know we are connected as OH's brother has done their tree and I've done mine and we have a common ancestor, John Harwood b1669 in Pulborough (Dicole on here shares him too) but as I've never seen OH's brother's tree I thought I'd better start getting chapter & verse myself & got sidetracked on this little conundrum.

[Velma Dinkley]

As OH and me are from different parts of the country chances are pretty remote that we are related (other than marriage!), although it's highly probably that his 3x great uncle was present in church when 2 of my 2x great aunts were baptised :D

Anyway, back to the chase...

[Janet in Yorkshire]

As OH and me are from different parts of the country chances are pretty remote that we are related (other than marriage!), although it's highly probably that his 3x great uncle was present in church when 2 of my 2x great aunts were baptised :D

Anyway, back to the chase...

You could be in for a surprise!
My mother met my father in Northumberland, when she went to work in the town where he'd always lived.
After their marriage & his discharge from the army at the end of WW2, they took up residence in my mother's native village in East Yorkshire.
Since doing my tree, I've found they both had roots in Norfolk - in 1870, a Dodman on my father's tree married a Mickleborough on my mother's tree.

Jay