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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Kent Lookup Requests => Kent => England => Kent Completed Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Josephine on Thursday 22 June 06 14:00 BST (UK)
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If anyone will be visiting the Grange Road Cemetery, next to St. Mary Magdalene Parish Church in Gillingham, would you please do a look-up for me? Or, if you live in Gillingham, would you phone the cemetery for me?
I know the plot & grave number of my 4th-great-grandfather (info provided by the Medway Council) and I'm guessing (& hoping) that some of his family members were buried with or near him.
Rather than posting every detail here, if someone is willing and able to do this look-up, would you please PM me?
Thanks so much!
Josephine
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Hi i live in gillingham and could pass thru cemetary but alot of graves have no headstones now and a playpark has been built in the graveyard but i would be willing to look for you
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Thank you very much for your reply, Chezzz!
I will PM you with the details that I have.
Regards,
Josephine
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Let us know how you get on. A lot of my ancestors were buried there - I took a trip down there, but sadly none of them remained. :'(
I'd love to know that someone else had some success.
Kind regards
English Jen.
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Thanks, English Jen, I will let you know if Chezzz is able to help!
What are your Gillingham surnames?
Regards,
Josephine
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Hi Jo
Letley mainly. My life has been made easier because the majority of them remained in the same area through lots of generations. I (foolishly) thought, I would be able to find out absolutely everything that I wanted as I am in the area as well.
Kind regards
English Jen.
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I know what you mean about it being easier when folks stayed in one place, Jen! When I had a subscription to ancestry.com, I just went through each census of Calais, Maine page by page, because I had so many folks there way back when. It's a great way to build a family tree and find connections between various branches, if they stayed put!
I just checked and I don't have any Letleys in my tree, as far as I know. Too bad (I'm always hoping to find some cousins!).
Regards,
Josephine
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Hi Jo
You never know .... one day we may find one!!!
Kind regards
English Jen.
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Hi
Visited the graveyard but unfortunately most graves are either damaged or gone completely, had a look anyway but none of the names on your list were on the remaining graves. Best bet is to contact the church vicarage at least you will be able to find out where the plots would have been.
the church vicarage is in gillingham green not grange road.
regards
chezzz
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Hi Jo
I just thought .... do you know about the CityArk website? You could trawl through the burial records for that church ..... if you've got a spare few weeks anyway!!!
It's at http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/
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Chezzz,
Thanks so much for your help; I really appreciate it!
Although I'm disappointed, at least I know, and that's important!
I will try to find the mailing address of the church vicarage; thanks for the idea!
Regards,
Josephine
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Hi, Jen!
Thank you, I do know about CityArk: it is my favourite website! ; )
The last time I looked, they didn't have much in the way of more recent (late 1800s & early 1900s) burials for that church's graveyard. I'll check again, though!
I wish every archive could do what the Medway Archives has done. Thanks to CityArk, I was able to build a family tree that didn't exist for us before.
Regards,
Josephine
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Chezzz,
I found the church's address and I will write them a letter!
Many thanks for your efforts on my behalf!
Regards,
Josephine
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So apparently many of the headstones were cleared when medway Council bought the land and buit a playground there. What happened to the headstone? I read somewhere that teenagers are climbing all over them?