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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Durham => Topic started by: fruitlady on Thursday 12 February 09 23:40 GMT (UK)
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I just read the question posted by Rose224. I had been on the gravetext site before looking for ancestors who died prior to 1862. Are those not transcribed yet or is that the year the cemetery opened? I am looking for Bushby family: mother Emma Isabella d1861, daughter Emma Elizabeth d1861 and possibly two other children George d1856 and Mary d1860. Is there another place I should be checking?
Sue
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According to the booklet 'Cemeteries in County Durham' published by Durham County Record Office, Blackhill Cemetery opened on 21st May 1862.
Wearsider.
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According to the booklet 'Cemeteries in County Durham' published by Durham County Record Office, Blackhill Cemetery opened on 21st May 1862.
Fruitlady,
Also please note that in the introduction to the gravetext site http://www.gravetext.co.uk/Blackhill/blackhill.html it is made clear that the transcriptions currently available there only relate to what is known as the 'Old' Graveyard, and that work is still continuing on the enormous task of transcribing the inscriptions from the 'New' Graveyard.
You will have to look else where for burials before 1862. Do you know where your ancestors lived as this might give some clues?
Jennifer
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Their burials are most likely to be in the churchyard of where they were living when they died. These registers will be at County Hall.
Cheers
Jay
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Wearsider,
Thank you for the opening date. That answers that question.
Jennifer,
I don't know where they lived. Her mother and brother lived in Black Hill. Her brother, Anthony Evelyn Turner, and his wife Jane are buried in Blackhill Cemetery Section O.
Their mother Jane Williams Wood Turner died 26 May 1862 but doesn't appear to be buried in Blackhill Cemetery which I now know opened just five days before. She was living with Anthony.
I have lost track of Emma after her marriage in 1851 so will have to keep searching. If I order the death certificate will it tell me where she was living?
Jay,
Thanks for the info. Now I just need to find our where she was living. Would that County Hall be in Durham?
Sue
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Sorrry Sue, yes County Hall (Durham Records Office) is at Durham.
http://www.durham.gov.uk/recordoffice/usp.nsf/pws/durham+record+office+-+durham+record+office+homepage
Cheers
Jay
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Thanks, Jay. I will be visiting England in November so this is helpful information.
Sue
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Sue
I have attached a PDF of the burial records available for the Bushby/Bush family in Blackhill cemetery. The two earliest records may prove useful.
The most useful place to look for information prior to May 1862 would probably be the records of St. Cuthbert's C of E church on Church Bank, Shotley Bridge. You should be able to access these through Durham Records Office as mentioned by other respondents.
PatB
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Thanks, Pat.
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Sue
I have attached a PDF of the Turner burials in Blackhill cemetery. I re-read your posts after sending my previous reply regarding the Bushby burials and decided to check on the Turners. I think Jane may have just scraped in as the third burial in the Old (South) graveyard.
Unfortunately, the luxury of proper addresses was not available until several years after the Blackhill cemetery opened. You may get some clues from the later Turner burials - assuming that they are related; alternatively, the relevant death certificates may, as you mentioned, contain address details. The 1881 census may also provide information.
Good luck with your researches.
PatB
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Pat,
The Turner file is most helpful. I do believe that the first entry is in fact my great, great, great grandmother, Jane. I also see one child and possible another for Anthony Evelyn Turner that I did not know about. I had checked the index at the end of the inscriptions but did not know about these wonderful PDF files by surname. How does one go about creating one of these? If the directions are on the site, I have not found them.
Sue
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Hi
I'm new to Roots Web but found the Turner Burial records fascinating & managed to locate several members of my family. Thank-you for the information. However I would also like to check the Richardson & Scott families from that area, can you please tell me how to go about this.
Many thanks
Linda
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One more question -
I will be visiting England in November and would like to try to find the grave for Jane Turner buried 1862 in Section H. Do you have any suggestions for the easiest way to find it?
Sue
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Sue
I apologize for the delay in replying to this thread - family illness. I notice that you said you would be visiting our green and pleasant land in November so I hope I'm not too late with this reply. There are no headstones whatever in Section H of the Old graveyard - just grass - so there are no points of reference for the grave you are trying to locate.
I rang my contact at the Cemetery section this afternoon to explain the situation and he said that he would have the grave marked first thing on Monday morning next week. The markers used are simple wooden stakes with the name written on with marker pen. The Council do not charge for this. I'll print out a sheet showing all of the details available and attach it, in a plastic envelope, with a couple of drawing pins to make it easier to find. The only other grave - in the North graveyard - identified like this is that of the Countess of Derwentwater; so there's posh.
I've attached a photograph of the display plate at the entrance of the South graveyard which shows the layout of the graveyard and the location of all of the sections. It also shows contact details for the cemetery staff, if you need them.
I hope this is useful and that you have a good visit.
PatB.
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The attached photos show a general view of the location of Jane Turner's grave and a close-up shot of the burial details attached to the gravemarker. I may have to go back and re-attach the burial details with a couple of galvanized clout nails as the drawing pins do not appear to have penetrated very deeply into the whitewood gravemarker stake.
I hope this helps with locating and identifying Jane's burial spot.
PatB.
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Hi Pat
Thanks for your help with this. Sue is in France at the moment but will be coming up to Northumberland next week & meeting me - Jane Turner is also my Gt Gt Gt Grandmother, so it is also most interesting for me. I have visited Blackhill Cemetry earlier this year but was unable to locate the grave so your help is much appreciated.
Regards
Linda
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Pat,
Thank you so much for arranging the marking of the gravesite and with the sign. We found it with no trouble and took lots of pictures. I really appreciate your doing this for us. I apologize for the late "Thank you," but it is heartfelt.
Sue