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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Durham => England => Durham Lookup Requests => Topic started by: FUNGIPETE on Saturday 14 March 09 22:37 GMT (UK)
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hello, does anyone have baptise info on Holy Trinity Church, West Cornforth.
from 1890 to 1950, names of gray,nelson,easton,owens. also buriels.
thanks peter.
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I live about 5 mins walk from this church and know a couple of the church elders; will ask around and have a scout about the churchyard in the next few days
kind regards
J
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hi pudden, thanks for your trouble, i use to live in doggy 1944 to 1961 in mechanic street. now pulled down. . i await your reply.
best regards peter.
Moderator Comment: Removed your name full name as it is not advisable to give too much detail of living people for fear of identity theft etc.
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Hello Peter
I am waiting hear from the Vicar about baptisms and burials but went along to the churchyard today and had a look around. A lot of graves are in poor repair and illegible but I did find
James Easton died 16 Dec 1946 aged 48 years
Martha Gray (wife of Alexander) died 24 May 1909 ; I cannot see age as lettering is v. faint (this is quite a large monument dwarfing others in the graveyard)
John Easton died 5 June 1951 aged 50 years
I took photos so if you would like to pm me your e-mail addy I will forward them on to you
kind regards
Jane
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I also meant to add that there is an excellent website for Cornforth which has lots of old photos on it and may jog a few memories for you :)
http://www.cornforth.org.uk/
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hello jane, my email is talk to you more once we have email set up between us. chhers peter.
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hello jane, what is pm, sorry to ask. peter
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if you click on the little green scroll on the bottom left of my post then it will open a pm ' private message' which you can write in your e-mail address and send to me without it being seen by anyone else
cheers
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ok, done it peter,
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I am also trying to find a relatives grave in this church buried in 1903
anyone know where I can get a cemetery map for this church, I have tried Durham records office, parish council, ferryhill council, church of England all of whom deny any knowledge.
And I cannot get a reply from the church itself.
regards
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Have a relative buried at Cornforth Church Yard and guess its Holy Trinity but not sure how to confirm this, Constance 'Connie' Watson nee Oxley and husband Luke share a plot and only have that bit of info to go on and am getting over a stroke and doing a tree for mental rehab so hope i make sense. Would love a photo
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re Connie and Luke Watson and my post i know Connie died circa 2002 and had lived at Ferryhill