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Title: Where can he be??
Post by: Flora1966 on Wednesday 01 September 10 20:55 BST (UK)
My husbands Gt Grandfather Daniel Parker Chapman died on 21/02/1952 in South Wootton, Freebridge Lynn R.D...Norfolk..He was a Retired Superintendent of Police..
We have tried to find where he is buried/cremated but with no luck..We have tried Kings Lynn cemetery/crematorium, the local churchyard in South Wootton, The churchyard in Brancaster where he was born but still no luck....He stayed in Norfolk for all of his life so we really don't know where else to try..
We have also looked in the newpaper for his obit seeing as he was in the Police force but we couldn't find it!!! This has been bugging us for at least 3 yrs now...Does anyone have any suggestions to solve this mystery?

Thanks
Jules x
Title: Re: Where can he be??
Post by: Cal241 on Wednesday 01 September 10 21:08 BST (UK)
Hi
Have you looked on here ... it gives loads of cemeteries.....

http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/w/wootton_south/

Cal 8)
Title: Re: Where can he be??
Post by: Blue-Spirit on Wednesday 01 September 10 21:21 BST (UK)
Check in here http://www.norfolk.police.uk/aboutus/ourhistory.aspx I see he is listered under C as Dan Parker Chapman. Book and Page numbers given. ....
 

Quote from: Flora1966 on Wednesday 01 September 10 20:55 BST (UK)
My husbands Gt Grandfather Daniel Parker Chapman died on 21/02/1952 in South Wootton, Freebridge Lynn R.D...Norfolk..He was a Retired Superintendent of Police..
We have tried to find where he is buried/cremated but with no luck..We have tried Kings Lynn cemetery/crematorium, the local churchyard in South Wootton, The churchyard in Brancaster where he was born but still no luck....He stayed in Norfolk for all of his life so we really don't know where else to try..
We have also looked in the newpaper for his obit seeing as he was in the Police force but we couldn't find it!!! This has been bugging us for at least 3 yrs now...Does anyone have any suggestions to solve this mystery?

Thanks
Jules x
Title: Re: Where can he be??
Post by: Flora1966 on Wednesday 01 September 10 21:44 BST (UK)
Thank you both very much, I will take a look at both sites...

Jules x
Title: Re: Where can he be??
Post by: fred59 on Tuesday 07 September 10 21:31 BST (UK)
Quote from: Flora1966 on Wednesday 01 September 10 20:55 BST (UK)
My husbands Gt Grandfather Daniel Parker Chapman died on 21/02/1952 in South Wootton, Freebridge Lynn R.D...Norfolk..He was a Retired Superintendent of Police..
We have tried to find where he is buried/cremated but with no luck..We have tried Kings Lynn cemetery/crematorium, the local churchyard in South Wootton, The churchyard in Brancaster where he was born but still no luck....He stayed in Norfolk for all of his life so we really don't know where else to try..
We have also looked in the newpaper for his obit seeing as he was in the Police force but we couldn't find it!!! This has been bugging us for at least 3 yrs now...Does anyone have any suggestions to solve this mystery?

Thanks
Jules x

3 yrs its been bugging you :) we had the same problem with one of ours.... it took 20yrs, then out of the blue we got a PM on here from a member who's ancestor was the brother of whom we were looking for ;D, don,t give up as you never know who else is looking for the same person
Title: Re: Where can he be??
Post by: Flora1966 on Wednesday 08 September 10 14:12 BST (UK)
I guess we will find him one day...His grandaughter remembers that he was buried in Norfolk as she wasnt allowed to go to his funeral as she was to young!! But she cant remember where....

Jules x
Title: Re: Where can he be??
Post by: Attleborough on Friday 10 September 10 21:09 BST (UK)
Don't know if this might be of any help?

http://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=22333

A
Title: Re: Where can he be??
Post by: Flora1966 on Friday 10 September 10 22:55 BST (UK)
Quote from: Attleborough on Friday 10 September 10 21:09 BST (UK)
Don't know if this might be of any help?

http://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=22333

A

Thank you xx
Title: Re: Where can he be??
Post by: kaysii on Saturday 11 September 10 10:55 BST (UK)
You said you looked for obituaries, did you look in the personal adverts for notice of his death and possibly where the funeral was to be held?
Kaysii
Title: Re: Where can he be??
Post by: Flora1966 on Saturday 11 September 10 14:08 BST (UK)
Quote from: kaysii on Saturday 11 September 10 10:55 BST (UK)
You said you looked for obituaries, did you look in the personal adverts for notice of his death and possibly where the funeral was to be held?
Kaysii


We are hoping to go to Norfolk at some point to take another look at the papers...We are also waiting on his Police service record..It may have some details in the record...
Here's hoping!!

Jules