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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Kent => Topic started by: tim4sharon on Wednesday 05 January 11 06:55 GMT (UK)
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Hello,unfortunately i did not get to T,Wells cemetery as the snow was really bad,i am back in Australia now.
Does anyone know if the headstones have been photographed in the local cemetery?
Best wishes...Tim
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There are some on this site:
http://www.gravestonephotos.com/index.php
Good luck
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Many thanks Bevo,i will keep that site in my favourites sadly no one there though..................Tim
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Tim, I have a friend who lives in Tunbridge Wells - he probably wouldn't be interested in searching the entire grave yard, but if you already have an idea whereabouts your ancestor was buried, there's a fair chance that I could get him to photograph it for you :)
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Dear Nick, hello,thats very kind thankyou.I have plot numbers etc.The only thing is i dont know if there are headstones.
I have few but the most important one is for a Alice Leah Vine who is in c18 102.
Is there a map there at the Cemetery,
Thankyou.....Tim
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Tim, I'll have a word with my friend, and see what he can find out :)
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Tim, my friend has said that he will try to find and photograph the gravestone for you, but can you please clarify that it's the Tunbridge Wells Municipal Cemetary that your ancestor is buried in, and can you also say what year she died ? Apparently there's more than one cemetary in TW, but the Municipal Cemetary is the biggest.
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Hi,
I live in T Wells and would be more than happy to get you a photo or two.
Do you know which one it is? There is a main one and lots of 'old' church cemeteries.
Rob.
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Dear Nick29 and robocallaghan,
Thankyou so much i appreciate your help,as i said before though i honestly dont know if there are gravestones for the burials.
I was sent a plan of the Cemetery which i have attached hopefully.
(http://i53.tinypic.com/2vty53b.jpg)
The people i am looking for are,
Henry Underhill ,1840 to 1885 C1 / 288
Thomas W Andrews 1851 to 1925 and wife Hannah E Andrews 1854 to 1938 B1 / 200 GEN
Alice Leah Vine 1882 to 1970 C18 / 102
John Balcombe 1868 to 1908 C13 710 con
Alfred Clifton death not sure but this reference C13 100
Any help with any of these would be brilliant,thankyou again....Tim
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Hi,
Thats the main cemetery. I will try to get over there next week.
This is it on google maps -
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=cemetery&ie=UTF8&t=h&sll=51.116118,0.273564&sspn=0.006587,0.012445&rq=1&ev=zo&split=1&radius=0.32&hq=cemetery&hnear=&ll=51.11531,0.273843&spn=0.006587,0.012445&z=16
Rob.
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I've sent my friend your details and plan, Tim. Hopefully he can do something for you.
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Many many thanks robocallaghan and Nick29,
I appreciate your help.......Tim
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Hi Nick,
sorry I missed you were going too. No idea how I messed those messages.
Rob.
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Hi Tim,
I had a quick look this afternoon from 3.00pm until 4ish. Getting a bit hard to read some of the head stones in the light as the sun was very low.
Lots of stones missing or very well worn away.
Area B1 looks like its been reclaimed - so I will chase them to see if the head stones were moved elsewhere.
I looked quickly in areas c3 and c13 but my luck didn't hold out.
It was getting too dark to get to c18 and have a look.
There is an office there open during the week which I think has the register. I will pop in and see if they can help.
I should be that way again next week.
Rob.
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Hi Nick,
sorry I missed you were going too. No idea how I messed those messages.
Rob.
It's OK Rob, I wasn't going, but I've persuaded my friend to help out. I've emailed him the details, but he's not the fastest in the world at collecting his emails, so two heads would probably be better than one on this :)
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Thanks to both of you.........................from the arial photo it looks like there are stones missing,
thanks for what you do find out.................Tim
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Just to say I live in Tunbridge Wells and whilst indexing a Middlesbrough Cemetery (where I originate from) for Charles Sale, Photographic Resource Project, I have been contacted to find and photograph some graves in Tunbridge Wells Borough Cemetery for someone in Canada.
He has given me the grave numbers which I'll be off to search for over the next week or so.
If you would like me to help at all with your search...I'd be more than happy to help, seeing as I'm going anyway.
best wishes
Julie
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Dear Julie,
Hello,thanks for your kind offer!!!
Can you see my information about the location of the gravestones?
I was told that some are missing in that cemetery because of being vandalised.
I do hope some of mine are there,the person who said they were going to look never got back to me.
Thankyou again..............Tim
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Hi Tim..yes got the info re your headstones from earlier message...I had already printed off your plan as I didn't have one!! I am looking for quite a few for this gentleman in Canada and one of them is in B1 so I note the comments about it being reclaimed. I don't know when I'll get there...asap but a lot depends on when I have the car as its too far to walk from where I live. Will do it the first chance I get providing its a nice day..also I didn;t know whether a weekday might be better in case there's an "office" to ask if I'm struggling to find anyone. I'll definitely do it for you though....if the other person comes back to you before I do...please let me know! My ancestors are from different parts of the country/world so I would love to have someone help me...so you're more than welcome!!
best wishes
Julie
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Hi,
Is it possible please to have a photo taken of a grave in
Tunbridge Wells Cemetery?
The only details I have are:
John Baker buried: 5th May 1899
Harriett May Baker buried: 13th August 1896 (Harriett is his wife).
Interment Details
Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Cemetery
Cemetery: Tunbridge Wells Cemetery
Grave reference: B13/CON/245
Any help, most appreciated,
Regards
Jilly
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Jilly I live in TWells & have some graves to find/photograph for someone in Canada....hoping to get there over next month or so, my mam has been really ill so very little time for research stuff....let me know if you get fixed up in the meantime otherwise Ill let you know when Im going.
Julie
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Fantastic, thanks.......
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I've emailed the details to my friend in Tunbridge Wells, but he's up to his eyes in DIY at the moment, so I don't know if he'll find the time :-\
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Thanks, any help of photos most appreciated.
:)
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Hello: I need help with photos also please from the Tunbridge Wells Cemetary!! Here are the details
1)Nellie Gilbert buried in B12 grave 115 ;died Jan 28,1921(she is my grandmother)
2)Eliza Gilbert;buried in C14 grave 593 ;died March 1926(she is my greatgrandmother)
3)Millicent Gilbert;buried Feb 23,1882 in C9 grave 326 sharing the same grave as Brian Patrick Upton who was buried Sept 21,1943.This grave will be in the infant/childrens sections as both were less then a year old
4)Violet Gilbert;buried Dec 22,1892 in C4 grave 89
If someone is able to get the pictures please write down the inscriptions if they cant be read on the photo.They are pretty old graves and might we quite worn by now and I need to be able to read whats written.Thanks for any help as I have been trying for several months without success to find someone to take the photos.My camera and I are in Canada so I would need any awfully good telephoto lense from here -ha-ha!!
Regards...Ed Gilbert
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Hi
I will in over at Tunbridge Wells Cemetery for the war graves soon. If anyone is still missing any, please let me know?
David
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Hello David: Its Smokey807.....I still need photos and inscriptions from my last posting of the Gilbert clan just above your reply....Please help!!
Regards....Ed (from a very cold Canada)
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Hi
All being well I'll be there at Easter.
If anyone gets there before I do, and you get what you want, please let me know - if you remember.
David
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Hello David: Thanks for your help.There is a map posted on this string of the plot locations if you need it. Also I understand that there isnt someone at the cemetary at all times to guide you around the place so perhaps some prior arrangements are needed in case you need help.
Regards...Ed
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thanks;
i have printed off the map from earlier on this string, and was there a few years ago;
i'm photographing the war graves there, as i have in some 2k other sites, so feel fairly confident;
am just sad that i'm likely to find some/many of thoise you want unmarked (as were my grandparents when i found their resting place near Croydon just a couple of weeks ago);
our share of their legacy was our first tv (back in the 50's) and i am saddened that that was at the cost of a permanent marker for them;
(incidentally they emigrated to Canada in 1913, and then returned to the UK in 1919; am not sure i'll ever know why; 2 others of their brothers went to different parts of Canada and also returned within a handful of years - why???)
david
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Hi, did anyone get to Tunbridge Wells Cemetery?
Just wondering what condition the graves were in and are there many there.
Tim in Australia
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hi
i'm there thsi weekend, all being well;
it's a big cemetery, lots of headstones, but there'll be many unmarked graves (poverty);
anything to add to my shopping lists there???
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Hi endoftheline,
If you go back on this thread i posted a request a while ago with a map,
But got no news if they were there?
Any help appreciated......Tim
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I persuaded my friend to go there, but he (rather grudgingly) said that he would do it when he was in the area - he wouldn't make a special trip over there. When others volunteered to go, I didn't push my friend any further, sorry :-\
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as i said, hopefully i'll be there over the weekend;
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hi
got to tunbridge wells cemetery but could not see any of the graves you listed; it's a big cemetery, but it's not difficult to find the right section; tracing the way the graves run is tough; lots of stones, especially in B12, but v few numbered anywhere; if one has a LOT of time one could take each query to the (v helpful) office staff, who would do their best to help; i spent an hour or two wandering, but sadly came up with none; i did find a gilbert grave in C4 (sophia d 1914, and her husband), and can email it (using personal as images are large) if you want; also a site pic of section C9; sorry for otherwise failure; david
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hi
please see my other response re tunbridge wells; no luck with yours either, but my comments re help remain; it's a big site, but in tip top condition;
david
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Dear David,
What can i say but a HUGE thankyou for replying and for spending the time to look for the Graves,
I appreciate your kindness,
I may hopefully come back to the UK in 2013, i will hopefully have time to have a look,
This sounds like one of the cemeteries that needs the headstones photographed, maybe too bigger job.
Thankyou again.....Tim
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Hello Endoftheline
Thanks for taking a look for the Gilbert headstone but I must say it was not a productive use of your time. If the graves are not properly marked why didnt you make contact with a member of staff in charge of the cemetary ( as I suggested before)and have them show you where the graves were located. That way their location could have been found and a picture and record of the headstone inscription made (if there was a headstone).At least I would know whether their graves were still marked or not. Was there not someone at the cemetary who could help you? I guess I will have to hire a photographer in Tunbridge Wells to get me what I want. I have been waiting over a year for this information and I am no further ahead. Very frustrating!!!
Regards...Ed