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Title: Help find his grave
Post by: niikib on Sunday 16 December 12 23:36 GMT (UK)
could anyone please help.ive been looking for my great grandfathers grave for along time now and come up with nothing,i have a funny feeling he could be in a paupers grave.He is Henry walter shakespeare born 1870 pensnett and died nov or dec 1902.if anyone could help me please
Title: Re: Help find his grave
Post by: CaroleW on Sunday 16 December 12 23:40 GMT (UK)
His death was registered in the Stourbridge Registration District but do you have a copy of his death cert showing exactly where he was living when he died

These are all the areas covered by that RD

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/stourbridge.html

Where was he living in 1901?
Title: Re: Help find his grave
Post by: niikib on Sunday 16 December 12 23:52 GMT (UK)
He was living in wallows street,kingswinford.im not from that area,he died when his children were babies so nobody knew him.
Title: Re: Help find his grave
Post by: CaroleW on Sunday 16 December 12 23:53 GMT (UK)
Finally found him in 1901 living in 119 Wallace St Kingswinford Staffordshire which was in the Stourbridge RD.  Birthplace shown as Commonside Staffs

I will ask the moderator to move your post to the Staffs board
Title: Re: Help find his grave
Post by: niikib on Monday 17 December 12 00:27 GMT (UK)
thank you
Title: Re: Help find his grave
Post by: Jool on Monday 17 December 12 23:53 GMT (UK)
Hi

This link may help you find graves in the area, I have looked for Henry but cannot find him but you may find other members of his family.

http://www.dudley.gov.uk/resident/libraries-archives/local-history--heritage/genealogy-research-service/

Jool
Title: Re: Help find his grave
Post by: linell on Thursday 20 December 12 15:23 GMT (UK)
Henry Walter's tree is on here Niikib:-

http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/family-tree/bcconnections/234037/95007/Henry-Shakespeare-Family

I see that Henry's children were born in Brockmore, the Parish Church there is St Johns, St Marks Pensnett.  I did see some Shakespeare burials when I was searching the St Michael's Brierley Hill Register this week, they were early 1800's but you could try there or St Mary Kingswinford.  Good luck from Linell.