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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Surrey => England => Surrey Lookup Requests => Topic started by: greeneyesgudge on Sunday 09 June 13 22:06 BST (UK)
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my great grandmother ROSE GUDGE died on the 5 march 1931 age 28 due to childbirth complications she was just 28 years old bless her .the record says she died in guildford surrey .but she lived in epsom surrey and grew up in walton upon thames surrey .my grandmother barbara is her daughter and is sadly no longer here but my grandmothers sister jose is still alive living in australia they grew up without a mum and there mum was never spoken off much after her death and they still dont know were rose is burried ???i was wondering if someone can point me in the right direction on trying to locate weres shes burried so i can visit her grave something my gran and aunty were never able to do .im not sure were to start as i dont know surry .any help would be much appreciated thankyou mish
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If her last address was Epsom, you will probably find that she is buried near there. Bear in mind though that she may have been cremated so there may not be a grave.
Do you have her death certificate, does that give her usual address?
Might be worth contacting these people - they say they dont charge for a look up if it is just one person.
http://www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/EEBC/Community+and+Living/Life+events/Deaths/Epsom+cemetery.htm
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Might be worth looking for an obituary/report of the funeral in the local paper(s).
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ok thanks guys i will try track it down
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Where in Guildford did she die?
Rosie
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hi rosie she died in guildford at the hospital i think
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hi rosie she died in guildford at the hospital i think
So the chances are she would have been buried near to her normal address.
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hi rosie she died in guildford at the hospital i think
So the chances are she would have been buried near to her normal address.
I would agree with Groom :)
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Her adress was 54 northfield road cobham surrey .just looked at death certificate ,and she died at the royal surrey county hospital .does anyone know the local graveyards in cobham that were being used in 1930 .? x
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I do not know whether the cemetery attached to St Andrew's Church would have been closed by the 1930s. Cobham has a separate cemetery and I am afraid that I can't say when it opened.
Records of burials at the church will be available from the church or from Surrey Record Office, at Woking. The SRO has copies on microfiche.
However details of the burials at the municipal cemetery may be available from Elmbridge Borough Council, at Esher, if you sent them the details.
Hope this will point you in the right direction.
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I can't see mention of her on here :'(
http://parishrecords.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/cobham.html
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It could well be that it was a cremation, so no grave/headstone.
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If you do not find a burial, the nearest crematorium to Cobham is Leatherhead. Further away are Woking, Guildford and Kingston upon Thames.
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It seems that Leatherhead Crematorium didn't open until 1961 so that at least can be discounted.
Jan;)
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It seems that Leatherhead Crematorium didn't open until 1961 so that at least can be discounted.
Jan;)
and Guildford crematorium 's first service was in 1967, so that can be discounted also
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Kingston didn't open until after 1951 so another discounted. Woking however opened in 1885 so it would be worth looking there.
Jan;)
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ok thanks everyone ,hopefully i will find something soon ,ive emaild the surrey history center and the epsom one as well as cobham cemetry .if she was cremated there should be a record somewere
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Hi
An index to Epsom cemetery records is online - see the link in the Rootschat guide to burials on the Surrey board. There doesn't seem any Gudges in the online index.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,404819.0.html
Surrey History Centre hold the burial registers to St Andrew Cobham up to 1927 (filmed images now online on Ancestry). It looks like this maybe the date the churchyard closed.
The link to the Surrey History Centre's parish register holdings is in the burial guide which also gives details of any cemetery records which Surrey History Centre may hold which are few as cemetery records are usually held by the local authority which manages the cemetery, Elmbridge in the case of Cobham cemetery).
http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/recreation-heritage-and-culture/archives-and-history/archives-and-history-research-guides/parish-registers/guide-to-parish-registers-held-at-surrey-history-centre
Cremations grew in popularity after the Second World War and were more rare before then with very few crematoriums in existence before that date. Apart from Woking which was the first crematorium in the country, other earlier crematoriums were usually in large cities. When you request a search of cemetery records you need to request that both the burial and cremation records are searched as the registers are kept separately. However the only crematorium in Surrey in 1931 would be at Woking which was and still is owned by a private company. You would have to contact them directly. Information about Woking crematorium is in the guide.
A request to Elmbridge Borough Council cemetery office seems the most likely starting point. The link is given in the guide.
Regards
Valda
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Hi ive had some good news shes burried at cobham cemetry .now ill have to travel up there to visit her grave and see if theres a headstone .thanks for all the help everybody
cheers mish :)
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Glad you've found her :)
Jan ;)
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That's good news. Even if there is no headstone at least you now know where she is.