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Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: pepa on Thursday 17 March 16 22:57 GMT (UK)
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I'm looking for a e-mail photo of William Hardwick Moreland who is buried in Bunhill Fields, he died April 21 1840 and his wife Elizabeth Ann died Aug. 5 1836. If anyone is walking this cemetery could you please see if there is a stone, I live in Canada. I have no idea what section or any other information,so everything is very much appreciated. Many thanks.
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Here is the Cemetery on the link below. Questions to ask would be did he have the money to purchase a grave marker. Therefore what was his occupation? Many people were buried with no permanent marker.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=658393
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Sorry I don't know what he did. But found out that 2 of his daughters Mary Moreland died Oct, 22 1845 age 33 and Martha Moreland died at the age of 1 1/2 years Aug. 3 1807 and on Greater London Burial transcription it says Vault opened. It also says Esq. of Old Street, St. Luke's London. I also know that there was a street called Moreland in 1891 according to the Electoral registers, so I think he might have had money.
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https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch
follow the link and you can cheaply get a copy of the burial register.
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There is a Probate index entry for a William Hardwick Moreland who died in 1885, presumably a relative?
Christning of a William Hardwick Moreland 27 Dec 1799 (bn 29 Nov 1799) at Holywell Mount Independent - another rellie?
Also at same Church a chritenong of a William Hardwick Moreland on 26 Aug 1810 (bn 16 Feb 1810) parents William HArdwick Moreland and Elizabeth Ann
So - a lot of them around!!
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According to the Bunhill Fields website, the records of Monmental Inscriptions is at the LMA, plus the burial register
Might be worth asking them (presumably would have to pay) for a look up, if they do that
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/city-gardens/visitor-information/Pages/Bunhill-Fields.aspx
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https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch
follow the link and you can cheaply get a copy of the burial register.
This is only the same record that is showing on Ancestry ;)
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ha9/
It is a vault ;)
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If anyone is walking this cemetery could you please see if there is a stone
I'm afraid this isn't a realistic request by itself. Anyone visiting on your behalf will first need to see the interment books at LMA (series CLC/271) in order to confirm the location of the vault and identify it on their plan. The information given in the burial register (online) doesn't help with that.
This leaflet gives an explanation -- see pages 6-7.
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/london-metropolitan-archives/visitor-information/Documents/05-cemetery-records.pdf
Even with that information it may be fairly hard to find the vault, because parts of the ground are overgrown and others are inaccessible behind railings.