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Title: Saint Augustine's Churchyard in Pendlebury
Post by: randers on Wednesday 11 October 17 17:48 BST (UK)
Does anyone live near Saint Augustine's Churchyard in Pendlebury, and would you mind taking a couple of gravestone photos? Unfortunately, I don't know the plot number. I learned that the 1st wife of my 3rd great-uncle was buried there. Her name was Sarah Jane Griffith (Mrs. Robert Robinson Heap). Sarah died on Feb. 5 or 6, 1903. Also, I'd love to know if her husband and children were buried there. The children's names were Amy, Carrie, Robert Percy, and Kenneth Heap:

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2501303&GRid=112620266 (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2501303&GRid=112620266)

Thanks,
Richard
Title: Re: Saint Augustine's Churchyard in Pendlebury
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 11 October 17 18:13 BST (UK)
Are you sure that there is a gravestone to photograph  :-\
Title: Re: Saint Augustine's Churchyard in Pendlebury
Post by: randers on Wednesday 11 October 17 18:25 BST (UK)
Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure, but I've had luck finding churchyard gravestones for other relatives and ancestors in the UK. It looks as though a fair amount of gravestones still exist at St. Augustine's, so I'm hopeful.
Title: Re: Saint Augustine's Churchyard in Pendlebury
Post by: rosie99 on Thursday 12 October 17 07:17 BST (UK)
It may be a good idea to contact the church as you really need a location of the grave if you want someone to photograph it for you.  Is that findagave link added by you or by someone who has seen the plot  :-\

https://www.manchester.anglican.org/acny/church/378/
Title: Re: Saint Augustine's Churchyard in Pendlebury
Post by: BumbleB on Thursday 12 October 17 07:51 BST (UK)
Entry in the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 7 February 1903

Title: Re: Saint Augustine's Churchyard in Pendlebury
Post by: randers on Friday 13 October 17 16:07 BST (UK)
Hi rosie99 and BumbleB:

Many thanks for your help! I'll try contacting the church, and I'll post Sarah Griffith Heap's death notice on her "Find A Grave" page. I've done as much research as I can on my Heap ancestors, so now I'm concentrating on my Heap relatives and their spouses.

Best regards,
Richard