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Title: Burial in Goole?
Post by: scatchardfamily on Monday 01 January 18 00:41 GMT (UK)

I wonder if someone can help me with the burial place of my GGG Grandmother.

She died on 11 Mar 1899 in the Union Workhouse, Goole. Name: Margaret Rogers, née Carr.

I don't really know where to look, having tried all the online sites. I live in SE London so it is hard to do archives etc. Happy to swap lookups etc if I can help someone else.

Title: Re: Burial in Goole?
Post by: Bee on Monday 01 January 18 00:58 GMT (UK)

Hi

As I understand it, most people who died in a workhouse are buried in unmarked graves unless the body was claimed by a relative for burial elsewhere.

The only cemetery that I know of is in Hook Road, Goole.

 http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Goole/ This gives details of the workhouse, though you may already know this.

Bee

Title: Re: Burial in Goole?
Post by: LizzieW on Monday 01 January 18 10:01 GMT (UK)

One of my paternal 3 x g.grandfathers died in a workhouse and was buried at the workhouse in Shipmeadow, Suffolk, I guess that means there was a burial area.  On the other hand my one of my maternal 3 x g.grandmothers who also died in the workhouse in Halesworth, Suffolk was buried in the local church, although the grave is unmarked.  I guess her son claimed her body but as he was poor he wouldn't have been able to afford a gravestone.

Title: Re: Burial in Goole?
Post by: chempat on Monday 01 January 18 21:24 GMT (UK)

Worth contacting here - or have you tried in your online searches?

http://www.howdenshirehistory.co.uk/index.ht

or here:

https://sites.google.com/site/thegooleexperience/home

Title: Re: Burial in Goole?
Post by: Pinetree on Friday 05 January 18 12:24 GMT (UK)

Looks like she was buried in Howden (St Peter's, Howden Minster), from Parish Register:

Margaret Rogers, abode Goole, buried 14 March 1899, age 71.

Pinetree

Title: Re: Burial in Goole?
Post by: jess5athome on Sunday 07 January 18 20:32 GMT (UK)

Hi scatchardfamily, on the off chance that there is a MI or a plot visible, give me a shout and I will get a photograph if you wish, its only a short distance down the motorway from me.

Frank.

Title: Re: Burial in Goole?
Post by: scatchardfamily on Sunday 05 August 18 00:29 BST (UK)

Hello @Pinetree and @jess5athome - I'm so sorry, I have only just seen your replies! Thank you so much!

@Pinetree - where did you see the register?

@jess5athorne - how would I know whether there's a plot?

Title: Re: Burial in Goole?
Post by: harrinz on Monday 06 August 18 14:45 BST (UK)

A useful start if you know which graveyard is
https://www.findagrave.com/ (free for searches)

Title: Re: Burial in Goole?
Post by: Pinetree on Friday 01 March 19 22:21 GMT (UK)

Parish register on Findmypast.

Pinetree