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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: Snorbins on Tuesday 10 December 19 19:54 GMT (UK)
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Hi, new to this area of the country. I have a relative who died in 1931 at Grove Hospital.
From BMD the death was registered in Wandsworth.
If she was buried locally where would the cemetery be?
Thanks
Howard.
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The hospital is in Tooting which is within the Wandsworth RD
https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/wandsworth.html
What was her name/age/date of death?
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Thanks for the response CaroleW.
The name is Jacqueline Barnett. Died 5 years old in January 1931.
If you can identify a cemetery or place of rest it would be appreciated.
Howard
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Think she was born Jacqueline L Barnett March qtr 1926 Willesden but no burial showing online
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Not found in Wandsworth Cemeteries (http://burials.wandsworth.gov.uk). Close by are Streatham and Lambeth Cemeteries. You have to pay £9 for lookups at Lambeth Council (https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/bereavement-services/burial-and-cremation-records) if you can't go there, but I think I read that deceasedonline is hoping to cover them and will be cheaper.
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FamilySearch has Jacqueline Barnett, age 5, buried 6 January 1931, Streatham.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGZR-Q5D3
From microfilm 1564473, Register of burials at Streatham Cemetery 1923-1933
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Thank you everybody, great help.
One final question on Stretham Cemetry, is there a plot layout or a specific area where burials in 1931 were conducted?
Howard
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It might be worth contacting them:
https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/bereavement-services/streatham-cemetery
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There is a section map here (https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2017/296/CEM2284453_1508877710.jpg). I think 1930s graves would be in the left hand half containing the chapel and main gate, but if WW1 burials are anything to go by will be widely scattered. There is a lot of bare grass around unmarked graves or sunken flat stones making it difficult to follow plot numbers even when you have one. Was the family sufficiently well off to have afforded a private grave and headstone? At that time a child is likely to have otherwise gone to a common grave or been buried with an unrelated adult.
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The family certainly weren’t well off, but not poor. I have sent a mail to the cemetery but feel a visit may be in order to see the resting area.
Thanks for all your help.
Howard
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If you get a plot number, I should be able to tell you the state of that particular section and maybe make a preliminary sortie as I have a number of other requests at Streatham. The cemetery should know whether there is a gravestone and may even dig out a sunken one for you, as I've noticed a number of recently-exposed ones both there and at Lambeth.
P.S. Just in case they're related, I have a photo of a headstone there for an Albert Barnett (d 26-Mar-1924), his son Albert Samuel (d 2(3?)-Apr-1924) and a Charles Albert (date obscured).
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Thanks Chris Dorian, I have mailed the cemetery to see if they can identify a plot or if Jacqueline is identified in a book of remembrance. What their response time is I have no idea. If I get a response I will take you up on your kind offer. As for the Barnett headstone I will have go back to my records.
Cheers Howard.
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Whoops, too many Alberts. The first two should be Abraham. I've done a bit more investigation and found them in a family tree (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/7845077/person/-1027620912/facts) on Ancestry, but no mention of a Jacqueline. I've put photos on Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205418747). From the wide view you can see what I mean about a lot of bare grass!
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An article and picture of Grove Hospital
https://www.mediastorehouse.com/mary-evans-prints-online/grove-hospital-tooting-grove-south-west-london-4470499.html