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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Surrey => Topic started by: Greaves on Thursday 12 December 19 16:21 GMT (UK)
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Hi
I would like to find where my Grandparents on my father's side are buried, which should be easy but isn't, as I have had no contact with that side of the family since my very early childhood. I never met my paternal Grandparents, both dying before I was born. Nor can I ask my father, as he is also dead. They were:
Joseph Herbert George BERRY - died 14 Jun 1951 @62 St Barnabas Road, Mitcham
May Victoria BERRY (née EVELEIGH) - died 30 Jun 1947 @108 Shrewsbury Road, Carshalton
Not knowing South London I have no idea where they would be buried.
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If the death was Mitcham, the likelihood is that he was buried/cremated at Croydon
https://www.croydon.gov.uk/community/births-deaths-marriage/deaths/cremandgardens
or Streatham
https://www.dignityfunerals.co.uk/crematoria-and-cemeteries/crematoria/find-a-crematorium/south-london-crematorium/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=listings&utm_content=7510&utm_campaign=local_listings
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Carshalton could be here
https://www.merton.gov.uk/births-marriages-and-deaths/deaths/cemeteries/merton-and-sutton-joint-cemetery
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You probably have this from Ancestry
Mary Victoria Berry
Burial date
4 July 1947
Carshalton All Saints
Address matches death
Image available
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Thanks very much.
I missed it as it has been wrongly transcribed on Ancestry as Mary!
Having finally found my Grandmother's final resting place, I'm rather surprised to find that my Grandfather who died only four years later isn't buried in the same place.
Joseph died on 14 June 1951 in Mitcham, but having looked through the images on Ancestry for All Saints, Sutton I can find no trace of him.
Once again thanks very much.
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If the death was Mitcham, the likelihood is that he was buried/cremated at Croydon
https://www.croydon.gov.uk/community/births-deaths-marriage/deaths/cremandgardens
or Streatham
https://www.dignityfunerals.co.uk/crematoria-and-cemeteries/crematoria/find-a-crematorium/south-london-crematorium/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=listings&utm_content=7510&utm_campaign=local_listings
A Mitcham burial could also be the London Road Cemetery. https://www.merton.gov.uk/births-marriages-and-deaths/deaths/cemeteries/london-road
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Just for the record:
No BERRY in the MIs list for SS Peter & Paul churchyard, Mitcham, akas Mitcham Burial Ground and Church Road Cemetery, but there are a lot of unmarked graves.
There is an ELLEN MARTHA BERRY, 17-Oct-1870 - 21-Mar-1911, at St Mary's, Merton, buried with FANNY FELTWELL, d 26-Nov-1911 a 40.
No EVELEIGH at either.
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I am still puzzled as to why my Grandmother was buried at All Saints Carshalton in 1947, but my Grandfather who died only four years later in 1951 in Mitcham was not buried in the same grave or at least the same graveyard.
Needless to say, I still can't find his burial/cremation.
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There may not have been room in the grave/graveyard. The person organising the burial might have chosen elsewhere as more convenient to arrange or visit. He may have been cremated and the remains kept in an urn/other container and not buried at all.
Or he may have been buried somewhere unexpected.