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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Topic started by: brigidmac on Sunday 14 April 24 21:41 BST (UK)
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so far no success in finding a grave for Charlotte BENJAMIN
died in epsom hospital surrey 29 jan 1954 # sorry 1956
home address was 12 dynham road west hampstead
i didnt send for her will because assumed she would have left everything to her only son
having outlived her only sibling
could she have stipulated a preferred burial place
her husband had died many years before +they were estranged
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The Will will only cost you £1.50 (I think), so not a huge outlay even if it tells you nothing. But have you considered she may well have been cremated?
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Yes I did wonder about cremation
Are there any records for that ?
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No death in 1954 - do you mean 1956?
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Yes very sorry I misread it
Should be 1956
I could look into parish records ...not sure which ones
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Where was her husband buried?
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so far no success in finding a grave for Charlotte BENJAMIN
died in epsom hospital surrey 29 jan 1954 # sorry 1956
home address was 12 dynham road west hampstead
i didnt send for her will because assumed she would have left everything to her only son
having outlived her only sibling
could she have stipulated a preferred burial place
her husband had died many years before +they were estranged
She was at 12 Dynham Road in 1939, so didn't move . Perhaps an obituary in local papers. Just a thought.
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One of my gt. aunts left a request in her Will that she was to be cremated and her ashes put in her mother's grave. A few complications....she died in Somerset, mother's grave was in Kent but it did happen.
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Yes I did wonder about cremation
Are there any records for that ?
I don't think there will be records for what may have happened to any ashes; people collect them and scatter them all over the place. If she was cremated, the crem may have records as to who collected the ashes or whether there is a memorial plaque anywhere, but it is a long time ago now.
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The burial of my gt.aunt's ashes is recorded in the burial register (1948) for the cemetery in Kent. She had died in 1941 so I guess WW2 delayed the burial.
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By chance I have just read a will written in 2002 in which the testator requests that the ashes of her husband be placed in her coffin, along with those of her two dogs, before her own cremation. After this, she wanted the ashes to be spread "over my garden".
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thanks for your suggestions
i will get on to the possible parishes on thursday when i go to Family history society
i dont know what happened to the husband not even sure of death date ..he may have been buried in a Jewish cemetary
although charlotte must have converted to judaism in order to marry Hyam BENJAMIN
her son left the religion and changed his name to BENNETT in WW2
I dont know if she would have been buried in a jewish cemetary
First I will order the will...
Then phone parish record offices see if they have anything