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I am trying to find out more about my great great aunt Sarah Grace Harrison’s life as a headmistress in Folkestone Kent .She was born in Bradford 1868 and passed in Folkestone in 1955.She was headmistress at St Mary’s in Dover Road and never married.I can’t find were she was buried the local council could not find any records of her.I have contacted the new St Mary’s school which has some links with the old school but they never responded.I also contacted a local history group asking for information but they haven’t responded either,any information would be greatly appreciated
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Looks like she went by Grace Sarah Harrison.
April 1920 - Teachers' Registration Council Registration
1886-1890 Assistant Mistress - St John's Model School, Bradford
1890-1892 Assistant Mistress - Lomeshayle Boys' School, Nelson, Lancs
1892-1928 Head Mistress - St Mary's H.G. Girls' School, Folkestone, Kent
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Sorry that was my mistake with the name should i repost my original question?
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Sorry that was my mistake with the name should i repost my original question?
You can edit your subject line.
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Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
02 April 1892
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If she changed the order of her names, could that be why they couldn't find any burial records under the name you gave them?
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It was me that did it on my original post all the records say Grace Sarah Harrison
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What address was given on her death certificate?
Perhaps try looking for the nearest cemetery or crematorium to her address and contact them to see if they can help.
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All I have is the England and Wales death index which says January 1955
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All I have is the England and Wales death index which says January 1955
If you wanted to obtain her death certificate it is available from GRO indexes as a
Digital Image (JPEG)
Cost £3.00. Image available to view once payment is complete and a link to the image is provided on the order confirmation screen
HARRISON, GRACE SARAH 87
GRO Reference: 1955 M Quarter in FOLKESTONE Volume 05B Page 695
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Thank you
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I am trying to find out more about my great great aunt Sarah Grace Harrison’s life as a headmistress in Folkestone Kent .
A little more about her life, although not the burial you are hunting for:
From the Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald , 26 September 1914
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That’s very interesting information thank you very much for looking
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Olly - is this her ?????? if so she was named after her grandmother on her mums side :)
https://gw.geneanet.org/johnevans100?n=harrison&oc=1&p=grace
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Yes it is
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Have you checked the 1939 register to see where she was living?
Grace Sarah Harrison
Address 1 The Parade
Year 1929/30
Constituency in full Parliamentary Borough of Hythe
Polling district or place Folkestone
Record set England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1910-1932
There are other persons listed at this address so perhaps it’s a boarding/lodging house,
unfortunately the year only goes to 1932 so can’t check for an address for the year 1955 ???
Edit to add
I've checked findagrave, billiongraves index and deceased online and can't find anything for Grace sorry :-\
Could she have been buried with family members?
Do you know where her parents/siblings are buried?
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I have seen that document it seems she lived there with another lady.
She passed in Folkestone a long way from family.Her brother George Henry Harrison (my great grandfather) passed in Aylesbury in1945 but was cremated in Golders Green Cemetery his ashes are scattered there.Its another unsolved mystery why his ashes were scattered the but his wife is buried in Tring Road Cemetery Aylesbury,I know were her grave is.
I won’t be able to respond to messages for a few hours because of another engagement.
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For info. re post by bbart - I wonder if Grace went to visit her friend in US she travelled to US in 1906
Grace S Harrison age 37 born England, teacher, visitor, friend Mrs Hanson
Departure Liverpool July 1906 Arrival state Massachusetts
Ship name Ivernia
Record set United States, Passenger And Crew Lists
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Another post here ::)
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=885762.msg7589206#msg7589206
Will ask the moderator to lock it as info already given on this thread