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Dear Fellow Researchers.

Back in the 1890's did the newspapers in Birmingham publish death notices that might have contained the name of the cemetery in which the deceased was to be buried?

I am trying to find the burial location for my great great grandparents.    I have their death records as follows:

Marth Barrow d. 16 Mar 1896, age 65 living at 60 Camden Street.
Joseph Barrow, journeyman tailor, d. 22 Feb 1900, age 68, can't make out his address but know that he also lived on Camden Street.

I believe they were Roman Catholic.

Since Joseph Barrow was listed as a journeyman tailor, would he have belonged to some trade association?

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
Bob Croman
Physics Teacher
Texas

I am fairly certain that my GGGgrandfather was John Reynolds of Newcastle under Lyme, a slipmaker.    From the 1851 and 1861 census records he appears to have been born in Ipstones/Hipstones, Staffordshire.  And he seems to have been born about 1780.   His death record also indicates a birth year of 1780.   I have good reason to believe that he was a Roman Catholic for two reasons.    His daughter my GGgrandmother (Martha) and my GGgrandfather (Joseph Barrow) were married in Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Chapel, Newcastle under Lyme.    I have found the baptismal record for another  of his daughters, also at Holy Trinity.
Looking through Ancestry, I found in the Staffordshire Probate and Parish Records, Roman Catholic Registers, the following baptismal listing:    17 Dec 1780-1781   Jno Reynolds s. of John and Mary Reynolds   Godfather and mother Joseph Warrilow and Eliz. Cope, legitimus.
I then checked the IGI and found what appears to be the same record as:  John Reynolds to John and Mary Reynolds; christening: 17 DEC 1780   Saint Mary-Rc, Cresswell, Stafford, England.    So one can see that with the christening date of 1780 and the 1851/61 census records suggesting a birth year of 1780 I am tempted to believe I have found the christening record of my GGGgrandfather.   Unfortunately the LDS microfilm (0873649) does not circulate here in the states, so I can't check further details.
Checking GENUKI, it appears that there is not a Roman Catholic Chapel in Ipstones, but Ipstones is very close to Cresswell, maybe 7 Kilometers.    Is it possible that someone listed in the census records as born in Ipstones could have been christened in Cresswell (1780)?   Another question is the phrase " Godfather and mother Joseph Warrilow and Eliz. Cope, legitimus"   Can I assume that these Godparents are related to the Reynolds or is that too great a step to take?
Any help and opinions here would be appreciated so as to tell me whether I am just wishing this record to be part of my family history.

Best regards,
Bob Croman

Fellow researchers,

Thank you so much for your responses and insight.   Christopher, I will check out the County Down Website.   Unfortunately, I do not know the name of Annie and Jennie Weir's mother.   Jennie died before the state of Pennsylvania kept Death records and the informant for my great grandmother, Annie, only put down John Weir as the father on the 1914 death certificate and did not know the name of her mother.   I have never been able to find the sisters arrival in either New York or Philadelphia.   They must have been in their late teens when they arrived in the United States and it is hard for me to imagine that they traveled alone or at least didn't know someone in the United States, but I guess 1885 was a difficult time for many individuals.    My grandmother used to say that when they arrived in Philadelphia they were appalled that people would be cleaning the front steps (marble in the city) on a Sunday.   I have reason to believe that they were Presbyterian.     
In addition to the above hurdles, I have never been able to locate my great grandmother's marriage record to James Bell (also from Northern Ireland).
Again thanks you so much for your interest and help.

Best regards,
Bob Croman

Jim,

Many thanks for your reply.   I have some reason to believe that Elizabeth Thompson, nee Morton is the sister of my GGGgrandmother, Catherine Harrison, nee Morton.   (In my original posting I referred to the elderly Thomas Morton in the Henry and Elizabeth Thompson as my GGGgrandfather, but really if he is my ancestor then he would be my GGGGgrandfather).   But as you can probably quess, I have some doubts as well.    My GGGgrandmother Catherine Morton was baptised, 27 Dec 1808 as the daughter of Thomas Morton and wife Mary and recorded at St Martins, Birmingham.   Checking the St Martins baptismal records shows that Thomas and Mary Morton had a daughter Elizabeth born 27 March 1805 and baptized 2 October 1806 and this daughter could well be the Elizabeth listed as the wife of Henry Thompson in the 1851 Birmingham (St Peters)Census as I showed in my original posting.
But the St Martin's baptismal records (which are lacking in a lot of detail) show about 12 children for Thomas and Mary Morton in the 1795-1814 time frame, making one wonder whether there was more than one Thomas and Mary Morton couple baptizing children at that time frame.
Looking at the 1851 census and the addresses, I find it interesting that Henry and Elizabeth (nee Morton) Thompson (perhaps my GGGgrand uncle and aunt) live at 132 Moor St, St Peters and Henry and Catherine (nee Morton), my GGGgrandparents, live at 39 John St, St Marys.    I believe these two addresses were within walking distance in 1851.    If so the proximity of the two families might be suggestive of a relationship.
I would be thankful for any thoughts you might have on any of this.

Many thanks,
Bob Croman
Plano, TX