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When you consulted Bradford Council did they tell you IF the rights to burial were purchased and, if so, when and by whom?
Did they say if there is a headstone on the plot? (which indicates the rights of burial were purchased)

Boo

They can't tell me details of people who I don't already know about because of Data Protection. They can only confirm who owns the grave if I ask them "Does X person own the grave?" Rather frustrating!

Fred comes up though:
HEPWORTH, FRED       0 
GRO Reference: 1908  D Quarter in BRADFORD  Volume 09B  Page 25

if you get to look at the Bowling registers themselves , they should have an address for the deceased. In several instances an infant will also have a named mother and father.

Pauline

That might be difficult as I'm not nearby, but I might be able to get the death info and address from the GRO.

I've been trying to find a Sarah Ann Robinson in the 1901 census, and the strongest possibilities seem to be these two:

837 Barkerend Road (RG13/4151 fo124 p11) - Sarah A Robinson as wife, but no husband present; also an unmarried daughter Alice M Storey, age 25. GRO index suggests Alice's mother's maiden name was Redsdale. FreeBMD has the marriage of Sarah Ann Storey to Harry Robinson in 1885.

27 Violet Court - in the Bowling area (RG13/4145 fo15 p21) - Sarah Ann wife of Lewis K Robinson; possible marriage in the Halifax district in 1875 of Lewis Robinson and Sarah Ann Jubb (from FreeBMD).

Do any of those extra surnames ring a bell? (But do check these for yourself, and there might be other possibilities that I've missed.)

Thanks Arthur, themselves are good finds. I'll have a look at them. There is nothing obvious there, but the Violet Court one is in Bowling which seems the more likely connection.

I hope we can find the connection as I'd like the family to put up a headstone as there either there was none or it has been lost under the grass.

As I've been slowly researching my family tree, I've been finding graves. I have come across one where I'm stumped. This one is in Bowling Cemetery, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

It is the grave of Robert Wilkinson Booth (died 1936), Martha Clough (died 1945) and Raymond Boocock (died 1930 - infant). That makes sense as Robert and Martha are Raymond's grandparents. However, I've been told by Bradford Council that there are two people I don't know anything about also buried in the grave:
Sarah Ann Robinson
Death: 19.05.1905
Age: 55 years
Burial: 23.05.1905

Fred Hepworth
Death: 26.11.1908
Age: 11 weeks
Burial: 30.11.1908

I don't know who either of them are. There are related Robinsons, but the connection is weak - daughter's husband's
Grandmother.

So I've been researching Sarah Ann and Fred, but I can't find any information on them - only that Fred died in Bradford, which I already knew. My searches are coming up blank. A census, marriage, birth or baptism would at least show some family connections.

As Sarah Ann was buried first it seems likely the grave was purchased for her, so it would make sense for her to be part of the family.

Am I missing something here? Where else could I be searching? Is there anything else out there for Sarah Ann or Fred that im not seeing?

Thanks for your help!