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Thanks everyone!
I think I was just so tired last night that I couldn't see anything!

Lisa

Hello all

My husbands great grandmother died in 1938. We discovered today, thanks to a newspaper article, that she committed suicide. There is a report on the inquest, but nothing at all about a burial is in the newspapers (that I can find).
I can't find any burial records, but I think that is due to the time period is still not online at the moment.
She lived in a village called Thaxted in Essex. So, I wondered if a) she isn't buried there but in the closest municipal cemetery b) because of her death, her burial was secret or was her body returned to her place of birth in Finchley, London.
Her name was Clara Johnson nee Neville, 1872-1938
Her husband George William Johnson married again a few months later after advertising for a housekeeper/companion in the newspapers!
thanks in advance
Lisa

And I havent found a will for him either.

Hello all
So, Great Grandfather, George William Johnson (b. 20 Apr 1881, London), married for the 2nd time very quickly after his first wife died. He married a lady called Ethel Rayner (married name Ethel Goff) who was a widow. They are still living in Essex in 1939. However, there was some sort of upset in the family and at some point George and Ethel moved away. Not heard from again and there really isn't anyone left alive to tell us anything. I did some digging on Ethel. She had a daughter who lived in Bradford but was widowed quite young. I have found a death for George William Johnson, so I ordered the death cert and it arrived this morning.
It says George William Johnson died 17 Aug 1960 at 24 Silverhill Road, Bradford. It says he was 79 years old, so the age matches. Informant was E. Johnson, widow. So that almost matches.  There's nothing else on there to give me any clues to if he is our George or not.
So, are there any other records which I could search? The only thing I can find online is the 1939, which we already have.
I don't even know which cemeteries there are, or even if there's a grave stone.
Any ideas please!
Thanks

Lisa

The patient records are at Warwick records office. I found my 4 x great grandfathers records and they were very interesting. He was sent there from Nuneaton workhouse saying he was a danger to himself and others, but I think the matron at the works house knew he was better off at Hatton. He had electric shock treatment for a nervous complaint, and I think on the whole they treated him the best way that was available at the time. He died there and was buried there. His record even had the burial ground reference on it. Sadly the grave markers were removed and used as landfill then the estate was built. I did find out, thanks to Warwick District Council, which one of the 2 burial grounds he was in. I did visit, and the burial grounds are marked with 2 huge stones and a plaque, but no names.
These days he would have been in a care home, and his complaint would have been treated better.
The team at Warwick records office are really helpful, it’s worth a visit.
Lisa