Blackhill Cemetery COMPLETED

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Sue

      I have attached a PDF of the Turner burials in Blackhill cemetery. I re-read your posts after sending my previous reply regarding the Bushby burials and decided to check on the Turners. I think Jane may have just scraped in as the third burial in the Old (South) graveyard.

     Unfortunately, the luxury of proper addresses was not available until several years after the Blackhill cemetery opened. You may get some clues from the later Turner burials - assuming that they are related; alternatively, the relevant death certificates may, as you mentioned, contain address details. The 1881 census may also provide information.

     Good luck with your researches.

     PatB

[fruitlady]

Pat,
The Turner file is most helpful.  I do believe that the first entry is in fact my great, great, great grandmother, Jane.  I also see one child and possible another for Anthony Evelyn Turner that I did not know about.  I had checked the index at the end of the inscriptions but did not know about these wonderful PDF files by surname.  How does one go about creating one of these?  If the directions are on the site, I have not found them.
Sue

[Scottydog]

Hi

I'm new to Roots Web but found the Turner Burial records fascinating & managed to locate several members of my family.  Thank-you for the information.  However I would also like to check the Richardson & Scott families from that area, can you please tell me how to go about this.

Many thanks
Linda

[fruitlady]

One more question -
I will be visiting England in November and would like to try to find the grave for Jane Turner buried 1862 in Section H.  Do you have any suggestions for the easiest way to find it?
Sue

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Sue
        I apologize for the delay in replying to this thread - family illness. I notice that you said you would be visiting our green and pleasant land in November so I hope I'm not too late with this reply. There are no headstones whatever in Section H of the Old graveyard - just grass - so there are no points of reference for the grave you are trying to locate.
       I rang my contact at the Cemetery section this afternoon to explain the situation and he said that he would have the grave marked first thing on Monday morning next week. The markers used are simple wooden stakes with the name written on with marker pen. The Council do not charge for this. I'll print out a sheet showing all of the details available and attach it, in a plastic envelope, with a couple of drawing pins to make it easier to find. The only other grave - in the North graveyard - identified like this is that of the Countess of Derwentwater; so there's posh.
      I've attached a photograph of the display plate at the entrance of the South graveyard which shows the layout of the graveyard and the location of all of the sections. It also shows contact details for the cemetery staff, if you need them.
      I hope this is useful and that you have a good visit.

      PatB.

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     The attached photos show a general view of the location of Jane Turner's grave and a close-up shot of the burial details attached to the gravemarker. I may have to go back and re-attach the burial details with a couple of galvanized clout nails as the drawing pins do not appear to have penetrated very deeply into the whitewood gravemarker stake.

     I hope this helps with locating and identifying Jane's burial spot.

     PatB.

[Scottydog]

Hi Pat

Thanks for your help with this.  Sue is in France at the moment but will be coming up to Northumberland next week & meeting me - Jane Turner is also my Gt Gt Gt Grandmother, so it is also most interesting for me.  I have visited Blackhill Cemetry earlier this year but was unable to locate the grave so your help is much appreciated.

Regards
Linda

[fruitlady]

Pat,
Thank you so much for arranging the marking of the gravesite and with the sign.  We found it with no trouble and took lots of pictures.  I really appreciate your doing this for us.  I apologize for the late "Thank you," but it is heartfelt.
Sue