'Lost' graves in or around Peaslake......

[dawnsh]

Hi

The records for St Marks Peaslake start in 1889, before that I think the family would have used the church at Shere.

Thanks for the offer of lunch, but I shall politely decline as I do not live in the area 

I'll be in touch soon I hope.

Dawn

[Jake Drummond]

Thank you!

[dawnsh]

Hi

Some good news!

Ethel Gardner aged 81 of East View ( a row of cottages) was buried at Peaslake 7th March 1956. No plot number is shown but they do have a plan of the churchyard.

No sign though of John 

Albert, William & Mary Gardner all of the Old Post Office were buried 1937, 1945 and 1952

and finally

Rose Hannah Gardner of 6 Woodhouse Lane was buried in 1941

As you're visiting in a couple of weeks, I will send via pm the church wardens name and phone number and you can liaise directly with her.

She has other lists of 'parish names', maybe there is something there, also I gave her Ethel's maiden name - Cooper- and she will look for that.

Happy hunting.

Dawn

[Jake Drummond]

Fabulous news about Ethel's grave location, tempered a little with no sign of JBG, and I'm indebted to you for finding this for me.
We should be in the area around Monday 19th and will have three days there so I think that'll be ample time to find what I need, and I'll certainly be anxious to meet up with the Church Warden.
The 1943 death certificate, ordered and en route soon, will hopefully show John's last address, and I can take it from there to seek his final resting place if he proves not to be at Peaslake with Ethel.

These other Gardner names are worthy of a bit of research, though I can't see that they are a 'second family' for JBG............though after all this time I'm not discounting it!!! Maybe a subscription to Ancestry will be required after all to find THEIR parents names.

You're well named Dawn; you brought light where there was but darkness!

[dawnsh]

I'm pleased to have been of some help.

Before you take out a sub, check your local library to see if the subscribe to Ancestry Library Edition. Might save you a few pennies if they do.

Have a good trip, let us know how it goes.

Dawn

[Jake Drummond]

A very important piece of paper arrived today; Grandad John Bain Gardner's death certificate!

He died aged 62 years on February fifth at Nelson Hospital, Merton, and lived at 1 Balfour Road, Wimbledon. He is given as a Roof Watcher at an aircraft factory, and Ethel was present at his death. Seems his death was put down to Respiratory and Cardiac Failure.

A few 'phone call and an email I'm awaiting a reply to may be leading me to St Mary the Virgin at Merton, and with luck the Church Officers may have a register of burials.

I'll look around for where he may have been employed as I should think aircraft factories will be listed.
Maybe Electoral Rolls exists too so that might point to where he and Ethel were living during the lost years..........'more questions than answers' I know, but I'll have reached the end of my quest soon I hope.

I thank everyone who has helped me get this far............

[Jake Drummond]

'Deceased Online' for Surrey gave me this, maybe the final clue;
Entry # 26427... John Bain Gardner (aged) 62, Nelson Hospital, (buried on) 10th February 1943 (in) Common (Grave #) VC252   blank column    blank column  (in which Parish) 1 Balfour Rd Wimbledon.

Looks as if I might not find a headstone after all, if I'm reading the 'Common Ground' bit correctly, but at least I've found where he'll be.

[dawnsh]

Hi Jake

Good find at Deceased Online as his middle name doesn't show when doing a search.

You're most probably correct in your assumption there may not be a headstone, but you should still be able to visit and pay your respects.

The only aircraft factory I'm aware of is this but I'm no expert in this area

http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/LeisureCulture/LocalHistory/Archives.htm

No electoral registers were compiled during the war but Meron Local studies might be able to help outside of these dates

http://arena.yourlondonlibrary.net/web/merton/heritage

Dawn

[Jake Drummond]

Many thanks for those links Dawn, which I'll pursue when we get there. Let's hope there's some headstone to be seen.
I should think I'll find more information from the electoral rolls which might show where they were living, and working, at the time.
As before, I'll post an update.