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Is she in Longframlington churchyard?
« on: Friday 26 February 10 15:21 GMT (UK) »
I've just received the death certificate for Julia Coleman Haig Stewart who died on 21st Oct 1925 in a car accident "on the highway near Longframlington".

I'm not sure where she is buried and wonder if it's in Longframlington or whether she was taken back to her home town of Edinburgh.

If anyone has access to record would really appreciate  a look up.

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Re: Is she in Longframlington churchyard?
« Reply #1 on: Monday 12 May 25 12:38 BST (UK) »
Hi.

I've checked on Find a Grave and I can't see Julia listed any of the cemeteries in Longframlington and a lot of the graves have been photographed and transcribed. So I would assume that Julia was taken home or if she was taken to a hospital possibly nearer to there. Longframlington didn't even have a doctors surgery in 1925. They had several pubs and a butchers! But the Doctor came from Rothbury when you needed him.

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Re: Is she in Longframlington churchyard?
« Reply #2 on: Monday 12 May 25 18:08 BST (UK) »
Announcement in the Edinburgh Evening News, 3rd November 1925. (Note date of death was 31st October, not 21st)

Stewart, On the 31st Oct., as a result of a motor accident, Julia Colman Haigh Stewart, beloved wife of James Stewart, 27 Grange Road, Edinburgh. Funeral to Piershill Cemetery , on Thursday, 5th inst. All friends desiring to attend will kindly meet cortege at cemetery gate, at 2.30 p.m.

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Re: Is she in Longframlington churchyard?
« Reply #3 on: Monday 12 May 25 18:53 BST (UK) »
Mention of her death in Edinburgh Evening News of 3rd November 1925, says a verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest in Longframlington. Apparently Mr Stewart and another female were also in the car at the time. They were heading to Newcastle when the car skidded and overturned.
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Re: Is she in Longframlington churchyard?
« Reply #4 on: Monday 12 May 25 19:03 BST (UK) »
Billion Graves, which now seems to require payment, so only limited details available for free, have a Julia C A Stewart headstone picture at Piershill, with a date of 4/11/1925. Realise initials and dates don't seem to match, but it seems rather a coincidence two Julia Stewarts in similar timescale. Might be worth paying to view, in case there has been transcription errors.

https://billiongraves.com/grave/Julia-C-A-Stewart/43422095 says died 4th November, and I think your Julia was buried on the 4th.
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Re: Is she in Longframlington churchyard?
« Reply #5 on: Monday 12 May 25 19:09 BST (UK) »
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says died 4th November, and I think your Julia was buried on the 4th

See reply #2, the announcement said died on 31st October funeral on 5th November ?
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Re: Is she in Longframlington churchyard?
« Reply #6 on: Monday 12 May 25 19:25 BST (UK) »
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says died 4th November, and I think your Julia was buried on the 4th

See reply #2, the announcement said died on 31st October funeral on 5th November ?

Yes, just checked again, Thursday 5th was funeral. I still feel it might be worth someone having a look at that Billion Graves entry if they have access,  in case of transcription errors.
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Re: Is she in Longframlington churchyard?
« Reply #7 on: Monday 12 May 25 19:31 BST (UK) »
The name is certainly very coincidental.
The initial H in her name could have been read as an A if its been transcribed from a photo?
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Re: Is she in Longframlington churchyard?
« Reply #8 on: Monday 12 May 25 21:03 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much for reviving this thread after 15 years!

Julia was killed on the way to Newcastle for a dancing competition. She owned a dance school in Edinburgh. The car fell on top of her in the crash.

It is definitely her in the cemetery (thank you sooo much). I have access to Billion Graves and can confirm it is her as the headstone also lists her husband and sons. There are errors on the headstone but it appears to have been erected 40 years after her death.

When I am next in Edinburgh I will go and pay my respects to her.
Wilson in the Lancaster area
Clegg in Todmorden
Adamson in Edinburgh
Miller in Edinburgh
Nunn in Norfolk and Co Durham
Smith in Glasgow
Haig in Peebles/Edinburgh
Also Nelson, Gardener, Garnett, Blair, Coleman, Aaronson and many more as the branches expand!

Census info is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk