Glanford Brigg burial sites

[ReginaldJohn]

This is hilarious. 
As I indicated, my cousin in Canada wrote to the school and Clifford Jones kindly sent him the pirate picture.  The hilarious part is that I was required to dress up as a pirate for a function last Saturday night, just as these messages started to flow!

I mentioned that I have a 'Companion to the Bible' that was presented to her.  My sister has two further prize books of hers.  I quote from a letter from her.  I am not prepared to part with these books, but if you would like photos (or scans) of the inscriptions, I am happy to provide those.

I have two books which were presented to Etta by Christ’s Hospital. The first entitled ‘ Seekers after God ‘ by Rev F.W. Farrar, D.D., F.R.S. , Dean of Canterbury. The book is about the lives of three heathen philosophers, Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, who “amid infinite difficulties and surrounded by a corrupt society, devoted themselves to the earnest search after those truths which might best make their lives ‘ beautiful before God ‘.”  The book has the Christ’s Hospital crest in gold on the cover and inside is inscribed “ from the gift of George Moore Esq. A Governor of the hospital 1849 – 1876. A Prize ‘ Intended as an encouragement to the attainment of knowledge of the Holy Scriptures’.” Awarded to Etta Harris – Upper IV July 1901. That was the year of the census and it appears from the census details that Etta was in Hereford at that time aged 15 years. What a book to read!!! At 15 !! – but it had only been published by Macmillan the previous year so was ‘hot off the press”.

The second book is a Holy Bible and book of Common Prayer together and also has the crest on the cover and is inscribed: The Gift of the Governors of Christ’s Hospital to Etta G. Harris, the 17th day of April 1903. I see on the school’s website that every pupil who reaches the final year at the school is presented with a Bible. Well this might be it! She would have been in the 6th form that year, 17 years old and ready to leave the school. What happened after that and did she return as a teacher and not a nurse?

Regards
John

[David Miller]

John,
Your cousin reached Clifford, an old friend of mine, before I did! Clifford is a very efficient member of the Museum team - and, of course, an Old Blue. Now that you have seen it, I am sure that you can see why I have always been reluctant to publicise the 'pirate' picture. It is amusing for family purposes, but hardly the way one wants to publicise a heroine.
The Holy Bible is a highly treasured parting gift to all leavers, while the Book of Common Prayer is an additional gift to monitors/monitresses (mine have travelled all over the world with me for over 50 years!) But, while highly prized by the owners and their families, they are certainly not rare. They are presented on the day one leaves.
I do not know what happened to Etta between leaving Hertford in 1903 and arriving in Hartlepool in 1912, I believe that she went to university and obtained a degree, but have never been able to discover any details.
Clifford is a very busy guy, and I am particularly interested in the history of Etta, so I suggest that you deal with me and I will direct any questions to Clifford, if necessary..

Regards,
David

[Argusy]

G'day.  I have just discovered that a 'lost' ancestor died in Glanford Brigg (and not where my records said he had).  Does anyone have a record of burial sites in the town - or first prize would be transcripts of headstone data.  My ancestor in question is Alfred Benjamin Harris.  Died August 1928.  Also, I would be REALLY interested to know if he had a Rev. in front of his name.  Any help would be gratefully received.

yeh.. G'day from Australia...I've been researching Crawford ancestry, and I think I've worked out "Glanford Brigg" - it's where the RECORDS were kept of burials in the last 300 odd years, for the northern part of Lincolnshire, not the actual church or graveyard. (It's now called just "Brigg", but it's still where all surrounding parishes send their info on hatches, matches and dispatches). Can anyone verify that?

[ReginaldJohn]

Thanks for your response Argusy.  Nice to know that we have friends across the Tasman!
We did actually find my GGF there.  It was a long and convoluted story, but he was buried with his daughter - who was killed in WW1.  The graves are in a pretty sorry state right now however.
Cheers from NZ

[Geoff-E]

yeh.. G'day from Australia...I've been researching Crawford ancestry, and I think I've worked out "Glanford Brigg" - it's where the RECORDS were kept of burials in the last 300 odd years, for the northern part of Lincolnshire, not the actual church or graveyard. (It's now called just "Brigg", but it's still where all surrounding parishes send their info on hatches, matches and dispatches). Can anyone verify that?

It was a registration district from the start of registration of BMDs (1837) till the 1930s - all explained, together with the parishes included, here http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/glanford%20brigg.html

The town of Brigg wasn't a parish till mid 1800s and its church events appear as Wrawby-

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Brigg/
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Wrawby/