St Pancras request

[Tennille]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has the ability to look at a burial at St. Pancras. I have found on Deceased Online, a record for a family member. The record says there is 8 other burials, I am wondering if one of them is a long lost family member.

Unfortunately I am unable to purchase credits to view this record. I would be very thankful if anyone is able to help.

The record is for Elizabeth Sedunari. The information I can see is:

last name
Sedunari
first names
Elizabeth Lizzie
burial date
21  Dec  1946
authority
London Borough Of Camden
location
St Pancras Cemetery (Camden)

Thank You in advance, for any help you can offer.

[AnnabelUK]

Hi Tennille

You should be able to get that information free by contacting the Cemetary office directly.  My grandfather was buried at St Pancras and they were very helpful.  The contact name may be out of date I wrote in 2005 but the rest should be ok.

Contact details are
Contact Camden cemeteries
Contact Contact:
Mr  Karl  Zawisza
Head of Service
c/o Islington and St Pancras Cemetery Office
Islington and St Pancras Cemetery
High Road, East Finchley
N2 9AG
Telephone: 020-8883 1230/1
Fax: 020-8883 2784
Email: islingtoncamdencemeteries@islington.gov.uk
Website: www.camden.gov.uk/cemeteries
Deals with the administration concerning burials and maintains graves and grounds within Saint Pancras and Hampstead Cemeteries.

[Valda]

Hi

9 burials in one purchased plot would require a considerable depth for the first burial. It would be exceptional to go deeper than 12 feet for the first burial. Space would be required between the coffins and space - 30 inches in Victorian times, 3 feet today, between the last coffin and the surface. If it were possible to get 9 burials in one purchased plot only a wealthy family could have afforded the expense. More likely they would purchase 2 plots adjacent. Common graves where the plot has not been purchased and the burials contained therein are not related are dug deeper up to 14 feet and can be in a wider plot so more burials together. Common graves are not necessarily pauper graves. The family would pay for the funeral and the burial but could not afford the price of the plot which in relative terms was expensive and still remains so. Cremation has largely ended the need for families to have burials in common graves.

Regards

Valda

[cemetery friends]

In some instances a cemetery manager would have an arrangement with local hospitals to receive corpses of young babies /stillborns and to keep one or two plots available for a week or so. Therefore in such cases the bodies within are completely unrelated to each other.

[AnnabelUK]

I have checked both the "Grave details and 8 other burials" and also the scanned image.

The list of addtional burials appear unrelated all different surnames.  The scan shows details of Elizabeth only in that plot.  Sedunari, Elizabeth Lizzie Abode St Pancras, 80 Bayham Street age 72 buried 21 Dec 1946. The class of the grave is 3rd.

I've saved the details of the other burials and the scan so if you want it let me know. Not sure if we can private message our email addresses via this forum?

[dawnsh]

Hi Annabel

The personal message system is the moderators 'method of choice' for exchanging email addresses.

Email addresses posted in topics will be routinely removed.

Dawn

[AnnabelUK]

Thanks Dawn

I've since found the way to send a private message, I didn't plan on putting my email addres on the topic I get enough spam as it is    but good to know the rules.

Anna