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Burials in Hungerford/Ringwood
« on: Friday 24 August 12 01:14 BST (UK) »
My 2x Gt Grandfather George Thomas, born in 1840 in Fordingbridge, died on 1st Feb 1922 at Highfield, Hungerford, Fordingbridge. Spent all his middle years in Jersey. His much younger 2nd wife Ellen (born Jersey) died on 27th August 1943 also in Hungerford.
I have been trying to find out where they were buried, but having just been through the whole of the Ringwood area Monumental Inscriptions from the Hampshire Genealogical Society and not found them, I now wonder if there is another area I should be looking at.
I am hoping that this might also help me find his parents. All we know with certainty is that his father's name was James, but are almost certain that this is not the James & Susannah found in the censuses. There is a James & Elizabeth, but are hoping that if I can find his gravestone, it might be in a family plot, and finally reveal who his parents were and possibly find siblings.

Any ideas, please.
Thomas in Jersey and Hampshire, Conway in Co Waterford and Jersey, Beardsley in Burton Overy and Great Glen, Leicestershire. Bent in Gilmorton, Leics.

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Re: Burials in Hungerford/Ringwood
« Reply #1 on: Friday 24 August 12 08:47 BST (UK) »
By late victorian times many churchyards were full.  Have you asked the local council bereavement services if they have any record of their burial in a municipal cemetery?

It's possible that no headstone was erected/survived.

Have you looked in local newspapers to see if there was a funeral notice or obituary?  This may give the place of burial.
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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Re: Burials in Hungerford/Ringwood
« Reply #2 on: Friday 24 August 12 10:01 BST (UK) »
Thanks bearcat, unfortunately I think I will have to wait until I get to the UK to look up newspapers. I imagine at the best, the information may be on microfiche. I live in Australia and have to do all my research on line. As far as I know my Gt Gt Grandfather was a farmer and may have gone back to Hungerford to take up the reins of the farm. He is certainly back there in the 1911 census and listed as a farmer and an employer. This search has been going on for several years (at a distance). At this stage I do not know where he farmed, his postal address on the 1911 census is just "Hungerford". When he died his address was given as "Highfield" Hungerford, Fordingbridge. I am assuming that this was his private house. I have followed up your suggestion of contacting a bereavement counsellor in the area. At least it someone who is familiar with the procedures in the Hungerford area.

Re: Municipal cemeteries - where would I be looking?
Thanks.
Thomas in Jersey and Hampshire, Conway in Co Waterford and Jersey, Beardsley in Burton Overy and Great Glen, Leicestershire. Bent in Gilmorton, Leics.

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Re: Burials in Hungerford/Ringwood
« Reply #3 on: Friday 24 August 12 11:26 BST (UK) »
Fordingbridge has it's own municipal cemetery (there are also others locally at for instance Ringwood).
I would suggest e-mailing Fordingbridge Town Council (there is an address on www.fordingbridge.gov.uk) as a starting point.


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Re: Burials in Hungerford/Ringwood
« Reply #4 on: Friday 24 August 12 11:35 BST (UK) »
Thanks ReadyDale, I will get in touch with the Fordingbridge Town Council. I'm getting quite excited that I might finally be a bit closer to finding his burial place, and it would make sense that if he was born in Fordingbridge, maybe there was a family plot there.
Thomas in Jersey and Hampshire, Conway in Co Waterford and Jersey, Beardsley in Burton Overy and Great Glen, Leicestershire. Bent in Gilmorton, Leics.

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Re: Burials in Hungerford/Ringwood
« Reply #5 on: Friday 24 August 12 12:38 BST (UK) »
It's the local council you need to contact not a bereavement counsellor.
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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Re: Burials in Hungerford/Ringwood
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 25 August 12 01:29 BST (UK) »
Oops - I have written back and apologised for bothering him.
Thomas in Jersey and Hampshire, Conway in Co Waterford and Jersey, Beardsley in Burton Overy and Great Glen, Leicestershire. Bent in Gilmorton, Leics.