Frank W - Who are you?

[tracy123]

Hi

I have a Grave Register for Preston Old Cemetery and can account for all people in the grave. I have all the births, marriages and deaths for them. My mum went to Preston and took a photo of the headstone for my records.  The headstone is in very bad condition. At the bottom left there are the words
ALSO OF
FRANK W
My problem is I don't have a Frank W in my Ward family tree. I am presuming the W stands for Ward. I have checked births and deaths  but nothing matches my family.
I cant work out how to upload the photo
Has anyone ideas to help please
Tracy

[garstonite]

Hiya Tracy...can you list the names AND years please
ie
James Ward 1835 - 1887

you may be lucky and have some of them on www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html

[garstonite]

Could this be him ?
Francis Ward aged 35 burial 26th January 1793 at St Johns ,Preston.Lancashire ??
does Preston Old Cemetery have an official name ?...I presume St Johns is a churchyard - is St Johns still there ?

[tracy123]

The gave register says
Burial              Deceased/age           
30/11/1872         Joseph Ward 1 year
06/01/1877         Ada Hunt   11 months
23/08/1910         Doris Ward    6 years
28/09/1910         Alice Ward     73 years
06/02/1913         Thomas Ward  80 years
01/09/1948         Joseph Ward  73 years
18/05/1955         Elizabeth Ward   86 years


I know Elizabeth never married. 

As far as St Johns I will have to check it out
Tracy

[Shirleyjjj]

hi,
on the headstones ive been looking at the ones at the bottom were sometimes but on last - as they added more names on as the later - so the earlier burials would be at the top and the later ones at the bottom (althought i may be wrong this is my own personal observation from my own research there may be exceptions of course to this rule !)


hope that helps

[Duck]

Preston Cemetery didn't open until 1855, so the Francis Ward who died in 1793 would have been buried at St Johns, there are no gravestones in the churchyard

There is a Frank Ward who died in Preston in 1956 aged 73, maybe he's your man?

On Monday I'll go to the cemetery office and see what they can tell me (send me a PM to remind me, I have a brain like a sieve)

Kind regards

Simon

[Shirleyjjj]

hi, yes also doesnt necessarily mean that hes buried there he may be just  'mentioned' - (just made a mess on mine when the guy was mentioned as being husband of someone but he was buried someone else has a seperate grave stone in the church down the road)

[tracy123]

Hi
Thanks Simon that would be so helpful and kind of you. I can send you the papers I have on were the grave is.  The Frank you mentioned dates look good.

I think your right Andreajjj hes just mentioned, but have to find the conection
Tracy

[Radcliff]

Frank Ward of the Grove Penwortham near Preston Lancashire.Died 31 st May 1956,at St Josephs hospital Mount Street Preston,
Probate granted to James Hilton,retired local Government clerk.

Death registered Preston,June 1956 aged 73 years,

1901
Langton Street Preston,
RG 13 /3955
John Ward,head,aged 45,solicitors clerk,born Prston,
Emma wife aged 46,
Lillian aged 20.dressmaker,
Frank aged 18,Bridgemasters clerk,
Thomas,aged solicitors clerk,
Marion,aged 9,


Children of John Ward and Emma Kirby,
married Preston Christ Church 1877,
Margaret aged 2,