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Frederick Holloway CAYFORD burial mystery?
« on: Thursday 20 February 14 16:34 GMT (UK) »
Hi all =)

I hope this is in the right forum - I don't have a specific look-up request, so much as the desire to find my ancestor at all. xD

Frederick Holloway Cayford passed away in 1934, aged 72.
His death was registered in Pontypridd - he had lived in Ferndale, Glamorgan since the early 1880s.
His wife is buried in Ferndale Cemetery, plot e99.

However, there doesn't seem to be a record of him in Ferndale Cemetery, or any other local cemeteries, or in the local crematorium.

He was born in Hemington, Somerset, so I am wondering if he was buried there?
I don't know what cemetery he is likely to be buried in, having lived there - so I'm just wondering if anyone could do a lookup in nearby cemeteries for him, if that's alright?

It'd be a big help - I really don't know where else to look! =P

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Frederick Holloway CAYFORD burial mystery?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 16 March 14 15:41 GMT (UK) »
In the absence of any takeup on your enquiry, I'm wondering if you have obtained the death certificate to establish the facts recorded therein?  The informant is likely to have been the person responsible for making the funeral arrangements and possibly influencing choice of venue etc., so their details could be significant. 

Unfortunately the Welsh Newspapers Online archive does not yet cover the relevant period but I would expect a local death report to be newsworthy, considering F.H.C's former occupation; his(?) stance against the miners' exclusion from membership of the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society whilst the Ferndale delegate in London in March 1899; and as a participant in arranging a charitable Smoking Concert at the Victoria Hotel, Ferndale, in November 1904, to raise funds to support a man totally incapacitated from employment due to injury sustained 8 years previously. 
SOM/Chard/Combe St Nicholas/Ilminster:  Dean[e]/Doble/Jeffery/Burt;  DEV/Yarcombe:  Dean/Gill/Every; 
BRK/Newbury:  Westall/Green/Lewis/Canning;  WIL/Allcannings:  Hiscock/Amor;  Froxfield:  Hobbs/Green;  HAM/Kingsclere:  Martin/Hiscock/Westall;  WAR/Marton/Bubbenhall:  Glenn/Holmes;  STS/Yoxall/Hamstall Ridware/Barton-u-Needwood:  Holmes/Dainty;  STS/Brewood/Codsall/Penkridge/Hatherton:  Dean[e]; GLA/Aberdare:  Dean/Dane

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Re: Frederick Holloway CAYFORD burial mystery?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 16 March 14 18:01 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for your response. =)

I have since found his burial record, thankfully! I was asking the wrong questions, basically. (A silly mistake. I clearly have a lot to learn, still. xD) Instead of asking if there was a Frederick Cayford in the cemetery, I asked in the library if anyone else was buried in his wife's plot. He's in there, but registered as Frederick H. Holloway by mistake.

I'll have to keep an eye on the Welsh Newspapers website. =) A lot of the articles you spoke about were added fairly recently, I think, so it's evident how quickly it is being updated. =)

THanks again for your efforts! I really appreciate it. =)

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Re: Frederick Holloway CAYFORD burial mystery?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 16 March 14 18:31 GMT (UK) »
Can you please now use the button to report to the Moderator that this item is completed, and do the same for any other threads that you've started which have since been resolved?

Thanks.  :) 
SOM/Chard/Combe St Nicholas/Ilminster:  Dean[e]/Doble/Jeffery/Burt;  DEV/Yarcombe:  Dean/Gill/Every; 
BRK/Newbury:  Westall/Green/Lewis/Canning;  WIL/Allcannings:  Hiscock/Amor;  Froxfield:  Hobbs/Green;  HAM/Kingsclere:  Martin/Hiscock/Westall;  WAR/Marton/Bubbenhall:  Glenn/Holmes;  STS/Yoxall/Hamstall Ridware/Barton-u-Needwood:  Holmes/Dainty;  STS/Brewood/Codsall/Penkridge/Hatherton:  Dean[e]; GLA/Aberdare:  Dean/Dane

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