Burial possibilities Stockton, Thornaby,who knows.

[onefortheroad]

Hi. After much searching I've at last found a newspaper report on the 1910 death of my Gt.Grandfather, SWIRES RILEY. He lived in Darlington St., Stockton, worked at Teesdale Ironworks and died in Thornaby Hospital following an "accidental fall" from an overhead crane.
I have the 3rd edition NBI but he doesn't feature on that.
Does anyone have any knowledge or even a vague idea of which cemetery he may have ended up in?
Any help with this would be brilliant as my brickwall seems higher ever time I look.
Thanks,
David

[Daisypetal]

Hi,

I found this record at FindMyPast,

Swires RILEY
Age:  56
Burial date:  05 Sep 1910
Burial place:  Thornaby Cemetery, Thornaby on Tees, Yorkshire 


They might be able to help you here,

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01l1q/


Regards,
Daisy

[onefortheroad]

Daisy, bless you. Many thanks for finding a record of Swires' burial.
I don't have FindMyPast but I do have Ancestry. However, Ancestry doesn't come up with a burial record, only a simple record of his death.
The link that you provided doesn't record his burial either, so thank goodness you subscribe to FindMyPast.lol
I'll have to venture up to Thornaby in the near future and do a manual search of the cemetery registers to find where he is and pay my respects in person.
So please accept my warm thanks for letting me know which cemetery to go to.

Kind regerds,

David Riley

[Daisypetal]

Glad to have helped

The link I gave you has a link in it so that you can contact them "if your search is unsuccessful; some of the records we hold might not yet be included in our website."

Here's where it goes in case it isn't working for you,

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01l1t/

Good Luck

[onefortheroad]

Thanks again, Daisy.
I've followed the link to their Webmaster Team and left a message. Hopefully they'll be able to help.
You've been a gem.
Kind regards,
David.

[dawnkaren]

if you contact Stockton on tees bereavement services they will tell you the plot number if you can get a rough idea where that is I might be able to g and take a look one day for you as I live not far from there

[onefortheroad]

Hi, Dawnkaren, many thanks indeed for your reply.
I've emailed Stockton bereavement services with the details that I have, as you kindly advised.
So, now I'm waiting for their reply. I'll let you know what they come up with.

Regards,
David.

[dawnkaren]

personally I have found that giving them a ring is the best

[diggerman2]

Hi, Dawnkaren, many thanks indeed for your reply.
I've emailed Stockton bereavement services with the details that I have, as you kindly advised.
So, now I'm waiting for their reply. I'll let you know what they come up with.

Regards,
David.

They are very helpful at BS in Stockton.
Seeing as he was buried in 1910, I would expect it'll be in the older part of the Cemetery.
I'd suggest the best thing to do would be to ring Bereavement Services (01642 527341/2), and you'll be able to arrange an appointment to have a member of Cemetery staff meet you at the Cemetery and locate the grave for you.