Burial Record Margaret Greally

[Tickettyboo]

Brilliant RTL, you really have come up trumps with this one :-)

Boo

[River Tyne Lass]

Thanks Jen and Boo for your kind comments.

I do hope we have not lost Brendath for whatever reason, I see she has not been on here since July.   

I intend to put this burial info on a postem today in the hope that she might see it one day even if she is no longer be on RootsChat possibly.  I think it would be a shame for Brendath if she misses out on knowing that her Grandmother has been located after all. 

It would be interesting to know if Brendath had got the original information from a birth certificate and had accidentally posted on here the death as 28 Feb instead of 28 January (if that was what it was) or perhaps was just giving the date which may have erroneously been given to her perhaps?  These things happen.

A notion just popped in my head yesterday (when I was searching for something else) that Brendath had given us the wrong info and that I should be searching backwards and not forwards.  So pleased when I gave this a try and got the desired result!  Let's only hope that Brendath will get to find this out too. 

I have noticed that Margaret appears two years younger on the burial record and that she is down as Thomson and not Thompson but I think we can safe conclude from the address that this is her.

Added: There ... I have added the burial as a postem - hopefully, this should be showing against her death entry on Freebmd at some point within the next 24 hours.

[Brendath]

Thank you so much River Tyne Lass. It was my mistake I'm Afraid 27th instead of 28th, so sorry.  I must find out if she has a headstone though I doubt it as the other family grave doesn't although someone from the Cemetery's Dept at the Civic Centre showed me where my Grandfather, Aunt and Cousin's grave was. He told me that they were looking at reusing old graves so I hope that is not the case here.  I really cannot thank you enough you have been so kind. All the best

[Flemming]

Well done RTL 

[River Tyne Lass]

http://www.margaret-hall-genealogy.com/USERIMAGES/Elswick%20&%20St%20John%20Cemetery%20-%20Newcastle%20upon%20Tyne(4).jpg

Brendath, the death turned out to be a month out rather than a day out.  However, don't worry about this, I am sure this would have been an honest slip-up when you made your first post.  I am just so pleased for you, as I am sure we all are, that you have at last been able to find exactly where your Grandmother is.

https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/services/births-deaths-and-marriages/bereavement-services/contact-bereavement-services

I have attached a link with contact info on just in case you might not have this.  They might be able to let you know if there might be a grave stone hopefully.

Flemming, thank you too for your kind comment.

Brendath, it seems you have put a good search in yourself to find out about Margaret's life pre-marriage but have you considered asking for help on here about this? 

If you do ever decide one day to seek further help in finding out more about Margaret's mysterious early life on here - don't forget to include all you know to date on any written recordings that you might have.

Best Wishes

[River Tyne Lass]

http://www.marriage-locator.co.uk/cgi-bin/ML_search.cgi?year=1891&qtr=1&vol=10b&page=121&search=search

Perhaps this might be another accidental slip - you have mentioned in post 6 that Margaret married at All Saints - however Marriage Locator is indicating marriage actually took place at Christ Church.

Just letting you know for your records.

[Tickettyboo]

Family Search agrees it was Christ Church
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXHX-K5Y

Boo

[Brendath]

Hi River Tyne Lass. Again thank you for the information. I got on touch with the  Bereavement Services, (Gill Harrison) at the Civic Centre. She cannot find her burial in Section L or any of the other section's beginning with L, so would you be kind enough and check that the section is correct. She ask where the information came from and did I have a scan. I feel awful contacting you again after all the time you have given to this search. So near and yet so far.
Regards
Brenda

[JenB]

I'm rather surprised that Bereavement Services haven't looked at the alphabetical index of burials at Elswick. RTL has provided the exact date of burial and the entry number so they could surely find her that way?
Have they checked both sections L? There is one 'consecrated' L and one 'unconsecrated 'L'.