Burial Record Margaret Greally

[River Tyne Lass]

Hi Brendath,

I will not give up for you until I have had a chance to check Heaton and Hollywood - although I think by address and location of these cemeteries, it might be unlikely.

I would say the majority of burials I look at are paupers burials that is people in unpurchased graves.

I have thought of one other possibility but this is not to say this may be the case at all .. she may have been an unclaimed body (this I believe was if there might have been no money for a funeral).  I do think I have come across an unclaimed bodies register at the Archives which I think goes up to the 1930s.  I can't remember now if this was for the North Tyneside or Newcastle area. 

This is not to say that Margaret may not have been buried elsewhere and not be an unclaimed body.  I am just thinking of all possibilities.

[Brendath]

Hi River Tyne Lass. In that case I will wait to here from you. Thank you again.

Regards
Brendath

[River Tyne Lass]

Again, just another update - I have not been able to locate Margaret unfortunately at any Newcastle Cemetery. 

Just a thought, although I don't know how possible this might be - I wonder if it just might be possible that her death may have been registered twice - and that the Margaret found in the North Seaton record by Rosie may be her?  I know there is a different age but on one previous occasion I do know an indisputable case of a woman in her forties given the age of 12 on Freebmd.

Of course, there might be other reasons why I have not found Margaret.  It might be that despite my best efforts that I have accidently missed her or that she was buried at an unknown place, or even at a long shot she may have become an unclaimed body. 

However, I would not rule out the North Seaton burial perhaps.  Perhaps if someone in the Northumberland area might be able to access this burial record there might be more information which might possibly support or refute that she is your Margaret.

[Brendath]

Hi  Many thanks for all the time you have spent looking for the burial record. As I said she has always been a mystery and it seems in death too.  Yes I saw Rosie's post but apart from the age being different the burial date would have been the day she died. I will however put a post on the Northumberland look up's and see if I can get any different information about this burial.
Again Many thanks

[River Tyne Lass]

You are welcome Brendath.  I am sorry that I have not been able to find her for you in my neck of the woods but really hope someone else may be able to do so for you.

I have occasionally come across people who were buried the same day they died so it might well be possible that this might have been the case with your Margaret.

Best of luck with this - I really hope you will get to locate her soon!

Added: I wonder if the Margaret who was registered in the Morpeth registration district 1911 may have had a death notice in a local paper?  Unfortunately, I don't have access to the Northumberland newspapers such as the Morpeth Herald but someone might be able to access perhaps?

[JenB]

The churchyard at St James Benwell was still open for burials in 1911, and it wasn't a huge distance from Hamilton Street.

I'm not sure if RTL has checked this - it's a long shot, but perhaps worth looking at?

[c-side]

I'm happy to have a dig around Northumberland archives on Wednesday if this would be useful.

Christine

[River Tyne Lass]

Yes, Jen I did look at St James, Benwell (when I was at the archives) too but could not find her there, unfortunately.

That is great that you are going to have a try at helping with this Christine - thankyou!

What I am now wondering is if someone in the family may have registered her death in Newcastle but another member of the family registered the death in the Morpeth registration district and that the burial at North Seaton may be the Margaret we are looking for, perhaps.

If so, this might turn out to a positive Brendath as the burial might possibly lead you to other ancestors, -relations of Margaret - you may not yet know about.

I suppose it all now depends on what Christine may be able to find out on Wednesday.

[Brendath]

Many thanks Christine for offering your help. RTL has been brilliant but I think she has reached the end of the road in Newcastle.