Burial Record Margaret Greally

[c-side]

I can't spend too much time this week as I have to be elsewhere by early afternoon but we'll see what North Seaton shows.  We can always widen the search later as I'm normally at the archives once a week

Christine

[c-side]

I am so sorry but I wasn’t able to look at North Seaton cemetery records today.  For reasons best known to themselves they were using the whole of the top section of the search room to do video interviews.  So all the index books, microfilms, readers and most of the reference books were off limits.  Staff said they would probably be over by 2 but I had to leave before then.

A lot of the records have now been digitised and are available on a single computer, fortunately situated in the other part of the room.  I used this for other research but North Seaton cemetery hasn’t been digitised yet.

If you still want me to look I can do so next week.

Christine

[c-side]

I finally got to look for this burial but it’s not at North Seaton Cemetery, it’s listed in the burial register of St. John’s church, Seaton Hirst.  I understand that the newer civil cemetery is just behind the churchyard.

The age is definitely 37 but there is also an address - 158 Medway Street.  Obviously this isn’t the address you have but I checked it out on the 1911 census (just a few weeks later) and there is a family of three called Mather plus another family of 3 as lodgers called Armstrong.  Where/how Margaret Thompson would fit I can only guess - another lodger or a visitor perhaps.

Christine

[Flemming]

There is a Thompson family living next door at 160 Medway Street - any relation?

Greally is an Irish name. Perhaps Margaret said she was born in Newcastle for the censuses but was born elsewhere - possibly Ireland or Liverpool area?

[JenB]

I think this is a completely different Margaret. The burial record has confirmed the age at death as 37. Medway Street was in Hirst, which was in Morpeth RD.

Brenda knows that her Margaret was 45 when she died, which is confirmed by her age on the 1901 census, and that she died in Newcastle upon Tyne RD.

In the 1911 census her widower and children are living in Elswick.

[Brendath]

Thank you Christine it was a long shot but at least I can dismiss that burial. Goodness knows where my grandmother is buried. She had 2 babies who died in the 1890's so maybe she was buried with them but goodness knows where they are. Thank you for your interest and the time you have spent on this. Best Wishes Brenda

[Brendath]

JenB   Yes the family moved not long after Margaret's death. I was born in the downstairs flat they moved to and my dad lived there until his death in 1968 and my mum until 1972. We always referred to the area as Arthurs Hill as it was between Westgate Hill and the Barrack Road. Many happy memories.

[River Tyne Lass]

Finally, I have found Margaret!!

I think you must have accidentally given us the wrong death date initially!  Never mind, we all make mistakes .. 

Elswick Cemetery
Entry 42945
Margaret Thomson
Female
43 years
122 Hamilton Street
Buried January 31 1911
Section L grave 49

[JenB]

Well done RTL, given where she was living I was really surprised when she wasn’t found earlier at Elswick.