Burial Record Margaret Greally

[JenB]

I am a bit mystified.

The Elswick grave registers are online via Family Search. Unfortunately the burial index for the relevant years isn't online.

There are two 'L' registers, presumably for each of the two sections, consecrated and unconsecrated. It is unclear on FS which is which.

Here are the relevant pages:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS1L-43HL-N?i=377&cat=828351
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS1L-3393-L?i=931&cat=828351

No Margaret Thompson in L 49 in either 

[Brendath]

I think the spelling is Thomson.

[JenB]

I think the spelling is Thomson.

I apologise.

However, having spent quite some time looking at the burial registers for you, I think you might excuse me that little error 

[River Tyne Lass]

It looked like L 49 to me.  It was in the unconsecrated register.  However, I will check again as soon as I next get a chance to get back to this library at some point in the next few weeks - just in case I have mis read.  I will even ask staff at the local studies for second opinion next time.  It seems strange it can't be found. 

I saw it and she was buried on 31 January.  Hopefully, things will finally be sorted for you soon and you will be able to discover if she has a stone.

Nothing seems to have run smoothly with this one - however, I am confident all will be resolved soon.   

[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?

What I should have referred to, of course, is not an 'alphabetical' list of burials, but the burial index, which was compiled in date order. All your contact needs to do is to look at this, for the 31st January 1911 and she should find entry 42945 which RTL found for you in reply #25.

[Brendath]

Just to thank everyone for their help and kind comments.  The Bereavement Dept have now found the grave in Section Z grave 49. Evidently the letter was hard to decipher. They haven't mentioned if there is a headstone but really all I wanted to know was where she was buried. I must now draw a line under her as I will never know for certain anything else about her. My daughter has promised to take me to Newcastle next year so we can visit her last resting place and lay some flowers. Again many thanks.