Burial place

[specialkg]

This is a bit of a long shot but thought I would give it a go. I have the death extract from SP on an ancestor who died in 1952 at Queensberry House, Cannongate. I am trying to find where he is buried or perhaps cremated. Can anyone give me any suggestions as to how I might find this. Can one access the records for Queensberry House for 1952.

I have tried the usual route of Find a Grave and Billion Graves. I have also looked at newspaper deaths to see if I could find who the undertakers were.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Betty

[Forfarian]

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=887885.0

[specialkg]

Thank you forfarian for the link. My enquiry is for a death in 1952. I thought if the hospital register was available there might be an indication of what happened to my ancestor after death.

[CaroleW]

Did he leave a will?  Some wills show the deceased wishes re burial/cremation etc

Hospital records will be unlikely to show where & when buried unless he had no family.

[specialkg]

Thanks Carol for your reply. My query is very much a long shot. He did not have a Will. He did have a son and that side of the family have been traced but no record of burial place if any.

Thanks
Betty

[Forfarian]

Thank you forfarian for the link. My enquiry is for a death in 1952. I thought if the hospital register was available there might be an indication of what happened to my ancestor after death.

As I have said in the item to which I supplied the link, always start with the local authority, in this case the City of Edinburgh Council.

[specialkg]

Thanks forfarian.

[eilthireach]

This is a bit of a long shot but thought I would give it a go. I have the death extract from SP on an ancestor who died in 1952 at Queensberry House, Cannongate. I am trying to find where he is buried or perhaps cremated. Can anyone give me any suggestions as to how I might find this. Can one access the records for Queensberry House for 1952.

I have tried the usual route of Find a Grave and Billion Graves. I have also looked at newspaper deaths to see if I could find who the undertakers were.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Betty

It's not helping directly with your enquiry, but you should note that it's The Canongate, not Cannongate. That's a common mistake, but it has nothing to do with weapons and everything to do with titles of clerics, in this case, priests. It's the lower part of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, as it says in the description in the Gazetteer for Scotland: (https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1000.html)

[Forfarian]

Can one access the records for Queensberry House for 1952.

I very much doubt it. Usually there is a 100-year closure rule on hospital records.