2nd Great Grandfather John Halpin - where was he buried in Ilford

[jonwarrn]

Good thinking, Rosie!
Armed with dates of death for John and Agnes, and presumbly John's burial date as well, perhaps ResearchJu could give St. Patrick's a ring, see if they can help. Even if it's only to eliminate the possibility.

[ResearchJu]

Thanks all.  I'll try and make contact with St Patricks and let you know the outcome.

[ResearchJu]

If the funeral was at Ilford cemetery I'd expect him to be planted there.  I believe Essex Archives hold church records but I'm not sure about cemetery records (assuming Ilford cemetery was a dedicated cemetery and not a churchyard).

He may have had family at Ilford, but if not he may have been buried there because anything more local was full up.

Jane :-)

These are the Essex Records I looked at so it doesn't look like these are the cemetery records? It's headed up Burials in the Parish of Great Ilford in the county of Essex.

[ResearchJu]

Carole, it's not so far from Whitechapel to Ilford! Or Manor Park to be precise, if we are talking about the City of London Cemetery.
At that time the CoL was more for people from East London than Essex.

A funeral service being held somewhere doesn't mean that the burial also took place there.
Does ResearchJu know where any other family members are buried?
The most likely place for a catholic from the area to be buried is St Patricks Catholic Cemetery in Leytonstone.
You would think that a guy like that who had such a big funeral would have a grave memorial, but so far nothing has come up

Thanks very much Jon and Rosie.  I contacted St Patricks and they did indeed have details of John Halpin's burial.  I had previously got a copy of John's will and his money did go to his children.  I will endeavour to go and visit John's grave but I think it is unlikely there is a memorial there as it is in the oldest part of the cemetery. 

[jonwarrn]

Hi
Good news about John's burial, thanks for letting us know.
Glad you found him!
Jon