Charles Abrey

[Elliven]

Charles Abrey came to Consett from the Mildenhall area of Suffolk in the mid 1800s.  He was an agricultural worker and became a publican at the Imperial Hotel, Consett, at least between 1887-1891 although he still took on agricultural work to supplement his income.

He died in Lanchester in the first quarter of 1913, aged 81, but was this at a private residence or the Workhouse at Lee Hill Hospital?  He was supposedly buried at Lanchester but I cannot find a reference to his burial at All Saints or the civil cemetery.  Does anyone know where he was actually buried?  Many thanks.

Elliven

[CaroleW]

If you want to know the address he died at you can download a digital copy of his death cert for £3

[Comberton]

On the 1911 census he is in the Workhouse in Lanchester as Charles ABRAY.

[JenB]

Hi Neville,

When you say that he died in Lanchester, so you mean you know that he died in Lanchester itself or that his death registration was in Lanchester District? If the latter, this covered a fairly wide area.

https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/lanchester.html

[jonwarrn]

There is Charles Abrey, retailer of beer, at Great Usworth in 1879
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJM-2895

Charles Abrey at the Black Horse, Tow Law in 1884
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJM-YZ85

[JenB]

He was supposedly buried at Lanchester but I cannot find a reference to his burial at All Saints or the civil cemetery. 

What burial records have you looked at? I can’t see that the All Saints or the Cemetery Records for 1913 are available online (but am happy to be corrected).  Have you checked them at the Record Office?

[CaroleW]

There is a tree on Ancestry - have you seen it?  It says he was b 1824 & died 1913 aged 89.  Death reg has him as 81

If he is the 1911 entry - he was b 1832?

[Elliven]

JenB,

I don't know.  The only place I could find his death was on FreeBMD and it simply said Lanchester.  I assumed he had moved there and died in the Workhouse as there was no other obvious and sensible reason for him to have died there.  I could not find a burial record for him even though I knew he died in the first quarter of 1913.

Elliven 

[Elliven]

CaroleW and Comberton

CaroleW: That was probably the best answer but Comberton's response has made it unnecessary.  Thanks to both of you

Elliven