I have just found out that my 2x great grandmother was buried in the Church of England cemetery at Field of Mars. Her name was Eliza Ann Burgess and she died June 1, 1925 in Chatswood and buried June 3rd. Would anyone be nearby this cemetery and be able to check for a tombstone? Also, on the death certificate it states that the undertaker was Wood Coffell Ltd. - any idea if they are still in business or where the records would be? Thanks, Elizabeth Russell Forsyth New Jersey/ USA

G'day Elizabeth, Yes Wood Coffill Funerals Pty. Ltd. are still operating and I would think that the closest branch for someone who died at Chatswood would be their branch at 714 Victoria Road, Ryde. 2112. Telephone number 61-2-9809 0396. I don't know where their records would be kept or even if it is possible to gain access to them but I will phone them on Monday to confirm. I live about 10 minutes from the Field of Mars Cemetery. In fact, when I was a little girl I used to play there. At the time I lived in the street which lead up to the cemetery's front gate. I will go to the cemetery either tomorrow or Monday (when the office is open) and see if I can find the grave and let you know about a headstone. I will email you as soon as I get the information together. Kind regards, Billie Jacobsen. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Forsyth" <lizbon@optonline.net> To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Field of Mars request > I have just found out that my 2x great grandmother was buried in the Church of England cemetery at Field of Mars. Her name was Eliza Ann Burgess and she died June 1, 1925 in Chatswood and buried June 3rd. Would anyone be nearby this cemetery and be able to check for a tombstone? Also, on the death certificate it states that the undertaker was Wood Coffell Ltd. - any idea if they are still in business or where the records would be? > > Thanks, > Elizabeth Russell Forsyth > New Jersey/ USA > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > ================================================================== > Cemetery Records on line:- > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~batman/ > ================================================================== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 27/01/2003

Hello Elizabeth, Field of Mars cemetery has been transcribed. I checked the fiche and there is a headstone for Eliza Anglican Section AA, Row 5, grave 211. William Samuel BURGESS died 23 March 1920, age 72 Eliza Ann BURGESS wife of above died 1 June 1925, age 84 Wood Coffill Funerals Pty. Ltd., 714 Victoria Road, Ryde. N.S.W. 2112 Australia Yes they are still in business. They have several addresses in Sydney area. I've checked our telephone book and found this address for you, but there is no email address given. Try a search on Google or some such which might turn up an email address for you. Alison :-) Sydney Oz --------------------------- Elizabeth Forsyth wrote: >I have just found out that my 2x great grandmother was buried in the Church of England cemetery at Field of Mars. Her name was Eliza Ann Burgess and she died June 1, 1925 in Chatswood and buried June 3rd. Would anyone be nearby this cemetery and be able to check for a tombstone? Also, on the death certificate it states that the undertaker was Wood Coffell Ltd. - any idea if they are still in business or where the records would be? > >Thanks, >Elizabeth Russell Forsyth >New Jersey/ USA > > >