Patricia, It was a very common practice to bury young children in the same grave as an adult who was being buried the same day. At a time when the infant mortality rate was high this was accepted by many families. If you wished to find out exactly where each of the children were buried the records should show this. The records for Greenbank are at Canford E-mail: cems.crems@bristol.gov.uk If you gave the names and dates of each death they could probably tell you the location of each burial and even perhaps the names of others in the same grave. I'm not sure of the cost involved. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia A" <smadap@rogers.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Death, grief and povery in Britain, 1870-1914 > Thank you for referring to that book, Josephine, which I took a look at on > Google Books. > > > I have always found it so very sad that the three little ones my wonderful > Nan > lost between 1896 and 1908 were each buried in with another person, > somewhere in > Greenbank cemetery. I remember going to Greenbank with her when I was a > small > girl, as we lived not far away on Whitehall Road, but not fully > understanding at > the time just who we were "visiting". I have no idea where Arthur James, > Alfred > Edward or Beatrice Emily are in that cemetery, or even who they were > buried with > as she kept those things to herself. It also makes me angry to think that > she > had to revert to something like that most likely due to the fact that her > husband, my grandfather MILLINER, was much too fond of his drink, while > she > struggled to make ends meet and feed her family. > > Patricia A > Almonte, Canada

Pat, Thank you so very much for this as I have often wondered how I would find that information, so I shall certainly send them an email and see what they require. I do have copies of the death certificates for each of the little ones. It would be really nice to think that I could find answers to this as we shall be in the UK next April to attend my nephew's wedding in Milton Keynes, but a side trip to Bristol is (hopefully) still on the agenda! Patricia A. Almonte, Canada ________________________________ From: Pat Hase <pat@pathase.demon.co.uk> To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, November 10, 2010 7:51:14 AM Subject: Re: [B&S] Death, grief and povery in Britain, 1870-1914 If you wished to find out exactly where each of the children were buried the records should show this. The records for Greenbank are at Canford E-mail: cems.crems@bristol.gov.uk If you gave the names and dates of each death they could probably tell you the location of each burial and even perhaps the names of others in the same grave. I'm not sure of the cost involved. Pat