Hi All Been doing some family research on my Franklins from Oldbury Got a couple of questions can anyone answer them My Gr Uncle Henry Thompson died in 1931 (he married Bertha Franklin ) According to what my cousin was told he was put in a very large paupers grave at Roodend with other paupers , can some one tell me if this is true ? Underneath is am email I also got off my cousin after she phoned up Sandwell to try and find out where our Moses was buried in 1892 . I made a call from work re Moses and his burial place. Are you ready for a shock???? Moses John Franklin is buried in Rood End cemetery plot number C2331. There has never been a headstone the shock is he isn't alone there. Moses is buried with a little girl called Agnes Jones who was 2 and a half when she died. Get this I thought has they were poor they shared a grave with a local resident. WRONG - Agnes died in March 1874 who the hell was she???? Well I have looked on the West Midland Site and I can not find a birth in that time frame for someone born at Oldbury but found one at Harborne , has far has I know none of my Franklins has any connection with the surname Jones Can anyone help Cheers Cassy Assistant Admin Black Country Potteries, and Wolverhampton Lists

On 17 Sep, cassy <[email protected]> wrote: > Moses is buried with a little girl called Agnes Jones who was 2 and a > half when she died. Get this I thought has they were poor they shared > a grave with a local resident. WRONG - Agnes died in March 1874 who the > hell was she???? Well I have looked on the West Midland Site and I can > not find a birth in that time frame for someone born at Oldbury > but found one at Harborne , has far has I know none of my Franklins > has any connection with the surname Jones Firstly, Harborne covered Smethwick, which is not a million miles away from Rood End. Secondly, sometimes if people were poor and couldn't afford a grave then a grave was reused, and it may be that this was the case. Do you have your Moses's death cert? It's possible that he lived alone and had no traceable relatives, and so was buried in a plot which hadn't been used for some time. No need for a connection. Cheers -- Chris Pampling researching: BARRATT, DANCER, FELLOWS, GOODES, HOLDING, ROBINSON, TUCKLEY, WHEWAY, MAHER all in and around Birmingham/Smethwick, 1850 to present day PAMPLING Cambridgeshire - Sheffield, 1800 to present VARNDELL Wokingham - Birmingham, 1800 to present

Thanks to everyone who replied to this email Still have not found out if there is a large paupers grave at Roodend , but I think I have found out who the little girl was my Moses Franklin was buried with , My Gr Uncle Albert Whitehouse married a widow named Fanny Jones and we believe Agnes Jones was her daughter so this is why Moses was put him with him Cheers Cassy Assistant Admin Black Country Potteries, and Wolverhampton Lists ----- Original Message ----- From: "cassy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:29 PM Subject: [Black Country] ROODEND GRAVES > Hi All > Been doing some family research on my Franklins from Oldbury > Got a couple of questions can anyone answer them > My Gr Uncle Henry Thompson died in 1931 (he married Bertha Franklin ) > According to what my cousin was told he was put in a very large paupers > grave at Roodend with other paupers , can some one tell me if this is > true > ? > Underneath is am email I also got off my cousin after she phoned up > Sandwell to try and > find out where our Moses was buried in 1892 > > . I made a call from work re Moses and his burial place. Are you ready for > a > shock???? > Moses John Franklin is buried in Rood End cemetery plot number C2331. > There > has never been a headstone the shock is he isn't alone there. Moses is > buried with a little girl called Agnes Jones who was 2 and a half when she > died. Get this I thought has they were poor they shared a grave with a > local resident. WRONG - Agnes died in March 1874 who the hell was she???? > Well I have looked on the West Midland Site and I can not find a birth > in > that time frame for someone born at Oldbury but found one at > Harborne , has far has I know none of my Franklins has any connection > with the surname Jones > Can anyone help > Cheers > > Cassy > Assistant Admin Black Country > Potteries, and Wolverhampton Lists > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.103/2378 - Release Date: 09/17/09 06:18:00