I might suggest U means Unconsecrated . See the site shown for a discussion http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php?12869-Unconsecrated-Ground Alternatively, U might not mean anything in this example at Ely. Geoff King -------------------------------------------------- From: "dawn rayner" <rayner.dm@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 1:42 AM To: <eng-cambridgeshire@rootsweb.com> Subject: [ENG-CAMS] DEATH notices & burials of john Bishops > Thanks Joanne for the information on John Powell Bishop's burial at least > that gives me a close approximation of his death date. > > I wonder if I contacted the Ely Council would they have further > information > on his burial as the cemetery is still being used. It would be amazing if > he > had as headstone. > > Not sure when Eliza Bishop, his wife died, but after 1901. I would expect > she would be buried with him. Any clues? > > In answer to the "U" if the cemetery is setout like some here in Australia > it may indeed mean nondenominational. > > Dawn > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Joanne King > <joanneking321@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Maybe i was wrong about the "U" >> >> Would there be a section for all other denominations or religions >> >> answers on a postcard..... >> >> On 17 February 2010 13:51, Joanne King <joanneking321@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > City of Ely Cemetery >> > >> > John Bishop >> > Buried 16.1.1904 >> > Died at Lynn Road, Ely St Mary >> > B76 U (I think this is the plot number) >> > Aged 66 Years >> > and possibly "U" means unconformist? >> > >> > On 17 February 2010 11:42, dawn rayner <rayner.dm@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Thanks Sheila and Maureen for the suggestions. >> >> >> >> I think I have found John Powell Bishop's death on free BDM as >> >> >> >> Bishop John Powell 66 yrs Ely 3b 361 March 1/4 1904 >> >> >> >> so not the 72 year old from the Workhouse. Any suggestions as to where >> he is >> >> buried? >> >> >> >> My grans father John Bishop has his death registered in Peterborough >> vis. >> >> >> >> Bishop John 37 yrs Peterborough 3b 129 June 1/4 1904 >> >> >> >> Are the newspapers of the Coates & Peterborough area index? Does >> >> anyone >> have >> >> access to them? >> >> I am in Australia which limits my access to the internet. >> >> >> >> Dawn >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Maureen Allen >> >> <mha@stroudbridge.co.uk >> >wrote: >> >> >> >> > The John Bishop buried in St Andrew The Less on 28 Dec 1904, was >> >> > aged >> 72 >> >> > years and came from the Workhouse. >> >> > >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> >> > From: eng-cambridgeshire-bounces@rootsweb.com >> >> > [mailto:eng-cambridgeshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of sheila >> >> > jackson >> >> > Sent: 17 February 2010 00:34 >> >> > To: ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE@rootsweb.com >> >> > Subject: [ENG-CAMS] john Bishops >> >> > >> >> > Hello Dawn I have looked at the Camdex site and found two John >> >> > Bishops >> 1904 >> >> > one was in Cambridge St Andrews the Less and the other was in Ely. I >> think >> >> > the only way you will solve this is to get the certs. >> >> > Sheila >> >> > >> >> > ------------------------------- >> >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> > ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> >> > without >> >> > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > ------------------------------- >> >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> > ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> >> > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message