On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 13:51:26 -0800 (PST), chrisj.doran%proemail.co.uk@gtempaccount.com wrote: >On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 3:00:55 PM UTC, Jenny M Benson wrote: >> I have downloaded some records from Deceased Online, which include those >> of my 2x Great Grandfather and his second wife. He was buried in 1915, >> she was interred in the same grave at Charlton Cemetery, Greenwich in >> 1929. For his burial, in the column headed "If Purchased Grave" is >> written P.G., which I presume stands for "Purchased Grave" but when his >> wife was buried the entry in that column was "R.P.G." What does the R >> stand for? >> >> There is a column headed "Class of Ground" and the entries seem to be >> 1st, 2nd or 3rd. (1st in my Grandfather's case.) Does this indicate >> that some areas were considered more desirable (in what way?) than >> others, or what? >> >> Something which seems odd to me is that a third person, an elderly man, >> was buried in the same grave in 1937. I didn't recognize his name and a >> few searches have not revealed that he had any relationship to my >> GGGrandfather or his second wife. Can someone explain the circumstances >> under which a "stranger" (if, indeed he was) could be interred in a plot >> bought by someone else? >> -- >> Jenny M Benson > >If, as is likely for a 1915 burial, the section is one of A to H, do you have a "Con" or "Gen" suffix? These are different areas with the same grave numbers, e.g. E Con 123 and E Gen 123 are different graves. > Consecrated and General ? >From this you may guess that I know Charlton Cemetery fairly well. I'll be going there some time in the not too distant future. If you can't yourself and would like me to look, please post the names and plot number here, or e-mail me (see below). > >The local authority is Greenwich, but as they've outsourced lookups to DoL, they'll probably just refer you back there. > >Chris >(The funny e-mail address is effectively a black hole; reply to postmaster {at} chrisjdoran {dot} plus {dot} com)