Hi Sylvia, I recently helped my brother-in-law with his family tree and we found his grandfather buried in a pauper's grave - he was employed all his life in glassmaking at St Helens (Lancs), and had quite a responsible position at the factory. The death certificate showed he died during a typhoid outbreak, and there were seven people interred in the same grave. No idea why his family didn't pay for an individual grave, maybe it was because of health regulations or something and the decision was made for them. You may find the reasons at the cemetery, or in the newspapers if you can find an obituary notice for him. I checked the laws in Australia for what happens to a body once it is donated for science, and it is either cremated and ashes returned to the family, or the whole body is returned to the family to arrange for burial - no mention of pauper graves anywhere; no idea what the situation is in the UK. Cheers Trish Nowra NSW . My grandfather died 1954 at Maidsonte. I always knew both he and my grandmother before him had one. I obtained his death cert. just in case it said anything. It does not. So I will now send for his will, to see if it says anything. He was not a pauper, far from it. He was a Master Baker and owned at least 2 houses when he died. Regards, Sylvia on a beautiful winter day in Aus.