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    1. [LON] RE STILL SEARCHING FOR A LONDON GRAVE
    2. mal parr via
    3. Members of this list may recall my previous postings over the last couple of years, in search of a family grave “somewhere in London.” Well, after many years of searching I’m pleased to report that this wall has finally been demolished – and the final clue was in discovering a small graveyard attached to a church in Fulham, and seeing the perimeter wall, which looked pretty much the same as the one in the photo of the grave. We were in London earlier this year, and firstly we called at the Servite church in Fulham Road. The very helpful people there redirected us to the church of St. Thomas of Canterbury, in Rylstone Road, SW6 – and there we had a bit of a setback as we couldn’t find thegrave. However, soon after we returned to Australia the parish priest, Father Dennis, emailed several images of the relevant pages in the church’s burial register, listing all our ancestors, as shown on the headstone. And as for the mystery of the missing headstone, it seems that some time ago there was some severe subsidence in one area of the churchyard, which would account for its disappearance. In the past I have searched various records and none of my family names is listed, so I assume that the records for the church of St Thomas of Canterbury have never been indexed? Therefore, I’ve made a note of the other entries on the pages that contain my ancestors’ details, in case they may belong to someone on the London list: - ALL 1878 CONTI(?) Amelia Louise, 56; PALMER, Alfred Zouch, 74; PORTER, Ada Emily, 1yr, 11mths; WOODS, Margaret, 17; BARRY Ivana, 64; O’CONNELL, Louise, 100; NENUS(?) Ellen, 39 ALL 1889 TRAPPS, Bessie Broughton, 37; ROSEN, Lila Emily, 2mths; MacKENNA, Maryanne Frances, 5; EDWARDS, Elizabeth Sarah, 60; CARIGAN Margaret, 49; TIERNAN(?) Anna Maria, 83; HOOD, Henry Alfred Edward, 15 ALL 1893 SCHAEFFER, Charles Peter Ludwig, 81; SCHAEFFER, Louisa May 60; GRIFFITHS, William, 73; HAY, Frances Maria (Lady), 45; FLORIS, Elizabeth, 42; PALMER, Catherine Rachael Elizabeth Zouch, 69 And an odd co-incidence I noticed on these pages: in the 1878 entries, on the page of my ancestor, Jules Hymette, is also listed PALMER (Zouch). Fast-forward 15 years to 1893, and on the page for Frances, the wife of Jules, is also listed PALMER (Zouch), same address for these two Palmers, so presumably husband and wife? And I wondered if there was a tragic story for the two SCHAEFFERS, presumably also a married couple, and buried on the same day? Finally, my grateful thanks to all the help that I’ve received over the past few years from the knowledgeable folk on this list. Mal in W. Australia

    04/29/2015 03:49:04