I have a newspaper report of the funeral of my great grandfather in Pontypridd. He was killed in the Taff Vale railcrash of 1893. They held a private funeral at the offices of Messrs Spickett & Sons, where my great grandfather was a solicitor, and the only female present was his mother who had travelled from Nottingham with her husband. His pregnant wife who was also from Nottingham was not there. I assume that not being Welsh and the service not being held in a church or chapel made her feel comfortable about attending. The interment was held at Glyntaff, but there were no details of those present. Pat From: "sylvia morgan" <sylviamorgan213@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com >To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MON] Burial Traditions >Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 07:29:46 +0000 > >I can remember , as a small child watching agroup of men singing a hymn >round the coffin of one of my grandparents. the coffin was placed on the >ground outside , We lived next door in Newbridge Mon >Sylvia > > >From: John Hopkins <j.hopkins@paradise.net.nz> >Reply-To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com >To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MON] Burial Traditions >Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 09:51:24 +1200 > >Hello Barbara > >Hahaha! Pragmatism rules! > >A bit like the old tale of why mother used to take the knuckle off the >roast >before putting it into the roasting dish! > >Thanks. > >Regards, John > >-----Original Message----- >From: monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of B1oatley@aol.com >Sent: Thursday, 3 May 2007 9:45 a.m. >To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MON] Burial Traditions > > >Hello John, > >Not so much religion or belief, I would say that more than likely it was >far >easier to remove the coffin through the window because most properties >used > >to have sash windows which would be far easier to take the coffin out than >attempt to take it out of the front parlour and carry it through a narrow >hallway. >Regards Barbara > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MONMOUTHSHIRE-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 >MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Hotmail is evolving - check out the new Windows Live Hotmail >http://get.live.com/betas/mail_betas > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Txt a lot? Get Messenger FREE on your mobile. https://livemessenger.mobile.uk.msn.com/