I am hoping someone can check a burial record for me. It is for an Ann Norman buried in Cuckfield on 6 Jan 1797. Both the LDS website and Ancestry.com have this Ann Norman as aged 0 years. However the sfhg frontis database has no age recorded for her, and no mention of her being the 'daughter of' anyone (which is usually the case for infant deaths). Neither can I find a baptism record for an Ann Norman in Cuckfield in 1795, 1796 or 1797 (this might be expected if she died there as an infant in Jan 1797). A whole family of Normans was baptised in Cuckfield between 1784 and 1798, the children of Martin and Ann Norman. But their daughter Ann was baptised on 8 Oct 1786 so would have already turned 10 by 6 Jan 1797. I don't think the burial record belongs to her. It does not belong to Martin's wife Ann because she did not die until 1815. So I'm thinking (hoping) it might belong to Martin's mother (also called Ann) who would have been 73 in 1797 and may well have been living with her son and daughter-in-law at the time. I would therefore be very grateful if anyone can add to my knowledge of this burial record. Thank you Cordelia Hull 14526

Hi CordeliaI have the 3rd edition of the National Burial Index (2010) .The 6 Jan 1797 burial of Ann Norman is there but with no other info. The data, however, was provided by the SFHG, so it's not surprising that the entries are the same.In my experience and as you suggest, the age & parents in this era were not generally recorded if the person was more than about one year old.Good luckChristine Jackson SFHG 397 From: Cordelia Hull via <sfhg@rootsweb.com> To: SFHG SxFamHXGrp <sfhg-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014 1:22 AM Subject: [SFHG] Can anyone check a burial record for me, please I am hoping someone can check a burial record for me.  It is for an Ann Norman buried in Cuckfield on 6 Jan 1797. Both the LDS website and Ancestry.com have this Ann Norman as aged 0 years.  However the sfhg frontis database has no age recorded for her, and no mention of her being the 'daughter of' anyone (which is usually the case for infant deaths). Neither can I find a baptism record for an Ann Norman in Cuckfield in 1795, 1796 or 1797 (this might be expected if she died there as an infant in Jan 1797). A whole family of Normans was baptised in Cuckfield between 1784 and 1798, the children of Martin and Ann Norman.  But their daughter Ann was baptised on 8 Oct 1786 so would have already turned 10 by 6 Jan 1797.  I don't think the burial record belongs to her. It does not belong to Martin's wife Ann because she did not die until 1815. So I'm thinking (hoping) it might belong to Martin's mother (also called Ann) who would have been 73 in 1797 and may well have been living with her son and daughter-in-law at the time. I would therefore be very grateful if anyone can add to my knowledge of this burial record. Thank you Cordelia Hull 14526 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message