Forwarded. On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:05:15 -0000, "Mary Haskell" <mary-haskell@beeb.net> wrote: I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong, but if you obtained a copy of the death certificate that would give place of death, which would help pinpoint possible place of burial. Mary Haskell (Slough, England) ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Benyon <pbtyc@netscapeonline.co.uk> To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 1:43 AM Subject: Re: [WSX] William W. Sherren > On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:23:27 -0500, you wrote: > > >Hi there! > > > > I am interested to find out where my great grandfather was actually buried. William White Sherren was a travelling minister who I found out died on the 5th of June 1896 and buried in Sunningdale cemetery in Berkshire County. However, when I researched his burial, I was told that He was not buried there. Where do I look for the correct information? > > > >Derk Sherren in Canada > > Hi Derk > > Not quite sure what you mean by cemetery, especially in view of the way > it is sometimes used in North America compared with its usage in the UK. > > In the UK, as many church graveyards were running out of space > government legislation was introduced allowing burials from the mid > 1850s onwards to take place in the public cemeteries run by the local > authority or other licenced body, although many were still performed in > the church graveyard, if there was room. This cemetery may be many > miles from the parish in which the deceased lived and may well be in the > nearest town eg Windsor? > > I'm not aware of the situation regarding Sunningdale and would have > thought that, unless someone on the list has personal knowledge of the > this area, you might receive a more knowledgeable answer on the possible > options available for Sunningdale on the Berkshire List? The subscribe > address is: > > BERKSHIRE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Alternatively, perhaps his body was removed from Sunningdale and taken > to a different part of the country for burial, especially if there was a > family plot somewhere else? Although fairly rare in those days it is > not unheard of, especially as the railways covered most of the populated > parts of the country by this time. Perhaps a check in the parish of > his birth should also be on your agenda? > > Further thought: you don't say whether you ggrf was a minister of the > Church of England or a non-conformist: if the latter that may open > other options if one of the chapels at which he preached had a burial > ground: by this I mean that many didn't, but some did! > > Regards > > Paul > Portland > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list send the command "unsubscribe" to: > WESSEX-PLUS-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or > WESSEX-PLUS-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) > >