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Searching for my Uncle's grave.

I'm doing a lot of surmising.

Was John's wife called Catherine? Was he married previously? Were Kitty and Maureen John's children with Catherine? Were they born in England or Ireland?
 
MWS said:
I'm doing a lot of surmising.

Was John's wife called Catherine? Was he married previously? Were Kitty and Maureen John's children with Catherine? Were they born in England or Ireland?
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Kitty is Catherine I think - wife not daughter.
The only birth reg I can find with mmn Leech is a Mary born in 1957
 
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MWS said:
I'm doing a lot of surmising.

Was John's wife called Catherine? Was he married previously? Were Kitty and Maureen John's children with Catherine? Were they born in England or Ireland?
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John was married once to Kitty/Catherine, Kitty being a kind of shortened form of Catherine, they had one child in around 1957, Maureen a girl. As far as I know Catherine had not previously been married.
 
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Ok this is possibly Catherine's funeral notice then...

Funeral notice for Mrs Catherine Ready

Mrs Catherine Ready sadly passed away on Saturday, 18th December 2021. Details of the funeral date and arrangements are available here on their Funeral Notice page.
www.dignityfunerals.co.uk www.dignityfunerals.co.uk
 
anner said:
He was born in Ireland, Catherine's birth place I do not know, Maureen was born in England!
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So, could Maureen be Mary? I'm so sorry, this is getting confusing. I only ever heard her referred to as Maureen, it is not a name common to our family but Mary would be more likely. But it could be a name common in Catherine's family. What relatives Maureen/Mary might have on her Mother's side I have no information on!
 
The Death Certificate would show place of death; if a private address it would be reasonable to assume that's where he lived but of course if he died in hospital that would be no help. My wife reckons 3 Yew Tree Lane Solihull is still there (her memory is better than mine :() if so it's a bungalow. If you get the death cert and Solihull is the correct one I'll take a picture of it (Google Street View isn't much help as the properties are hidden by a hedge!)
 
jukebox said:
The Death Certificate would show place of death; if a private address it would be reasonable to assume that's where he lived but of course if he died in hospital that would be no help. My wife reckons 3 Yew Tree Lane Solihull is still there (her memory is better than mine :() if so it's a bungalow. If you get the death cert and Solihull is the correct one I'll take a picture of it (Google Street View isn't much help as the properties are hidden by a hedge!)
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Yes, I wish I could remember any details, but it's a long time ago and the only details I do remember are the little incidental ones that my Mother observed while there for the funeral. Lovely neighbours was one of those observations, red earth another and homemade wine which she didn't drink because she didn't drink but was impressed by so your Wife is an invaluable asset, please thank her for me!
 
anner said:
Yes, I wish I could remember any details, but it's a long time ago and the only details I do remember are the little incidental ones that my Mother observed while there for the funeral. Lovely neighbours was one of those observations, red earth another and homemade wine which she didn't drink because she didn't drink but was impressed by so your Wife is an invaluable asset, please thank her for
pjmburns said:
John - listed before he died in 1983
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Yes, could be, I'm sorry, I hadn't thought of that and it is possible!
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MWS said:
Ok this is possibly Catherine's funeral notice then...

Funeral notice for Mrs Catherine Ready

Mrs Catherine Ready sadly passed away on Saturday, 18th December 2021. Details of the funeral date and arrangements are available here on their Funeral Notice page.
www.dignityfunerals.co.uk www.dignityfunerals.co.uk
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Yes possibly, pity it doesn't provide family information. The whole family, down to grandchildren, get listed here!
 
jukebox said:
The Death Certificate would show place of death; if a private address it would be reasonable to assume that's where he lived but of course if he died in hospital that would be no help. My wife reckons 3 Yew Tree Lane Solihull is still there (her memory is better than mine :() if so it's a bungalow. If you get the death cert and Solihull is the correct one I'll take a picture of it (Google Street View isn't much help as the properties are hidden by a hedge!)
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By the time he died they had moved from Yew Tree Lane Yardley to Harvard Road Solihull.

The death cert will show place of death and usual address. I would start by getting this death cert. Then, if correct person. we can consider burial places.
 
anner said:
Yes possibly, pity it doesn't provide family information. The whole family, down to grandchildren, get listed here!
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It does say funeral at St Thomas More's. This is the local RC church but burial wuld not have been there.
It also says committal (ie burial) at Robin Hood.
 
pjmburns said:
By the time he died they had moved from Yew Tree Lane Yardley to Harvard Road Solihull.

The death cert will show place of death and usual address. I would start by getting this death cert. Then, if correct person. we can consider burial places.
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Yes, true!
pjmburns said:
It does say funeral at St Thomas More's. This is the local RC church but burial wuld not have been there.
It also says committal (ie burial) at Robin Hood.
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Yes, having family listed would have helped to identify for sure, but if she is interned with John, then that would give his grave location.
 
I think it may be worth getting Catherine's death Cert as well as it would have the name and address of the informant, which with a bit of luck would be her daughter.
 
anner said:
Yes, true!

Yes, having family listed would have helped to identify for sure, but if she is interned with John, then that would give his grave location.
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You could contact the cemetery and give her dob and ask if they know if it was a famiy plot and if John was buried there. If they can give a location of the grave (hopefully on a map) then I can go and see if I can find it.

They are not very quick at replying.
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jukebox said:
I think it may be worth getting Catherine's death Cert as well as it would have the name and address of the informant, which with a bit of luck would be her daughter.
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True, I'm trying now to order John's, but am having difficulty with place of death!
 
jukebox said:
I think it may be worth getting Catherine's death Cert as well as it would have the name and address of the informant, which with a bit of luck would be her daughter.
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Yes, Maybe I could get his through her but if it's not her?
 
I think you can ignore the grey section
Fill n the GRO ref underneath
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I got that from the info in posts #7 and 8
 
Click on "I know the GRO reference" then enter his name and the details as shown in #85 that way you don't get the red stars for dod
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anner said:
I quote "date of death must be a valid non future date in thr format dd/mm/yy".
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I am working on my mobile, key pad is small and leads to inaccuracies, I also using mobile phone as tether for Internet which means double trouble. Have Gov websit on lap top. So am trying to research on one hand while maintaining link on the other.
 
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