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Harborne Great grandfather suicide in march1920

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donapr

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John Francis Hartland 1869-1920

Anyone have any idea where he might have been buried..what grave yard if lived in Harborne.

how to find information about his death, he went under a train at Harbourne station.

He was an architect for B'ham corporation.


Thank you :friendly_wink:
 
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I may be wrong but believe it will be a council Cemetery as suicides were not accepted for burial in ground that had been consecrated. Now you need someone with more knowledge than I.
 
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If you can find a death announcement in the local paper, it will probably tell you where the funeral is. If you are a member of Birmingham Linrary, you can login to the Gale Newspaper site using your library bar-code and pin-number.
 
Bernie, I think you will find Council owned cemeteries have been consecrated, except for the non-conformist areas.
 
I cannot say for certain but I don't think that "suicides" were forbidden burial in the 20th Century, and then only in Catholic Church yards.
paul
 
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