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St Margarets Chapel Great Barr

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Can some kind soul please tell me where I can find, or perhaps could have found 'The Church in the Chapelry of Great Barr'. The church appears on a Gt Gt GT uncle's 1845 marriage certificate as the location of his wedding. This seems rather odd as both the bride and groom were born in and were then still resident in Walsall town centre and were baptised at and lived very close to St Matthews Church on the hill in the town. If it's any help the groom later became a Baptist Minister and emigrated to the USA in 1863 continuing his 'fire and brimstone' ministry in New Jersey.
 
Many thanks to you both for the responses. Louisa, I think you're right as the certificate mentions the church in the chapelry of Great Barr and at that time St Margarets was the only one. My newly found American cousins will be so excited to see the church where our ancestor was wed, even if it is only the tower and the spire remaining from that time.
 
Hi. Some months ago I visited St Margaret's Great Barr looking for family graves with the surname Day. I believe my great grandfather Thomas Day was buried there in 1907 and, according to church records, there are many more ancestors there too. I didn't find any graves but I didn't have time for a full search and it's a big place. Since then a cousin who is more local has also been but couldn't find any either.
I know lots of churches have removed old headstones because of health and safety concerns. Does anyone know if this has happened at Great Barr or if there might be any records showing the position of graves?
Thanks! John
 
Hi Janice. Thanks. Yes I did. There was one grave there with the name Day according to findagrave, although not a name I recognised, but I couldn't even find that one.
 
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