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were would a still born be buried,

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pamela floyd

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once again im looking for help to try and find our brother or sister who we know was born in 1954 was told it was a still born baby , and think it was a boy, with the help of key hill brian, and others on the forum we was able to find our sister renee born in 1952 and visit her resting place in warstone lane she would of been 60 in september,we would love to find the other child but up to know have had no luck, the family name is floyd, thank you x
 
Pamela,there were a lot of still borns buried at Lodge Hill, I think with just their surname and "stillborn", may be worth giving that a try.
Good luck, Sue
 
Still born babies would have been baptised and interred at a local cemetery, or a cemetery that the family choose.
 
Many still born babies were buried in the catacombs at Warstone Lane this was because they were not used and I think the council purchased them for this purpose.
 
thank you wendy, i dont think this baby is in warston lane, or key hill as brian sent us all the floyds that were in warston lane, and key hill when we found our sister reene, we would not of found her with out the help of brian and other members on the forum its a fantastic site, pam x
 
hello pam i dont know if it would be of help to contact the hospital where this unfortunate event took place or maybe a local undertaker might help you
 
I am looking for my sister who was still born in 1960, I promised my Mom who is 82 now, that I woud try and find her, try as I might I can't, she was a home birth, and Mom got talked in to having a post mortem on her, which she has always regretted, I have contacted the hospital which was the Q.E. and even have a copy of that P.M.. Also I have and the Q.E. have contacted cemeterys but to no avail, except Warstone Lane, and Key Hill, can anyone help me I would love to find her, nobody knows what has happened to her. ZOOIE
 
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hello zooie, i hope you find your sister, we were looking for our sister with the help of the wonderful people on the forum we was able to find our sister , key hill brian was fantastic he even found her grave for us in warston lane, so we are able to visit ,we didnt know she lived for 8hrs until after our mom had passed away and i was doing the family tree with my sister, we always thought it was a still born, we are now looking for a nother brother or sister who was still born in 1954 so know how you feel,pam x
 
I am happy to check the records I have but will need a name and date of death. If you don't want to post it on the forum send me an IM.
 
Hi Wendy, please bear with me I am new to this, I don't know if I am doing thos correctly hope I am, forgot to say thankyou.
 
Hi again don't think I am, so I will start again. My sister was born on January 13th 1960, she had a post mortem on the 15th January so burial would have been anytime after the 16th of January.

Obviously Mom couldn't name her, so she would be Baby Wenn, an unusual name which people always get mixed up, using Wem,Web, or Wen, which may be an issue. We would dearly love to find her, I have tried everywhere I don't know what else to do.

Please help if you can thankyou.
 
Hello Pam, I would dearly love to find my sister but I seem to hit a brick wall every time I look, hope you find your other brother or sister you are looking for, I think about my sister every day, Zooie x
 
zooie, thank you, the people on the forum are really helpful if any one can find your sister thay will, keep us informed if you dont mind, pam x
 
I have checked Warstone Lane and Key Hill with no luck.. Have you tried Witton or Yardley cemeteries I don't have indexes for these.
 
Hi Wendy I have but I sometimes wonder if they look properly, is there more than one cemetery in Yardley ?
 
ZOOIE said:
I am looking for my sister who was still born in 1960, I promised my Mom who is 82 now, that I woud try and find her, try as I might I can't, she was a home birth, and Mom got talked in to having a post mortem on her, which she has always regretted, I have contacted the hospital which was the Q.E. and even have a copy of that P.M.. Also I have and the Q.E. have contacted cemeterys but to no avail, except Warstone Lane, and Key Hill, can anyone help me I would love to find her, nobody knows what has happened to her. ZOOIE
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hi zooie i had a similar thing with a rellie of mine took me 2 years to find her....can i just ask where your mom was living when your sister was born..

lyn
 
Hi Lyn,

I am a bit of a novice at this at this, I hope you got my message, please bear with me, let me know if you received it......
 
Hi Pam, No luck yet still trying, some very nice people on the forum trying to help me, who's key hill Brian do you think he could help with anything ?
 
hi zooie key hill brian is one of our members who does such a lot of work helping to keep key hill and warstones lane cems in good order..along with his helpers..i have already spoken to brian and he has given some good advise which i will be following up for you...dont give up...

lyn
 
hi zooie, sorry to hear you have had no luck yet, as lyn as said dont give up, we are still looking as well for our brother or sister, pam x
 
Hi zooie, have you had any luck with finding your sister? we now have a still born cert for our brother his birthday would of been the 10th oct 1954, queen elizebeth hospital is on the cert, and mom and dad at the time lived in trevour street nechells, we have a lot to thank the forum for as we wouldnt of known what to do, pam x
 
My late Wife had a still born son in 1959 in Loveday Street hospital, never knew what became of him, do not suppose I ever will now. Eric
 
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