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Yardley cemetery

rowan said:
Neville,
If you email yardleycem&crem@birmingham.gov.uk and give them the details of your late brother I am sure they will help you in locating his grave. They were most kind wheni asked them.
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Hello Rowan,

Thanks for the advice but don't have enough detail for Yardley
to provide a definitive answer as to grave location.

Will contact them regarding a dedicated childrens area.

thanks Neville..
 
Hi Janparf. As promised visited Yardley Cemetery and found Jane Hannah Smiths grave. Sadly it is unmarked and it is only a patch of mown grass. I have taken a picture of it, which looks like any other patch of grass which of course I will send you if you wish. However, I took the liberty of leaving a flower on your behalf.
Regards, Graham
 
Graham what a kind gesture I am sure Janparf will be pleased........I think this is why I love this site!:)
 
My ex-father-in-law was named Charles Richard Maisey and is buried at Yardley Cemetery. He died at age 57, in the last quarter of 1960 and I was wondering how to find his exact date of death. I live in California and have no living relatives ('ex' or otherwise) in the UK that could drop by and check this out for me. Is it possible to email the staff at the cemetery and find out if their records would include this information? :)
 
You could try sending an email with the information you have. They may only be able to tell you the date of burial and place of death. The only way to get full information is to send for a certificate. I would give it a try anyway.:)
 
Hi ealex,
Below are the details for Yardley, they may have the information but if not you would need to order his death certificate from the GRO giving all the details from the death index..ie year, quarter, name, place, and volume and page number.
https://www.gro.gov.uk



Yardley Cemetery and Crematorium,
Yardley Road
South Yardley
Birmingham
B25 8NA

Tel: 0121 708 1831 or 0121 708 2183
Fax: 0121 706 9142
e-mail: yardleycem&crem@birmingham.gov.uk

If you need further help let me know
Lindyloo
 
Dear Lindyloo and Wendy,

Yesterday I emailed Yardley cemetery with the information that I posted here and this morning they responded with the answers I had been seeking.
Thanks for your advice and a 'thankyou' to the staff at Yardley!
 
Dear ealex,
I am happy to hear you have the information!!
I live not far from Yardley Cemetary and sometimes go there to visit family graves.
I believe you said it was a burial, if you have the plot number and would like a photograph for your records I will see if I can locate it next time Im there.
Regards Lindyloo
 
ealex40 said:
Dear Lindyloo and Wendy,

Yesterday I emailed Yardley cemetery with the information that I posted here and this morning they responded with the answers I had been seeking.
Thanks for your advice and a 'thankyou' to the staff at Yardley!
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That is brilliant news I am so pleased they could help. Cemetery staff have a very busy job and I am always greatful when they help us Family Historians. Lindyloo thats a very kind offer as well.:)
 
Hi Wendy,
Thankyou :) its an open offer for anyone who genuinly cant get there....I dont mind going providing the weather is ok !!!
 
Hi Lindyloo,

I had forgotten (after almost 50 years), that it was a cremation and the following is the information that I received from the Admin Assistant at Yardley:

"I have searched the registers for the late Charles Richard Maisey and have the following information for you:

He was cremated at Yardley Crematorium not buried in a grave, the cremation took place on 17/11/1960 and his date of death recorded as 13/11/1960. His residence at the time of death was 19 Monica Road, Small Heath, Birmingham.

His cremated remains were scattered upon the North East Lawn within the Gardens of Remembrance."

But anyway, thanks for your kind offer!
 
Hi ealex,
After that long I would probably have forgotten to!! but at least you got the info you required. :)
 
Yardley Cemetery

Hi,
I wonder if there is a kind person out there who lives nearby Yardley Cemetery or who can visit easily and take down the details of a grave stone, and take a picture or two.. I have located my great great grandfather grave there, details as follows :

FRANK LAZARUS - buried 23 May 1904 - Grave Number 23702, Plot 20.

I would be most grateful to anyone who offers to do this, I live down in the West Country, am disabled and can not drive. Hey, ho.
Look for ward to a reply, thank a lot.

JamieB
 
Hi JamieB,

I have written down the details of your request and I will go and have a look as soon as I get chance..weather permitting of course.

Do you know which section the grave is in as this will make it easier to find....if not, I can ask at the office

Regards
Lindyloo
 
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Hello Lindyloo,
That is so kind of you - It seems perhaps Plot and Section are the same, in that case it's Section 20, Grave Number 23702, Tardley Cemetery.

Thank very much indeed.

James deBohun
 
Sorry James and Wendy, I have my Christmas head on!! I thought about it after I sent the message and realised that the plot number and the section number are the same....!
Thanks for the plan Wendy, Ive been looking for mine all afternoon!!!
I will go as soon as I can
 
Hi JamieB, I have been to the cemetery today and was able to locate where the grave should be, but I am sorry to have to tell you that the grave is not marked in anyway, it is just grassed over. I have taken photographs of the area and posted them in an album called Yardley Cemetery on my Profile Page.
I have tried to explain where the grave would be but if you need any further information please ask ...

Regards Lynne
 
This thread is reminding me, my wifes parents and her Uncle Bill are buried at Yardley I must go there before Christmas, when Enid was alive we used to go there quite often and clean up the headstone etc, and tidy up the area. Bernard Quote; If you take Christ out of Christmas all you left with is Marks+ Spencers.
Aled Jones 2009.
 
JamieB said:
Thank so much for your efforts Lynne.

James
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JamieB, No worries, Im sorry I couldnt be of more help. Have you phoned the office at the cemetery ? Perhaps they might have more information.

Bernard, it is very slippy underfoot, so take care.
 
Linyloo,

Yes, I remember speaking to someone there, but looking at my notes and some correspondance that was back in 2005. They sent me all the details then.
One thing puzzles me, in that Frank Lazarus was buried there in March of 1904 shortly after he died on 21st March in a common grave, however he was reintered on May 23rd, some two months later in the place you visited. Why would someone go to all the trouble of getting a body reburried and not bother with a stone ? I think his family must have been away traveling abroad.
This family of mine that I am researching were in the circus, acrobats, quite famous, this Frank was the father of the Music Hall artiste Joe Boganny, the lived for some time in Birmingham. Franks stage name was Frank Clifton, real name though was Frank Riley.....it goes on I tell you !! A headache to research. Dont suppose you noticed any adjoining names on stones when you visited.

T
 
JamieB,
It is indeed a puzzle. I saw in the 1911 that Joe Boganny was in Nottingham so it could be that the family were unaware of Franks passing....maybe they had a family plot and decided to use it when they found out. There are no obvious signs that the grave has been previously marked. The stone 23696 is Bradley, 23697 is a black cross but it is lying down and I didnt check the name. The big stone at the end is Sarah Elizabeth but I cant remember the surname and it is difficult to see on the picture, it could possibly be Finley/Findley..I will have to go back at somepoint and check. I wonder if the office could tell you the names of 23697/8/9/0/1/3 and 4, although they may charge for that type of search.
The research looks to be more of a migraine than a headache!!!!!

Lindyloo
 
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