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Lady agusta
you are very good at solving puzzles .my William Joseph was a head teacher in aldershot indeed he was born in Aldershot then travelled with his parents his father was in the army .so his siblings were born in different places but Williams father died in Warrington barracks
James thank you i searched Norfolk but could not find her .but she was born in Norwich. Norfolk .
so thank you everybody who has helped me you are very generous with your time and i am gratfull
i was so puzzeled as the only child i knew William had was Robert.
LadyAgusta thank you very much x
regards to all Keith

Hi Keith. you will have noticed that I enrered the two locations the wrong way round ref: the burial location, but I'm sure you know what I meant.
Put it down to my "AGE",however the principal point is still the same.

There was a Mary Corbridge recorded in Porlingham Norfolk, can't be sure but there may be family connection(not with me) I just live in Norfolk!.

Sorry if I muddied the waters, will pay more attention in future.

Good luck,
James

That looks good LA - and there seems to be 3 children born in Wandsworth to that Corbridge / Price marriage. (son 1923, daughter 1926 and another daughter in 1928).

Hi Keith,

I think that I have cracked it.

You say that your gt uncle William Joseph Price, his wife Alice and son Robert are burried in this plot also one Mary Corbridge. (that is what I have read from your posts, and I have gone by the names you have put)



1911 Census Transcription :-

PRICE William Joseph, Head, Married 15 yrs, Age 37, b.1874, Head Teacher, b. Hants Aldreshot

PRICE Alice, Wife, Married, Age 44, b. 1867, b. Lancs Warrington.

>PRICE Mary, Daughter, Age 14, b. 1897, School, b. Lancs Warrington.<

PRICE Robert, Son, Age 12, b. 1899, School, b. Lancs Warrington.

PRICE Alice, Daughter, Age 1, b.1910, b. Lancs Warrington.

BOWDEN Alice, Boarder, Single, Age 32, b. 1879, Assistant, b. London Islington.

Living at :- 8 Stapleton Road, Upper Tooting, London.

Registration District, Wandsworth.
Sub District, Streatham.

3 children born all still living.



ENGLAND & WALES BIRTH INDEX :-

NAME, Mary Price
YEAR, 1896
REG, Q3 (Jul-Aug-Sep)
(This fits in with the birth date on the death certificate 13th Jul 1896)
DISTRICT, Warrington
COUNTY, Cheshire, Lancashire
VOL, 8c
PAGE, 209



ENGLAND & WALES MARRIAGE INDEX :-

NAME, Mary Price. William Corbridge.
SPOUSE SURNAME, Corbridge Price
DATE OF REG, Q2 1922 Q2 1922 (Apr-May-Jun)
REG DISTRICT, Wandsworth Wandsworth
COUNTY, Surrey Surrey
VOL, 1d 1d
PAGE, 1337 1337



ENGLAND & WALES DEATH INDEX :-

NAME, Mary Corbridge
BIRTH DATE, 13 Jul 1896
DEATH REG, Apr 1997
AGE, 100
REG DISTRICT, Norwich
COUNTY, Norfolk
REG NUMBER, A17B
SUB-DISTRICT, 6391A
ENTRY NUMBER, 287

(I put this up again so all the info is in one place)


So if I am correct and not barking up the wrong tree, it looks like Mary is burried with her parents and brother.

LA

Does it say she was born in Norfolk ...or that she lived there?

If she lived there in 1997 maybe she would feature in old electoral lists and you could check who else was at the address.... Might have to go back a few years though, but at 100 she is likely to have perhaps died in a home.....
Just clutching a few straws here........

Gwyn

islandintherain
that is a great thought .got the adress from info on details of grave gives her adress as Poringland Norwich Norfolk
i wonder if somebody brought her ashes to Warrington (silly statement i know obviously somebody did)
or i wonder if she married in Warrington then lived there
all puzzles to solve
Keith

Hi Keith

I haven't found a birth or marriage for a Mary Cobridge in Norfolk so assume that was her married name?
Also no Cobridges on any census for Norfolk. (FMP)

I have a whimsical notion of a neice taking charge of arrangements as can happen with maiden or long widowed great/aunts.

hi i thought no family left because of her age .an assumption perhaps i should not have made .children grandchildren possible
i got info (or rather somebody else did and emailed me a copy
it was from offices at Walton crem who have records of all Warrington cemeterys.it states in plot Robert Price ..Alice Price ..William Joseph price
no undertaker info avalible .dates of buriel and container coffin.
Mary Corbridge burial of ashes and her age 100
it also has conversion next to all names apart from William no idea what this is not religious conversion in the cases of Robert and Alice
thanks to all who have given advice
i will try to unravel this .will post answer when i do .i am going to go to local library to see if there is an obituary in local paper for her as in the past i have found info from these
Keith

Hi Keith, Islandin the rain, has made a good point, why not get in touch with the CHESHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY, they may well be able to you. There are a number of "CORBRIDES "recorded.
It may be her married name, perhaps it may have been her last wish to be buried in PORINGLAND,NORFOLK.
It's worth a punt as they say.
Good luck.
Jim

Hi Keith

This is an intriguing story.
If the lady is the same Mary Corbridge that LA has found a death record for then someone must have requested her remains be buried in Cheshire. Does the cemetary have a record of who or the name of the undertaker?

Why do you say at "100 years old then probably ... no relatives left" ? Maybe not of her own generation but there could be children/grands/greatgrands even nieces and nephews.
Somebody cared enough about her to have her taken to Cheshire for cremation or burial.

I wonder if Corbridge was her married or maiden name?

Edit
Maybe she lived in Cheshire but was visiting Norfolk when she died? Unlikely at 100 years but you never know!

lady Agusta and root gatherer i may just do that as i am curious
Valerie thank you for your info had no idea they were that big
thank you to all who took the time to give me info
Keith

You could buy a copy of her death certificate to see who the informant was.

Mary Corbridge, born 13th Jul 1896, died Apr 1997, age 100

Norwich, Norfolk. Register No. A17B, District 6391A, Entry 287.

LA

Perhaps Mary had no family and she was intered in your ancestors grave, they would have dug a hole just behind the head stone so the grave would not be disturbed.

LA

Hi Keith - I had a similar experience - I found my grandfather's plot in Lewisham (he d1950) .... with a headstone for someone else! I contacted the local council - who explained there were at least 6 others in same plot. I returned there last year and placed a 'memorial notice' in front of the headstone - with grandad's name etc. (was told grave/plots are dug 32ft!)
Valerie

Kathleen there is no stone but a record from office of people in the grave and the date they were buried
i will put her name into search trees .thanks

thank you everybody for info. i find as i thank somebody then it looks as if i have not bothered to thank another
patchem the plot is R.C
i have info from the area office as stated as the cemetary itself has no office (just refer you to area office)
if she was as stated 100 years old then probably as you say no relatives left
just puzzeled as to why after so many years this one was chosen
i suppose i will never know
just curious i suppose as to why she came to be there
once again thanks all of you for answering

Have you tried putting her name into the "search trees" at the top of the page to see if anyone on Genes has her in their tree? (although Corbridge could be her married name).

If you get in touch with the cemetery they may be able to tell you who organised the funeral.

Kath. x

Has the ladys name has been added to an exsisting headstone ?as thats most unusual..

unpaid plots have a life of 50years..in which it states the ground can be re-claimed if no ownership of the grave plot exsists.

Kathleen thank you i was thinking of putting out a plea for info on this lady to see if i can find a connection (i have not done yet but does anybody think it worth putting her name on trying to find