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NOT BURIED TOGETHER
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Megs Dicky Island | Report | 8 Jul 2008 18:19 |
Probably no explanation as to why, but though I'd ask anyway. |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 8 Jul 2008 18:25 |
maybe the family bought a double plot but it was side by side rather than two in the same plot. its not usually a problem to reopen a grave if it has the facility for more burials. |
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Sam | Report | 8 Jul 2008 18:29 |
I agree with Shirley, my grandparents died within 2 weeks of each other and after my grandad had been buried, the grave was reopened with no bother a week later for the burial of my grandmother. |
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Megs Dicky Island | Report | 8 Jul 2008 18:36 |
Thanks Shirley and Sam. |
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K | Report | 8 Jul 2008 18:39 |
I used to be on a town burial committee that ran the cemetery. Usually graves took 3 people, more recently 2, (although it depended on the depth of the plot) but you had to buy the exclusive rights of burial for a plot to ensure that no one else was buried there. If the grave was marked with a headstone then the occupant had bought this right. |
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Jean | Report | 8 Jul 2008 18:41 |
Another reason could be they didnt buy the grave.I have relatives dating back then who are buried in the local cemetery in common graves, these were for people who could not afford to buy a plot.Contact the cemetery and they can tell you who owns the plots |
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Megs Dicky Island | Report | 8 Jul 2008 21:32 |
Its a council cemetery and there isn't a head stone for either of them. I do know one of the council workers there and he has a list of the plots saying who is buried in them. I do remember a few of my relatives having young children put in with them who are not related, but I'm sure he never mentioned more than three people in one grave, which would be two adults and a young child normally. |