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From: "Linda Curry" <>
Subject: Re: [CHS] Babies Graves
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 12:08:12 +0100
References: <20000819.173823.-233167.1.wahey@juno.com>


Perhaps they were neighbours and your grandmother had a large plot which she
could afford to share. Folk did some funny things when it came to burials.
If you knew when your grandmother purchased the plot and that happened to
coincide with the date of the first death that might give you a clue.

I've got a couple of shared plots in my family but they all turned out to be
relatives of one sort or another.

Also, if what you have is taken from a headstone (and not burial records),
that too can be interesting because people often included 'memorials' in
headstones without burying the folk in those plots.

Linda

----- Original Message -----
From: suzanne black <>
To: <>
Sent: 19 August 2000 22:28 PM
Subject: [CHS] Babies Graves


> I found Julie's post interesting,having recently come across a burial in
> my family,where
> three infants and an elderly man,were all buried with my gr.great
> grannie.
> Two were RUSHTONS,two were HUDDERS and one,my gr gr grannie,was
> WILLIS,nee
> GARNETT.Apparantly,she owned the grave,and they were all buried before
> she was.
> I have found no family connections so far,and wondered if this was just a
> communal
> burial,perhaps as Julie has described?
> Perhaps someone knows if this sort of thing was common,for financial,or
> other reasons?
> Thanks, Suzanne
>
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