Comments on: Tombstone Tuesday: James, John and Ann Read http://rootsresearcher.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/tombstone-tuesday-james-john-and-ann-read-2/ Discovering surprises, mysteries and brick walls!! Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:37:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: rootsresearcher http://rootsresearcher.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/tombstone-tuesday-james-john-and-ann-read-2/#comment-139 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:31:22 +0000 http://rootsresearcher.wordpress.com/?p=631#comment-139 Hallo Ginger, yes I think James, Ann and John would all be in the one plot. James would have been buried very low in the ground and then some earth over him with his son buried over him and the same when Ann died. Sometimes when babies or young children died they were popped into the coffin of another relative but as John died over a year later I don’t think that would have happened in this case. As time went on, and I have an awful feeling this has happened to my Uncle’s grave in London, they would even reuse a grave with someone who wasn’t even related. In my Uncle’s case my Grandfather paid for his plot “in perpetuity” in the 1930s, (and I have the document saying so as proof) which of course more or less means forever, but I am now told that the Council just allows 75 years!! I am trying to discover if someone else has been added to my Uncle’s grave and will be very cross if that is the case, as my Grandfather paid for his plot believing my Uncle would never be disturbed!! I can’t get to London so have to wait for someone kind who could look for me!

Thanks for visiting and for your very interesting comment.
Kind regards,

Christine (rootsresearcher)

]]> By: Ginger Smith http://rootsresearcher.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/tombstone-tuesday-james-john-and-ann-read-2/#comment-137 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:14:43 +0000 http://rootsresearcher.wordpress.com/?p=631#comment-137 I’m not familiar with the burial procedures in the UK, but does this mean that they were all buried in that one plot? I agree, that it was very sad that Ann lost her husband at such a young age. When I first started reading it I thought maybe a tragedy had struck the entire family.

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