Graveyard

Please could anyone tell me where the nearest graveyards are for people who lived in Blackrod in the late 1800,s

Thanks

I have family from around that time and they are buried in Aspull, Blackrod or Ince.

St Katherines Church in Blackrod had a cemetery/churchyard in the past, and the current Blackrod cemetery opened in early 1887 I think.

Hello Pattyann

Are you trying to find a particular grave or was yours a general enquiry

Hi and thanks for your replys.Yes Frances I am trying to locate the graves of James France and his wife Ellen nee Goulding.On the 1861 census he was 51 Ellen 55 they were married 1832 living at Blackrod.Most of their families went on to live in Hindley,which is where my mother was born.

Thanks for any information

Regards Pattyann

Hi Pattyann
Are these yours?

Burial: 31 May 1874 St John the Evangelist, Abram, Lancashire, England
James France -
Age: 64
Abode: Ince
Notes: [Abode entered as Hindley, changed to Ince and initialled J J D]
Buried by: John J Dixon
Register: Burials 1839 - 1899, Page 82, Entry 651
Source: LDS Film 1885644

Burial: 14 Oct 1868 St John the Evangelist, Abram, Lancashire, England
Ellen France -
Age: 63
Abode: Hindley
Buried by: John J Dixon
Register: Burials 1839 - 1899, Page 64, Entry 506
Source: LDS Film 1885644.

I did recently did some LOPC transcibing for Abram St. John's (1919 - 42) burials. There were several from Blackrod / Hindley / Ince.

Carol

Hi carol

Thanks for this information it looks like these are my ancestors.Trying to find as many as I can then can make a journey over to check the graves out.

Thanks

Let us know who else you are looking for. By the way, after James was widowed he shows up as a lodger (along with his son Reuben, in the Derbyshire household (1871 census). There are kids there as well with the name of France which may mean that the wife has remarried a derbyshire and is somehow related to James.

There would not have been plot numbers on the register, otherwise they would have been transcribed, so if you want the exact location you will need to check elsewhere (can't help you on this as I don't know what to do myself)

Hi Carol
I think james and ellen had a daughter,ANN i am not certain on this one but I think she married somebody with the name of Derbyshire.If this is true have you come across the name Dorenda who is one of the daughters.

Thanks

Anne married Richard Derbyshire at St. georges, Wigan.In 1868. She had 5 illegitimate children prior to her marriage.

wow

Thanks carol

You're welcome. Lancashire Online Parish clerk and Lancashire BMD are free genealogy sites. I also have membership for Ancestry.