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I agree Janice

thinking out loud really to prove to myself it's not Grace Bell

That's why I don't think it's Grace Bell.

???????

Grace bell buried 26 June 1963

Mary Gent buried 12 June 1963

Vera Bell married Frederick Harthill

on the other hand would she have had a daughter marrying in England and a will proved in England if this was the right one??

That Grace Burton one is tempting do you think?

Dies in England when visiting from US. Family have to rush around organising a funeral when they've only just had one. Burial in a public grave might be her.

Is it possible to contact the cemetery and ask?

Burial: 25 Nov 1963 Burnley Cemetery, Burnley, Lancashire, England
Judith Hannah Maccabe -
Age: 69yrs
Abode: Queensbury Road
Grave: NE8454
Register: Burials 1958 - 1975, Page 116, Entry 134367
Source: Original Registers Book 17

Burial: 12 Jun 1963 Burnley Cemetery, Burnley, Lancashire, England
Mary Ellen Gent -
Age: 76yrs
Abode: General Hospital
Grave: A17150
Register: Burials 1958 - 1975, Page 108, Entry 134140
Source: Original Registers Book 17

burials for Janice's suspects

Burial: 25 Oct 1958 Burnley Cemetery, Burnley, Lancashire, England
Grace Burton -
Age: 73yrs
Abode: General Hospital
Grave: A19951
Notes: Buried in a Public Grave
Register: Burials 1948 - 1958, Page 298, Entry 130697
Source: Original Registers Book 16


Grace Bradbury and Grace heap not at Burnley cemetery

Burial: 26 Jun 1963 Burnley Cemetery, Burnley, Lancashire, England
Grace Bell -
Age: 77yrs
Abode: General Hospital
Grave: NE9520
Register: Burials 1958 - 1975, Page 109, Entry 134164
Source: Original Registers Book 17

hi I have no idea who the uncle and aunt was difficult to read on passenger details , not easy to search marriage records

How do you search American marriages? Is it safe to assume she married in Connecticut as that is where she went out to?

And who were the uncle and aunt she joined there? Are they also from Lancs?

Jack Gent rings a bell but not 100 percent , on USA census can't put parents , I found a Grace Procter on 1920 census reg as a widow from Lancashire but 28 years of age so too young for my Grace . can't find a grace Procter < Burton or Bell on 1920 , 1930 , 1940 think I will give it a rest shortly thanks for all your help

When you search US census is there somewhere you can put in the names of the parents?

Did Mary marry Jack Gent?

judith did marry joseph bibby , and you have the right Bertha think she had a grandaughter Francesca Tempest , I have looked on passenger lists and US census but can find nothing ( it's doing my head in )

Judith Hannah Procter married
Joseph Baron Bibby in 1913
William Henry Phythian in 1942
William Maccabe in 1953
and died as Judith H Maccabe in 1963 Q4 - so it can't be Grace Bell as she died earlier in the year.

Bertha marries John Tempest in1906.
He died 1934 and she married Albert R Chadwick in 1936.
He died 1938 and she married Ernest Smith in 1942.

They don't half go through husbands this lot!!!!!

So - Margaret, Bertha, Mary, Judith.

Did they marry? We need to work out which funeral Grace was coming to!

There isn't an incoming passenger of the right name in 1958 so back to the drawing board!

Grace Bell is on the probate register. She lived in Hunslet Street and probate went to Nellie Whittaker and Vera Hathrill.

Anything familiar there? If not, that's more evidence for Burton.

Thanks I will see if I can find anything for Grace Burton in the USA let you know

it was one of her sister's Not emma or mona ( mona not on census list ) but can't be any more specific I recall my grandmother telling me . I think grace is either buried at Burnley or wheatley lane ( nr Burnley )

Here are my suspects:

Grace Bell abt 1886 Apr-May-Jun 1963 Burnley Lancashire

Grace M Bradbury abt 1884 Apr-May-Jun 1964 Burnley Lancashire

Grace Burton abt 1885 Oct-Nov-Dec 1958 Burnley Lancashire

Grace A Heap abt 1884 Jan-Feb-Mar 1965 Burnley Lancashire

Two have middle names so don't like those!

Preference is for Grace Burton as your Grace was born at the beginning of the year so would have had her birthday by the time of her death. Date of birth would probably be accurate on the death cert as she would have a passport with her.

Do you know whose funeral it was she came over for so we can narrow down the date of death? I have a list of suspects but need to refine it!