Could I really have found her?

[ElizabethHerts]

I have been searching fruitlessly for 10 years for the death of OH's 2xgt grandmother, Jane Newton.

I'm having real success with the Family Search Pilot site and I have found the following burial for a Jane Newton born c. 1812:

Name: Jane Newton
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 30 Dec 1854
Burial Place: Nunhead, Surrey, England
Death Date:
Death Place:
Age: 42
Birth Date: 1812
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01758-8
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 254578
Reference Number: Page 55 No. 6840
Collection: England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

It might, just might, be her. She was born 17 Feb 1812 in Stayley and was living in Newington with her husband and 10 children, the last one, OH's great-grandfather, having been born in 1850.

I looked on FMP for her entry - THERE IS A PAGE MISSING IN FMP!


NEWSHAM, Eliza NEWTON, Elizabeth 1854 Jul-Aug-Sep FREE
NEWTON, Edward NEWTON, Henry 1854 Jul-Aug-Sep VIEW
NEWTON, Herbert ? NEWTON, Mary Louisa 1854 Jul-Aug-Sep FREE
NEWTON, Matthew Henry NIB?, Eliza Matilda 1854 Jul-Aug-Sep FREE

NEWTON, John Sherlock NEWTON, William Henry 1854 Oct-Nov-Dec FREE
NEWTON, William Thomas NICHOLAS, Llewellin 1854 Oct-Nov-Dec VIEW
NEWBALD, Eliza NEW?, William 1855 Jan-Feb-Mar FREE
NEWSHAM, Thomas NEWTON, Elizabeth 1855 Jan-Feb-Mar VIEW
NEWTON, Elizabeth NEWTON, John 1855 Jan-Feb-Mar VIEW
NEWTON, John NEWTON, Samuel 1855 Jan-Feb-Mar VIEW
NEWTON, Sarah NICHOL, Jane 1855 Jan-Feb-Mar VIEW


There are no Newtons for Oct-Dec ar 1854 before John!

Could someone tell me if the page is missing on Ancestry?

The pilot site is brilliant for burials, and I have also found today the baptism of Jane's husband and sister which I have been searching for for ages!

[Margaret in Burton]

I'll have a look

[Margaret in Burton]

Yes it's missing on Ancestry too, what about trying the local office?

[ElizabethHerts]

Thanks, Margaret.

What is more, when you find the hit for Jane Newton on the site it says she is living in NEWINGTON. The family moved from Bankside where there business was to Trinity Square, Newington before George Herbert was born!

[ElizabethHerts]

Yes it's missing on Ancestry too, what about trying the local office?

Thanks, Margaret, I'm not quite sure what the procedure is! I'll have to send an e-mail or make a phone call.

[Margaret in Burton]

They all vary anyway. Some take orders over the phone and others you need to write a letter.

[Margaret in Burton]

Been trying to work out what registration district it would be, with no luck.

[Margaret in Burton]

Ah, Newington now comes under Southwark.

The Register Office, 34 Peckham Road, London, SE5 8QA.
Tel: 020 7525 7651. Fax: 020 7525 7652.
E-mail: [email protected]


Best of luck, most London offices won't supply for family history and refer you to the GRO, you'll have to explain the situation.

[ElizabethHerts]

I think it is St Saviour Southwark (where all the children were registered).

Oooh, I'm excited now!

[ElizabethHerts]

Margaret, I remember them being singularly unhelpful before when I enquired about her!

[Jackie H]

Hi Elizabeth

Its in FreeBMD if you browse the images but its not been transcribed. Look in the deaths for Q/E Dec 1854 beginning with N. Its then image number 1854D4-N-0020b.

I think it says Newington Vol 1d page 183 but you may want to check

[ElizabethHerts]

Wow, Jackie! Thank you so much! 10 years' searching!

[ElizabethHerts]

Jackie, sorry - how do I get to view that page? I can't get onto it!

[ElizabethHerts]

Got it now, by trial and error!!

Thank you so much.

[ElizabethHerts]

Now to see if George Herbert Newton, born 13 December 1850, was ever registered!

[Jackie H]

Jackie, sorry - how do I get to view that page? I can't get onto it!

Sorry - got distracted but I see you've found it now :)