Darenth Asylum Burials

[bigteddy]

i am new to this but i regualy vist the gaveyards at the old darenth park hospital site and there are a lot of garve stones there with very random ages and dates on them just to be the important people? i will have a GOOD look at all of them for you because the name drew realy rang a bell!

[gillylewis]

Hello Geoff,
I know this is an old thread, nonetheless, I wondered if you had any luck with your research into Darenth Asylm, Dartford, Kent. My great uncle, Solomon Shafner was a resident there at the age of fiveteen according to the 1881 census. I have been trying to find a record of his death. Unless I have a date, I cannot get a death certificate. However I have made a note of all the responses on this thread. Hope to hear from you. Best regards. Gilly

[gillylewis]

Hi Bigteddy, If you happened to visit the old Darenth graveyard again, would you mind looking to see if there is a gravestone for a Solomon Shafner. He was my great uncle and was a resident at the age of fiveteen at the assylm in 1881. Hope this is possible? many, many thanks in advance. Gilly

[Jan1954]

My great uncle, Solomon Shafner was a resident there at the age of fiveteen according to the 1881 census. I have been trying to find a record of his death.

This looks like him:
June quarter 1887, Dartford Registration district, volume 2a, page 256, in the name of Solomon SHAFFER (please note spelling of surname) and aged 21.

Unless I have a date, I cannot get a death certificate.

Yes you can. Go to the GRO website and, when it asks of you have the reference, tick the "yes" box and, when asked, quote the reference above.

However, before you do, please check the reference on FreeBMD by clicking on the spectacles symbol at the side of the entry to see the original record.

[Peter Goodey]

The MIs of the old Darenth Park Hospital graveyard were published in the journal North West Kent Family History, vol. 1, no. 7, July 1980. The Society of Genealogists library has a copy.

[gillylewis]

This looks like him:
June quarter 1887, Dartford Registration district, volume 2a, page 256, in the name of Solomon SHAFFER (please note spelling of surname) and aged 21.

Yes you can. Go to the GRO website and, when it asks of you have the reference, tick the "yes" box and, when asked, quote the reference above.

However, before you do, please check the reference on FreeBMD by clicking on the spectacles symbol at the side of the entry to see the original record.

Hi Peter, Thank you very much. I had tried FreeBMD but I didn't know the year of Solomon's death. I cannot recall seeing a Solomon Shaffer, must of overlooked it. I should have gone to 'speck savers'. It is spelt correctly on the entry, so it is correct.
Once again thank you.
Gilly