Pilkington Death

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I'm looking for information from Machester Cathedral on the death of James Pilkington. The BMD gives me a record for Oct-Dec 1849, vol 20, pg 480, manchester. He and his wife Catherine Collins married in 1845 at Manchester Cathedral, and she was remarried to Stephen Summers there in 1850. Catherine gave birth to a son James in early 1850, so there may also be a record for him at the Catherdral. I haven't been able to fing that. Thanks for any help or hints! Brenda

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I'm looking for information from Machester Cathedral on the death of James Pilkington. The BMD gives me a record for Oct-Dec 1849, vol 20, pg 480, manchester. He and his wife Catherine Collins married in 1845 at Manchester Cathedral, and she was remarried to Stephen Summers there in 1850. Catherine gave birth to a son James in early 1850, so there may also be a record for him at the Catherdral. I haven't been able to fing that. Thanks for any help or hints! Brenda

I would be most surprised if he was buried at Manchester Cathedral. Although the last burial was c1866, in the years prior to that only a handful of people were interred there. The graveyard was full many years earlier than that. If you do a search on this site you will find several messages relating to burials at the Collegiate & Parish Church of Manchester which was elevated to Cathedral status in 1847. I suggest you take a look at some of the material I have written about this church. The vast majority of births and marriages up to c1870 are on the IGI.

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Just to add further to my last comments.

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Burials at Manchester Cathedral after 1848 needed to have special permission to be performed. The link above shows the details of the application for CD Wray's burial.

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Would some of these Cathedral burials actually have been interred at Walkers Croft? I can't remember off hand when it closed.

J
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Talkin' to my self here, bad!
I checked, according to the MLFHS site, Walkers Croft closed for burials in 1832 and was partially moved in 1844.
That same site though says that the Cathedral closed for burials in 1819.
Ah, of course it need not be an error, burials between 1819 and 1848 would no doubt be into family graves/vaults etc. http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/images/buttons/quote.gif (http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=52197)

The answer to the questions are in the thread "M/C Cathedral marriage" on the Manchester Forum last post dated 24/06/2005:) . Courtesy of the Cathedral Archivist (nice chap).

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I hope this helps you.

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