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!
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Thread: Darenth Asylum Burials
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20-05-2009, 3:01 PM #11bigteddyGuest
importaont people?
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29-04-2012, 11:15 AM #12gillylewisGuest
Re Solomon Shafner
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
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29-04-2012, 11:21 AM #13gillylewisGuest
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
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29-04-2012, 11:27 AM #14Jan1954Guest
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.
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29-04-2012, 1:05 PM #15
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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.
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30-04-2012, 4:29 PM #16gillylewisGuest
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
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22-03-2017, 11:35 PM #17
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Richard John Venus staff member (head cowman)
Hi,
This is my first post on this site.
My great grandad died in 1919 from tuberculosis , at the time of his death he had the work title of Head Cowman on the darenth industrial colony. He lived at number 10 darenth industrial colony cottages.
His place of rest eludes me! I have a feeling that he may have been buried on site!
If anybody finds themselves doing a walk through the graveyard can you please keep an eye out for the name please (Richard John Venus)
Thank you
Martin Venus
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23-03-2017, 4:40 PM #18
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Hi ,
I decided to have a walk through both cemeteries on site and have taken some names from the headstones
They are as follows:-
New graveyard 1918 onwards
HILDA LAWRANCE 1909-1973
MARY FLOWERS 1900-1974
ROBERT WILLIAM BURTON 27/2/23-14/10/1974
PAULINE HERRING 1946-1975
MICHAEL ALLISON 14/2/1955-03/02/1972
EVA MINA DUIGAN died 11/11/1927 aged 21
DAVID HARRISON died 1969 aged 24
CHARLES C HEMMINGTON 21/11/1951 aged 46
LUCY EMILY FLOWERS 13/11/1936 aged 31
WINIFRED MAY SOAR 21/02/1933 aged 30
ERNEST WILLIAM LOVEGROVE died 17/10/1956
BRUCE ANTHONY BEESON died 11/09/1960
CHRISTINE MARGERET MACKAY 09.04.1976 aged 29
DENNIS SCANNELL unreadable
OLDER GRAVEYARD
A R EAGER
ANNIE TIMM WIFE OF JOSEPH
THOMAS ELLARD
JAMES ANDERSON
EBENEZER PALMER HUSBAND OF JANE born Jan 1863 died Aug 30th 1901
JOHN FRANKLIN CHEYNE
GEORGE EVENDEN
WALTER JOHN ROBINSON
THESE ARE ALL THE GRAVES THAT HAVE HEADSTONES THAT ARE READABLE/PART READABLE
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23-03-2017, 7:23 PM #19
Hello Martinv and welcome to Brit-Gen
Thank you for your contribution to this post and taking the time and trouble to record your findings. Now the information is out there just waiting for someone doing a search whether soon or years away. It does happen.
ChristinaSometimes paranoia is just having all the facts.
William Burroughs
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23-03-2017, 8:39 PM #20
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Thanks Christina
I didn't find my great grandfather but I still believe he is buried there! I'm hoping that I can confirm this by finding burial records which I believe may be located at the London metropropolitan archives. Hopefully these names on headstones will help somebody out in the future. I have taken photos of the headstones too.
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