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Grave Visit

by John Wheeldonin General, Volunteers
Family Reunited

A few months ago whilst clearing the area around the Main gates, John Wheeldon uncovered 3 gravestones that were not recorded in MI Book1, these were Arthur & Irene Allen, Sydney & Elsie Winter and Lily and Arthur Holmes. The Winter grave also commemorated Sydney Winter jnr who had been killed in North Africa on 30 Nov 1942.

We discovered that all of the above were relatives of member Sue Honeyman, who sent us photographs of her family. One of the pics was the attached pic of her aunt laying flowers on the above graves in the 1950’s, the girl in the black pram is Sue! Her mum Sheila, took the photograph. We arranged to meet Sue, her cousin Elaine and her mother Sheila (who is now a spritely 91!!) this morning to show her the graves and lay some flowers and 2 poppy crosses. (1 on Sydney Winter’s grave, and 1 on the adjacent grave of Herbert Walker, another family member who had been killed in France on 12 April 1918 ). We went on to show them the grave of Samuel Widdowson who has a headstone at the rear of the cemetery.

We were very privileged to share the time and stories of the family, and thank them for the old photos that they have shared with us.

Grave Adoption

by Adminin Facebook Archive, History

Wendy Kirkross recently requested to adopt the Kirk grave No 469 in MI Book 1. I have now allocated it to her, the Kirk family were a large family of shoe makers and printers in the Derringham St area. Here is the information that I have on the family:

Joseph Kirk was a shoemaker born in North Wheatley, Nottingham in1792, he married Jane Crowage (1800-1885) in Blidworth, Nottingham on 1 Jan 1821.

They had 2 children, Joseph William, (known as William), b 1821 and Thomas b1839, moving to Hull around 1838, and living in Providence Row, Beverley Rd.

Joseph William was a printer and married Cecilia Brewis at the Salem Chapel, Cogan St on 14 Aug1841, they had at least 11 children. He started a printing business at premises on Holderness Rd, nr Williamson St, and in the 1851 census the family are recorded as living at 10 Holderness Rd. By the time of the 1861 census the business had moved to Victoria St off Derringham St, and was employing 3 men and 8 boys. His sons William Bruce and George Sanderson followed their father’s footsteps and joined the printing business. William was married to Sarah Ann Johnson, and lived at 25 Crystal St, George married Anna Maria Wreghitt and lived at 46 Derringham St.

Their mother Jane, died of decay of nature at Providence Row in 1865 aged 64, their father, Joseph, also died of decay at Derringham St 1867 aged 75, both are buried in the family grave.

George and Anna lost 3 of their children in childhood, Stanley George died on 4th Jan 1873 aged 6 days, Florence Mary died on 13 July 1875 aged 15 months, and Cecilia died of meningitis on 7 Nov 1877. All of the children are buried in the family grave, along with another child, Alice, who was the daughter of Thomas Kirk, decorator, and the grand daughter of George & Anna, she died on Boxing Day1886 at 11 Colonial St aged 6 years 6 months.