St. Philips

[mick851]

im trying to find some of my ancestors who was buried in st.philips grave yard. i know they moved the grave yard in the early 90's when they widened langsett road and penistone road for the tram. the surnames im looking for are BAMFORTH and HOWSON.

thanks mick

[HughW]

im trying to find some of my ancestors who was buried in st.philips grave yard. i know they moved the grave yard in the early 90's when they widened langsett road and penistone road for the tram. the surnames im looking for are BAMFORTH and HOWSON.

thanks mick

The graveyard round the church was closed in 1857 and subsequent burials for St Philip's parish were in Wardsend Cemetery (there was a small number of burials in existing plots in the churchyard up to 1912).

Looking at the published burials, which go up to 1905, there are the following numbers for the two surnames you are interested in...

HOWSON 25 (1 pre-1857)

BAMFORTH 41 (6 pre 1857)

Given these numbers we really need some more details of the particular individuals you are looking for.

Hugh

[mick851]

sorry that's all i know really, i can remember my nan telling me some years ago that some of my ancestors are buried there, she never said who, if she did i cant remember. just got the surnames

[mick851]

just come across the names John william Bamforth and Florence Bamforth, one of their children was called Doris Bamforth, but i don't know if john and florence were buried in st philips.

[HughW]

hello Mick,

John William and Florence are buried in Walkley Cemetery:

Burials in Walkley Cemetery (parish of St Mary's, Walkley)

Grave L103

BAMFORTH John William 25 May 1950 116 Freedom St. 77 P.E. Lawrie 21.05.1950

BAMFORTH Mona 8 May 1937 12 Herries Rd. 22 R.C. Stevens

SMITH Margaret Hannah 20 Jan 1938 13 College St. 46 R.C. Stevens

BAMFORTH Florence 16 Apr 1948 116 Freedom Street 73 CW Fulljames 11.4.48.

[name/date of burial/ address or place where death occurred/age/minister/date of death]

(12 Herries Road is a euphemism for what had been the workhouse and is now the Northern General Hospital)

There is no memorial on this grave.

There is at least one burial at Wardsend connected to this family:

Burial At Wardsend (St Philip's Parish)

BAMFORTH Fred 3 Oct 1899 27 Rudyard Rd 7d so J William

27 Rudyard Rd was the address of this family in the 1901 census.

Doris BAMFORTH provides the link with the HOWSON family, since she married William H HOWSON:

GRO Marriages SEP Qtr 1921

Bamforth Doris (spouse: Howson) Eccleshall B 9c 928

Howson William H (spuse: Bamforth) Ecclesall B. 9c 928

I cannot find burials for this couple.

Hugh

[mick851]

HUGHW,

YOUR A STAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doris and william's daughter's was june & joyce Howson ( joyce my nan ), joyce got married to colin norton,

William died in 1946/47 and is buried in crookes cemetery, Doris died some time in the 70's i think it was 1977/78 i was about 4 or 5 at the time, but i can still remember that. i think she got cremated at city road cemetery, joyce norton died in 2005 a month before her 84th birthday, she too was cremated at city road cemetry

if you come across anything else would you let me know?

thanks mick

[mick851]

do you know the grave numbers for the walkley and wardsend graves?

[Guest skeets]

hello Mick,

John William and Florence are buried in Walkley Cemetery:

Burials in Walkley Cemetery (parish of St Mary's, Walkley)

Grave L103

BAMFORTH John William 25 May 1950 116 Freedom St. 77 P.E. Lawrie 21.05.1950

BAMFORTH Mona 8 May 1937 12 Herries Rd. 22 R.C. Stevens

SMITH Margaret Hannah 20 Jan 1938 13 College St. 46 R.C. Stevens

BAMFORTH Florence 16 Apr 1948 116 Freedom Street 73 CW Fulljames 11.4.48.

[name/date of burial/ address or place where death occurred/age/minister/date of death]

(12 Herries Road is a euphemism for what had been the workhouse and is now the Northern General Hospital)

There is no memorial on this grave.

There is at least one burial at Wardsend connected to this family:

Burial At Wardsend (St Philip's Parish)

BAMFORTH Fred 3 Oct 1899 27 Rudyard Rd 7d so J William

27 Rudyard Rd was the address of this family in the 1901 census.

Doris BAMFORTH provides the link with the HOWSON family, since she married William H HOWSON:

GRO Marriages SEP Qtr 1921

Bamforth Doris (spouse: Howson) Eccleshall B 9c 928

Howson William H (spuse: Bamforth) Ecclesall B. 9c 928

I cannot find burials for this couple.

Hugh

HI Hugh An Elsie Howson married a Thomas Fearnehoughin 1926 she died in 1991 aged 98 she had 2 children Betty and Ralph Doe's this help Skeets

[mick851]

skeets,

what relation is Elsie Howson to William Howson?

mick

[Bayleaf]

I picked up a little book on eBay a while ago entitled The Old Churchyards of Sheffield. It ends with an epitaph from a grave in St Philip's Churchyard, from 1844

Here lies the body of John Kidd

In eternal realms his soul is hid

A railway engine did him kill

And crushed his poor head so ill

[dunsbyowl1867]

Hello Peter,

I thought I recognised that name see this post from a while ago! Look like the same one - some mention here of a memorial at Hillsborough Barracks?

http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/i...?showtopic=4420

I picked up a little book on eBay a while ago entitled The Old Churchyards of Sheffield. It ends with an epitaph from a grave in St Philip's Churchyard, from 1844

Here lies the body of John Kidd

In eternal realms his soul is hid

A railway engine did him kill

And crushed his poor head so ill

[Bayleaf]

Hello Peter,

I thought I recognised that name see this post from a while ago! Look like the same one - some mention here of a memorial at Hillsborough Barracks?

http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/i...?showtopic=4420

Well spotted Paul, I missed that one! :blink: