Stephen Murfin (died 31 July 1902 age 33 years) has a memorial on one of the many 'inscription graves' or 'guinea graves' located in one of the earliest (1844-45) publicly-funded cemeteries in England. These were a type of common grave for a number of unrelated people who died in poverty and were then buried around the same time. Unlike pauper graves, they had headstones commemorating the names of the dead. This type of burial originally cost one guinea (twenty-one shillings), hence the popular name, and saved the family from suffering the indignity of a burial for their loved ones in an unmarked paupers grave.
1901 Census shows Stephen Murfin was born in Burton-on-Trent, Staffs and was living at 27 Dane Place, Hunslet with his wife Eliza and two children. Occupation - Engineer Iron Turner. (ancestry.co.uk)
1901 Census shows Stephen Murfin was born in Burton-on-Trent, Staffs and was living at 27 Dane Place, Hunslet with his wife Eliza and two children. Occupation - Engineer Iron Turner. (ancestry.co.uk)
Stephen Murfin (died 31 July 1902 age 33 years) has a memorial on one of the many 'inscription graves' or 'guinea graves' located in one of the earliest (1844-45) publicly-funded cemeteries in England. These were a type of common grave for a number of unrelated people who died in poverty and were then buried around the same time. Unlike pauper graves, they had headstones commemorating the names of the dead. This type of burial originally cost one guinea (twenty-one shillings), hence the popular name, and saved the family from suffering the indignity of a burial for their loved ones in an unmarked paupers grave.
1901 Census shows Stephen Murfin was born in Burton-on-Trent, Staffs and was living at 27 Dane Place, Hunslet with his wife Eliza and two children. Occupation - Engineer Iron Turner. (ancestry.co.uk)
1901 Census shows Stephen Murfin was born in Burton-on-Trent, Staffs and was living at 27 Dane Place, Hunslet with his wife Eliza and two children. Occupation - Engineer Iron Turner. (ancestry.co.uk)
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