Hartshill Cemetery (reflecting
the values of Victorian Society)
 |
Registrars
Lodge at the northern entrance to the cemetery |
Location 2 on
the index map
Registrars
Lodge
The chimney in the background stands in the Infirmary
grounds.
When
the cemetery committee advertised for a registrar in May 1884 there were 99
applicants for the position.
Mr.
W. H. Geen was appointed at a salary of £75 per annum with his residence free
of rent, rates and taxes. The salary was later increased to £80 (in 1901), £90
in 1903, and £100 in 1907. In the 1891 census returns the occupiers of the
Registrar's lodge was recorded as:
Queens
Road [Registrar's Lodge]:
| Name |
Position |
Status |
Age |
Employment |
Place of
Birth |
| William H Geen |
Head |
Married |
60 |
Stoke Borough Cemetery
Registrar |
Somerset, Dunster |
| Elizabeth Geen |
Wife |
Married |
62 |
|
Kent, Dover |
| Emily Geen |
Daughter |
Single |
34 |
|
Staffs, Tunstall |
| Elizabeth Geen |
Daughter |
Single |
27 |
Elementary Schoolmistress |
Staffs, Newcastle |
| Annie Geen |
Daughter |
Single |
25 |
Elementary Schoolmistress |
Staffs, Fenton |
| Annie Geen |
Dau-in-Law |
Married |
29 |
|
Lancs, Manchester |
| Wilfred Geen |
Grandson |
Single |
2 |
|
Lancs, Manchester |
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of the first class graves
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