Hartshill Cemetery (reflecting the values of Victorian Society)

The Registrar and Sexton  [and 1891 census returns]

 

There was a lodge at each entrance to the cemetery from Queens Road - the southern lodge for the cemetery sexton, the northern lodge for the cemetery registrar. The registrar’s lodge also contained the cemetery office which was fitted with a large safe for the registers and deed books. 

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 two lodges were 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

Queens Road [Sexton's Lodge]:

Name	Position	Status	Age	Employment	Place of Birth
William Wright	Head	Married	53	Sexton - Borough Cemetery	Staffs, Tittensor
Mary Wright	Wife	Married	43		Staffs, Hulme End

 

 

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