tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286625402897573722.post2816616653002805390..comments2024-02-22T03:31:07.545-08:00Comments on <strong>UK to Canada Genealogy</strong>: A London cemetery: BLUMBERG, O'BRIEN and PERRY Families Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791195653984326258noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286625402897573722.post-74060104314247111632017-02-21T14:17:28.916-08:002017-02-21T14:17:28.916-08:00Hello Penny
There were no descendants who made con...Hello Penny<br />There were no descendants who made contact with either the Kensal Green General Cemetery Company or Historic England. There has been amazing progress made with the monument restoration - work is on-going with the Perry / O'Brien mausoleum and further research indicates that there are no direct descendants as none of the occupants had children. The baronetcy of Sir Patrick O'Brien passed to his nephew and is now in dispute. There doesn't appear to be a Canadian connection. <br /><br />However, we hope that restoration of the Blumberg mausoleum might take place in the next year or so. It's huge! I'm not yet sure which of the Blumbergs are in there beyond Ludwig Alexander. One of his grandchildren was the silent film director Wilfred Noy (buried elsewhere). Another grandchild, Frederick Thomas Blumberg, married Ada Rosalind Bare on 10 August 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They don't appear to have had children but maybe I just haven't found this out yet...<br /><br />I'm sure I have come across other Canadian connections in the monuments I've looked at so far; I'll list them here if I do.<br /><br />There are many other fascinating monuments in the cemetery so if you find you have ancestors interred there, I think you are probably very lucky! It's an amazing place to visit, as I think you found, Penny.<br /><br />Thanks for your interest.<br />Verena Verenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939075789395611395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286625402897573722.post-22894831609934604212016-10-09T16:14:15.107-07:002016-10-09T16:14:15.107-07:00Hello Verena,
Thanks so much for adding great inf...Hello Verena, <br />Thanks so much for adding great information to this article. If I remember correctly, there were other posted notices, but I found these intriguing, especially the inscription of the message from the wife of Sir Patrick O'Brien. Interesting family stories! I would be interested if this generates responses to Historic England. Are there any with Canadian links that you know of? Thanks again!Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791195653984326258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286625402897573722.post-23530738413570257052016-09-30T04:52:09.762-07:002016-09-30T04:52:09.762-07:00I'm very pleased to see that you have posted a...I'm very pleased to see that you have posted about these fascinating mausolea. Whilst you spotted three such notices, orignally there were about 32 put up originally! There are 32 monuments and mausolea on the Historic England 'Heritage at Risk' Register, all of which need greater or lesser levels of conservation works. There is a programme of works being developed, as the notices state, but Historic England and the Cemetery Company are keen to trace the owners (the monuments would be handed down through wills) and indeed other descendants. You can see all the names of the monuments currently considered to be at risk by running a search using 'Kensal Green' as keywords and London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea here: https://www.historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/ (I work on this Register). There is such a wealth of family history in the Cemetery and the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery also love to hear from descendants - old photos and stories most welcome!<br />Thank you <br />Verena Verenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939075789395611395noreply@blogger.com