I am always thrilled to discover information from relatives about those buried in Radnor Street Cemetery. I recently received these details and photographs from Michelle who writes:
‘Please see attached images for Frederick Arthur Curtis and Julia Curtis who are buried in Radnor Street cemetery.
Fred and Julia came from Bristol and moved to Swindon between 1894 and 1896. In the 1901 census they are recorded as living at 31 Clifton Street and in 1911 at 163 Westcott Place and stayed there until they passed away. Their daughter Alice then lived there. Frederick was a shoemaker/boot repairer.
They had a 8 children of whom 3 died and we presume they would be in Radnor Street somewhere.
I hope the above and attached is of interest. If you have any information on whether Elsie Curtis who died aged 7 in 1906, Thomas Edward Curtis who died aged 14 in 1920 (we believe in some sort of vehicle accident and perhaps with a tram) or Frank Albert Curtis who died aged 8 in 1922 are buried in the cemetery we’d love to find them.
This is my husbands family and he grew up living next door to his grandmother at 164 Westcott Place. We now live on Kingshill Road and often take a walk around the cemetery and visit his great grandparents.’
Frederick was born in 1871, the son of William Curtis, also a boot maker, and his wife Ann. At the time of the 1891 census the family lived at 8 Bedford Place, Bristol. He married Julia Watts (dates seem to vary between various Curtis family historians) and by 1901 they had moved to Swindon.
I was able to tell Michelle that Frank is buried with his parents. Sadly, the other two children are in public graves, buried with (probably) unrelated people and with no headstone, but she was happy to receive the details and will now visit these graves as well.
Radnor Street Cemetery 