Jessie's burial a key discovery

In January of 2016 I subscribed for the first time to Ancestry and then decided to use the services of a London based genealogist, Erica Jolly, for a couple of hours.

Not a cheap exercise but it was very helpful as Erica within day located Jessie Barnett's grave at the Edmonton Cemetery in North London. 

This was important as I was able to discover the burial records indicated that Jessie's mother and her sister were also buried in the same cemetery. The biggest surprise was the fact that the names I thought I had for Jessie's parents were quite wrong.

Jessie's mother predeceased her in 1928 , being buried as Rachel Simmons, although this is spelt incorrectly on the tombstone as Simons.

Rachel Simmons headstone

Rachels Simmons headstone

Betty Barnett's headstone

Jessie Barnett's gravesite no headstone.

 Rachel is noted as having attended the  Beth Hasher Synagogue in London and her daughter Betty Barnett also known as Solomons  died in 1933. This name is carved on the headstone in brackets.

The son of Rachel, and brother to Jessie, Betty and another sister Phyllis Barnett, Percy Barnett provided the details  of the family and their synagogue  connections.

Percy was said to attend the West End Talmud Torah Manette Street.