Record:
Funeral order books (FRAS 888)
Title: Funeral order books
Date: 1934-1946
Reference: FRAS
888
Former reference:
Physical description: 3 volumes
Origination:
William Harkess
Scope and content:
The order books contain details of individual orders for funerals. Details recorded include date, name and address of person paying for the funeral, name and age of the deceased, date of death, location of the grave and details of the coffin, vehicles, stationery and other services.
Additional information:
On the day of the funeral, each entry in the order books was posted to the private funeral ledgers (ref: FRAS 890).
System of arrangement: The orders are in chronological order.
Record type: Order books
Function: Financial accounting
Records held within this series:
Title: Funeral order book No 4
Date: September
1934-July 1941
Reference: FRAS 888/1
Former reference: HF 91/1/8
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
William Harkess
Title: Funeral order book No 5
Date: July 1941-July
1945
Reference: FRAS 888/2
Former reference: HF 91/1/9
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
William Harkess
Title: Funeral order book
Date: July 1945-July
1946
Reference: FRAS 888/3
Former reference: HF 91/1/10
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
William Harkess
Records related to this series:
Title: Private funeral ledgers
Date: 1921-1946
Reference: FRAS 890
Company:
William Harkess
Connection: Entries were posted from the order books to these ledgers.
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