Having searched family grave on here. I have found the names of the 3 family members in the grave. However it is showing another person who is not related in this grave in 1971. Can you tell me why this name is showing as as far as I know this is incorrect.
I'm no expert on Sheffield, but I have encountered all of these on my travels:
a) the person could be related by marriage and you just don't know it yet
b) if its a cemetery and not a churchyard, you only "lease" the plot and someone could well be buried on top later
c) it could be a common grave
d) it could be an error
And people much more informed than me can probably give you lots more reasons. Hope that helps a little.
I did most of my "research" at City Road but this was my conclusion.
City Road Cemetery. Classification of grave types.
Purchased"
Normally all the burials in this type of grave were related to or at least known to, the grave owner as they had they had the say of who was buried there and as a result you are more likely to find a memorial on this type of grave.
"Common"
One purchased this type of grave for a specified number of burials (so husband and wife could be buried together for example) then after the agreed amount of burials had taken place the grave was then re-sold to other (usually unrelated) families until the graves capacity was reached. It is quite rare for this type of grave to have a memorial.
"Margin"
These were usually (but not always) reserved for stillborn and neo-natal deaths; as a result, the number of burials in this classification of grave can be quite staggering. These can be hard to locate as they run at 90 degrees to the standard plot lay-out and they rarely have any kind of memorial.
All three classifications can usually be found in all sections.
As to a graves capacity, It often varied depending on factors like the depth of plot the cemetery were able to dig (in some cases the number of burials in a plot can be staggering).