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As Graham has told you, both are buried in Weston Cemetery, in the same grave but there is no memorial on that grave to give more information.

Death Certificates give date, place and cause of death and the name of the person who gave the information.

If you do want to get a copy of their death certificates these can be obtained online from the GRO (General Register Office) quoting the following Index References which have been obtained by using FreeBMD. The certificates will cost £9.25 each. 

Joseph P GUIVIER 

December Quarter 1915

Registration District - Axbridge

Volume 5c

Page 596

Alice M GUIVIER

December Quarter 1919

Registration District - Axbridge

Volume 5c

Page 543

Copies are also available from the local Register Office just by quoting name and date but the fee structure is different.  More information can be obtained by contacting the Weston Register Office or by visiting the web site of the North Somerset Registration Service

The following entries can be found in the Register of Burials for WsM Milton Road Cemetery:

Entry No 11838 Joseph Prosper Guivier, Gentleman, Aged 73, Place of death Glenmire Whitecross Road WsM, Date of burial 30 Nov 1915, Place of burial bewtween Z & AA South, Grave No 3142 in consecrated ground.

Entry No 12997 Alice Maud Guivier, Widow, Aged 63, Place of Death 33 Whitecross Road WsM, Date of burial 28 Oct 1919 (not 1915), Place of burial bewtween Z & AA South, Grave No 3142 in consecrated ground.

Thank you very much for your help and suggestions, i have found a mention in the Bristol Mercury on the The British Newspaper Archive. 

The name of my ancestor is Charles Bennett, who died 17th February 1863. 

I was interested by the cause of Death on the death certificate just states 'Found Drowned', and the coroner was for North Somerset, Cheddar.

Thank you so much. 

Kirsty

There is no burial recorded in WsM cemetery around the date given. However there is a burial recorded in the Register of burials for a Mary Blackmore Entry no 19001, widow, aged 87, place of death Yarrow, Mark, Somerset, date of burial 4 September 1939, Grave no 3303, on consecrated ground. There is no meorial on Mary's grave. In the same grave is Robert Blackmore 16 Sep 1907 aged 63, Louisa Blackmore 6 Aug 1838 aged 59 and Ellen Warren 26 Sep 1882 aged 76.

Can you give a few more details with first names and dates for your family ?

Although this isn’t about the CUFF family from Banwell perhaps someone might know more about Betsy and Charlotte CUFF who at the ages of 10 and 9 were residents in Axbridge Workhouse at the time the 1841 census was taken.  Unfortunately the admission and discharge books for that period have not survived. 

However, on the 1851 census, a Charlotte CUFF, born in Cross in about 1832 is lodging in Weston-super-Mare and Betsy CUFF, also born in Cross in 1831 is a servant in Burnham on Sea.  I have found the christening of a Charlotte and a Betsy CUFF at Weare on the 2nd Feb 1833 and their parents were John & Betsy CUFF née HAM who had been married at Chapel Allerton in 1822.  

So, why were the girls in the workhouse?  Is this their parents? On the 1841 census a John CUFF aged 60, Betsy CUFF, aged 48 with what appears to be sons, John, aged 20 and William aged 13 are living in Weare. There is an 83 year old Richard HAM at the same address.  Perhaps the girls were ill and being treated in the Workhouse Infirmary?

Their parents - Betsy CUFF, aged 49 was buried at Weare 19^th Aug 1843, and John CUFF, aged 66 was buried at Weare 14th Aug 1846.

There is quite a bit on this site which can help you sort out your family.  John SUMMERS married Mary COLLINGS 26th March 1881 at Emmanuel Church, Weston-super-Mare (not in 1862 you suggested) and the full details can be seen under Research Aids & Transcripts. 

Their 5 children were all christened at Emmanuel - see the transcriptions for more details.

Sadly, he died exactly 10 years after his marriage on 26th March 1891 in Weston and is buried in Weston Cemetery.  The memorial on his grave also includes 2 of his sons, Thomas & John, and his sister Agnes Mabel SUMMERS who died in Weston-super-Mare in 1918 (who from censuses I see was born in Ireland).  His widow remarried in 1887 and is not buried in Weston.

You mentioned he was described as a County Court Clerk when he died. When he married he gave his occupation as Solicitor's Clerk which ties in nicely.