Íîðò (North)

Êîììåíòàðèé ìîäåðàòîðà:

Henshaw íàïèñàë:

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There he married my great-grandmother, and they had two children: a son who died at the age of two (he is buried in the Smolensk cemetery), and my grandmother.

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Dear Jena, Henshaw, my family ancestors also moved from England, London, to St. Petersburg under Catherine II. In October 1785, her decree was issued on the transfer of the head of the family from English to St. Petersburg merchants.
Our surnames are somewhat similar, yours is North, North, and mine is Sno-Snow, Snow, that is, Snow.
And where there's North, there's Snow.
My distant ancestor, Nicholas, in the 11th generation, was a master of making wall (tower) clocks in Salisbury, where they are available in the museum. His descendants have already moved to London, doing the same thing.
Now, based on your search, I want to mention two points:
As far as we know, after the revolution, all the documents of the Anglican Church in St. Petersburg, metric books, etc. were exported to Britain.
If you are interested in something in this regard, then you should look for documents there, as well as on the tapes of a well-known website.
And secondly, the Anglicans of St. Petersburg buried their dead at the Lutheran Smolensky Cemetery before the revolution.
(There are three Smolensk cemeteries: Orthodox, Lutheran and Armenian). I found the location of the graves of my ancestors, in particular,
my great-great-great-grandfathers, in the archive of cemeteries in St. Petersburg.:
The archive for recording burials in cemeteries in St. Petersburg is located at 8 1st Sovetskaya Street.
Then, according to the scheme provided to me, created based on the inventory materials of the 1950s, I found a place already in the cemetery itself.

There is also a website on this topic, I have not found the graves of the deceased named North there yet, but the site is being updated, as far as I know, so you should probably look there sometimes. But many graves, if they have been preserved, are sometimes in a very poor condition, and enough time has passed. Here is the link:
https://spslc.ru/
Jena, Henshaw, I love and am devoted to Russia with my heart, but I honor in my own way the homeland of my ancestors along this line, as well as along other lines, as well as Russia, apparently, is no stranger to you, so bow from me to the Foggy Albion, the English far reaches!
There are not many people on our forum who have ancestors from Britain. At one time, in our memorial theme, I responded to the death of Queen Elizabeth II with some modest lines, where I mentioned what connected our countries and peoples in the second half of the twentieth century, after all, we were allies in the Second World War. Perhaps this will be somewhat curious to you and will somehow touch your heart.:
My ancestor more than two hundred years ago
I left your city on the sad Thames.
I am Russian, in English, be glad.,
I don't speak in style in writing or verbally.
https://forum.vgd.ru/post/1317/45053/p4265555.htm#pp4265555
We wish you success in your search and all the best!
Sincerely, Oleg.