Friday, September 14, 2007

St JAMES THE LESS MEMORIALS 14 Sep 2007 - JOHN ROBERTS, MAUD MAY

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MAUD MAY,
SECOND DAUGHTER
OF
JOHN ROBERTS,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 30TH 1915,
AGED 27 YEARS.
"THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I SHALL FEAR NO
EVIL FOR THOU ART WITH ME"

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ALSO OF
JOHN ROBERTS,
WHO DIED MARCH 11TH 1920,
IN HIS 71ST YEAR.
"I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, HE THAT
BELIEVETH IN ME THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET
SHALL HE LIVE"



WAIN

In
Loving Memory
OF
JOHN WAIN,
WHO DIED OCTOBER 16TH 1909,
AGED 72 YEARS.
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"AT REST."
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FOR 20 YEARS CHURCHWARDEN
OF THIS PARISH

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ALSO SARAH.'C.
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JUNE ???? 1922
IN HER 84TH YEAR.

???? 21TH ?

SWINFEN

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF

MARY,
WIFE OF LUKE SWINFEN,
WHO DIED JUNE 10?. 1839,
AGED 48.

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ALSO OF
LUKE SWINFEN,
WHO DIED
JUNE 27. 1843,
AGED 52.

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ALSO OF ANNE SWINFEN,
BELOVED WIFE OF GEORGE SWINFEN,
WHO DIED MAY 16. 1910,
AGED ??.

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ALSO OF
GEORGE SWINFEN,
DIED MAY ??? ????,
AGED 92.

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??? ???? 3RD 1913? I will check unknowns on next visit.

STUBBS

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOSHUA STUBBS,
WHO DIED DECEMBER ??.1888
AGED 66 YEARS
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ALSO IN AFFECTIONATE
REMEMBRANCE OF
ELLEN STUBBS,
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED MARCH 30TH 1910,
AGED 75 YEARS.
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ALSO
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN STUBBS M.B.E.
ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED NOVEMBER 1ST 1920,
AGED 59 YEARS.

?? = 15?

BURR

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
Frederick William Burr
WHO DIED APRIL 7TH 1884,
AGED 66 YEARS.

ALSO Elizabeth Burr,
WHO DIED NOVR. 28TH 1899,
AGED 80 YEARS.

"BLEST ARE THE DEAD, WHO IN THE LORD ARE SLEEPING."


LEE

Sacred to the (Memory of)
MARY (LEE,)
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ?........?
AGED 64 YEARS.
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ALSO TO HER HUSBAND
JOSEPH LEE,
WHO DIED JANUARY 18TH 1830
IN THE 78RD YEAR OF HIS AGE.
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ALSO TO THEIR SON
JAMES LEE,
WHO DIED AUGUST 22ND 1849
AGED 66 YEARS.
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LIKEWISE TO MARIA LEE
WHO DIED NOVEMBER 19TH 185?,
AGED 70 YEARS.
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ALSO OF
JEREMIAH LEE,
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 18TH 1859,
AGED 66 YEARS
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ALSO FRANCES LEE
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 27TH 1860
AGED 60 YEARS.

IN BLUE: Best estimate. Will look again soon, especially at 78RD.. :-(

HALE

SACRED
TO
THE MEMORY
OF
SOPHIA SHEARD HALE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
THOMAS HALE
WHO DIED 16TH JANY. 1848
IN THE 28TH YEAR OF HER AGE.
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ALSO OF 6 OF THEIR CHILDREN
WHO DIED IN THEIR INFANCY.

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A tale of tragedy here.

PRATT

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOSIAH PRATT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MAY 25TH 1847
AGED 20 YEARS.
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Here in the awful silence of the tomb
Rests a lovely youth that perished in his bloom.
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ALSO JOSEPH PRATT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
FEBRUARY 3RD 1858 AGED 75 YEARS
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(An honest man) the noblest work of God
and he was ?...?
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ALSO SARAH
WIFE OF THE ABOVE JOSEPH PRATT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANUARY 26TH 1867 AGED 85 YEARS.
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She was an affectionate wife
and kind mother.
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ALSO JOHN PRATT, SON OF THE ABOVE
JOSEPH AND SARAH PRATT,
WHO DIED 28TH NOVR 1883
AGED 76 YEARS.

DAY

LUFF

ANDREWS

TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS ANDREWS
LATE OF NECHELLS GREEN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANUARY 16TH 1861
AGED 72 YEARS.
AN HONEST MAN IS THE NOBLEST WORK OF GOD.

ALSO FRANCES ANDREWS,
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 3RD 1875
AGED 79 YEARS.
"VIRTUE SURVIVES THE GRAVE."

(Photo courtesy Wendy Partridge).