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Monument Details
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Headstone; 3 Kerbstones; Vase |
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Limestone Lead letters |
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Headstone: In Affectionate Memory of / Edwin John Swaite / the beloved husband of Caroline Swaite / who died June 20th. 1892. / aged 46 years. / "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall / be called the children of God. " Matt.V.9. / "Grant us They peace, Lord, through the coming night / Turn Thou for us its darkness into light. / From harm and danger keep Thy children free. / For dark and light are both alike to Thee. //
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Good, some cracks on face. Many letters missing but words visible. Overgrown |
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P(B)3 |
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Edwin was the son of Joseph, a cattle dealer & Caroline Swaite of 2 Eyles Buildings, Newtown Rd. He married Caroline Edith Phillips, a servant to a furrier & draper in Hackney & daughter of a Factor in Bartholomew St, in 1888. He worked as a Printer living in Waterloo Place off West St. in 1881 & Charles Place, Cheap St in 1891, with a spell in The Wharf as a Farrier (Kelly's Directory 1887) He was a Blacksmith of Gas House Rd, Newbury when he died, leaving £120 to his wife who arrived again a few years later. Sources: NRC Bur Records & Ancestry Records
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01 August 2020 |
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Elizabeth |
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