CO-KSNG-0046

Record Date: 
15 November 2012
Graveyard: 
Newberry (Kilshannig)
Exact wording of epitaph: 

ERECTED by
John Armstrong
Station Master Lombards
town in memory of his
BELOVED children John who died
Decbr.25th.1856 aged 5 yrs and
9 months.Also Sarah Anne
and Robert who died young.
These lovely buds so young and fair
Called hence by early doom
Just came to show how sweet the flower
In Paradise do bloom

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
52.12256
Longitude: 
-8.707765
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Armstrong
Date of birth - year: 
1821
Date of death - year: 
1881
Age: 
60
Address: 
Station Master Lombardstown
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Armstrong
Date of death - day: 
25
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1856
Age: 
5
Address: 
Lombardstown
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Sarah Anne
Surname: 
Armstrong
Age: 
2
Address: 
Lombardstown
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Name: 
Robert
Surname: 
Armstrong
Address: 
Lombardstown
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

John Armstrong was the first stationmaster at Lombardstown railway station which opened in 1853 and within a few short years three of his children had died and this poignant inscription tells a very sad story. John,himself is buried here and this information comes from parish records.