LD-SPNF-0048

Record Date: 
29 March 2016
Graveyard: 
Newtown Forbes
Exact wording of epitaph: 

  IN LOVING MEMORY

               OF

  ELIZABETH THOMPSON

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

 ON THE 11th OF SEPT 1833

     AGED 83 YEARS

 

ALSO HER SON WILLIAM

DIED 9th MAY AGED 8 MONTHS

 

“YES WE MISS HER THOUGH HOW SADLY

LOVING HEARTS ALONE CAN TELL

WE HAVE LOST HER HEAVEN HATH GAINED HER

JESUS DOTH ALL THINGS WELL”

 

(PLINTH)

   ERECTED BY HER AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND

             JOHN J. THOMPSON

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Longford
Latitude: 
53.765313333333
Longitude: 
-7.8369933333333
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Elizabeth
Surname: 
Thompson
Date of death - day: 
11
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1833
Age: 
83
Name: 
William
Surname: 
Thompson
Date of death - day: 
9
Date of death - month: 
May
Relationship with first person: 
son
Notes: 

Thompsons family were stonemasons and are credited with many of the headstones in this graveyard