CO-PWSM-0162

Record Date: 
12 June 2013
Graveyard: 
St. Mary's Church of Ireland
Exact wording of epitaph: 

ERECTED BY

THE REVD. HENRY HARDING PARKER

IN LOVING MEMORY OF A FOND FATHER

NICHOLAS SKOTTOWE PARKER R.N.

FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS A COMMANDER

OF ONE OF THE ST. GEORGE STEAM PACKET

CÚ AND AFTERWARDS OF THE CORK STEAMSHIP CÚ.

STEAM PACKETS;

ONE OF THE EARLIEST CAPTAINS OF A STEAMER.

HE WAS A SUCCESSFUL COMMANDER

A FOND HUSBAND AND LOVING FATHER

HE DIED 1863 AGE 63 YEARS.

DORCAS BOUSFIELD PARKER,

AN AFFECTIONATE AND FAITHFUL WIFE.

AND DEARLY LOVED BY ALL HER CHILDREN.

SHE DIED 1871 AGED 72 YEARS.

ALSO OF ANNA LUCIA PARKER HIS DEARLY LOVED WIFE,

AND FOR 26 YEARS HIS CHEERFUL COMPANION. 

HE WAITS TO JOIN HER, AND LOVED ONES GONE BEFORE,

IN THE PRESENCE OF JESUS AND REST FOR EVER.

SHE DIED 1886 AGED 69 YEARS

THEIR BODIES LIE IN D'ESTERRE'S VAULT IN THIS CHURCH YARD.

Memorial Type: 
Wall or mural tablet
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.871294499967
Longitude: 
-8.3375367500077
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
REVD. HENRY HARDING
Surname: 
PARKER
Title: 
COMMANDER
Name: 
NICHOLAS SKOTTOWE
Surname: 
PARKER R.N.
Date of death - year: 
1863
Age: 
63
Relationship with first person: 
FATHER
Name: 
DORCAS BOUSFIELD
Surname: 
PARKER
Date of death - year: 
1871
Age: 
72
Relationship with first person: 
MOTHER
Name: 
ANNA LUCIA
Surname: 
PARKER
Date of death - year: 
1886
Age: 
69
Relationship with first person: 
WIFE