GA-STNL-0122

Record Date: 
4 November 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID MITCHELL MERCHANT OF THIS CITY WHO DIED 30th OCTR 1832 AGED 54 YEARS THOs HIS SON DIED 16th MAY 1833 AGED 9 YEARS MATHILDA HIS DAUGHTER DIED 21st JANr 1847 AGED 22 YEARS M^ M A CHADWICK DICKSON DIED 7™ MAY 1858 AGED 80 YEARS WM ALBERT ED CALDWELL DIED 18th MARCH 1865 AGED 9 YEARS GEORGE MILLER MERCHANT OF THIS CITY DIED 22° JUNE 1865 AGED 55 YEARS H. CLARE & SONS DELIN & SULPT (WEST SIDE) ANNE. WIDOW OF DAVID MITCHELL BORN 1796. DIED APRIL 14™ 1876 HER SON THOMAS CHADWICK DICKSON LIEU1, COLONEL OF 13th NATIVE INFANTRY BOMBAY ARMY. DIED 2ND MAY 1866 AGED 59 YEARS. "MARK THE PERFECT MAN AND BEHOLD THE UPRIGHT FOR THE END OF THAT MAN IS PEACE. HIS WIFE ANNE MILLER DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 1st OF NOVEMBER 1866 AGED 45 YEARS. "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD."

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272586388889
Longitude: 
-9.05325
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1832), "Nov. 1st 1832, interred David Mitchell who died October 30th, 1832.-H. Morgan Vicar". Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1847), "Matilda Mitchell, abode Madiera Island, buried Jany 24th 1847, aged 26 years". Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1858), "Mary Anne Chadwick Dickson, abode Rahoon House, buried 9th May 1858, aged 80 yrs". Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1865), "William Caldwell, abode Mont Pelier Terrace, buried March 21st 1865, aged 10 years". Puj- Recdt Vo1- 2 (1865)« "George Miller, abode West House, Henry St., buried June 24th 1865, aged 55 yrs''. Bur. Reed, Vol. 2 (1876), "Anne Mitchell, abode Nun's Island, buried April 19th 1876, aged oU • Bpr. Recdt Vol. 2 (1866), "Thomas Chadwick Dickson, Lt. Col Bombay Army, abode Rahoon, buried 5th day of May this 1866, aged 59 yrs". Bur. Reed, Vol. 2 (1866), "Anne Miller, abode Dublin, buried Nov. 5th 1866, aged 45 yrs". The Galwav Express. March 31st. (1866), "Monument in St. Nicholas' Churchyard by the Mitchell Family".
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
MITCHELL. CHADWICK DICKSON. CALDWELL and MILLER
Notes: 

A large family tomb in the South Eastern segment of the graveyard. A rectangular base of ashlar blocks is equipped, on one face, with a pair of metal hoops set in a slab. The Ins. is carved above this on a rectangular pillar with a moulded top and base. On this, in turn, rests a fluted column with Ionic and Corinthian features. This is topped with an urn-shaped finial.