GA-STNL-0127

Record Date: 
23 May 2025
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MARY ANN WIFE OF THE LATE CAPTAIN ROBERT ALEXANDER R.M. DIED 10th DAY OF JUNE 1856 AGED 74 YEARS ALSO RACESTER SON OF THOMAS WADE AND EMMA HIS WIFE DIED 1ST DAY OF NOVEMBER 1853 AGED 14 DAYS.

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272568055556
Longitude: 
-9.0533113888889
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1856), "Mary Anne Alexander, abode Salt Hill, buried June 12th 1856, aged 75 years". Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1853), "Racester Wade, abode Salt Hill, buried 2d November 1853, aged 2 weeks".
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
ALEXANDER and WADE
Notes: 

A plain R.S.. Inc'd. Ins. in capitals. The stone is in very good condition. See also No. 74 for another Alexander and No. 23 for another Wade.