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GA-STNL-0267
Record Date:
7 May 2024
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF CONSTABLE THOMAS JONES WHO DIED ON THE 22ND MAY. A.D. 1861 AGED 36 YEARS ALSO SARAH MARGARET JONES WHO DIED THE 20th OF JANUARY 1866 AGED 4 YEARS ALSO OF JAMES WINDER MASTER GUNNER ROYAL ARTILLERY WHO DIED DECEMBER 6th 1879 AGED 72 YEARS AND HIS BELOVED WIFE MARGARET WINDER WHO DIED MAY 11™ 1880 AGED 69 YEARS THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED
People commemorated:
Surname:
JONES and WINDER
Notes:
The stone is a Rect. R.S. with an Inc'd. Ins.. It is broken in three pieces but was repaired in 1991. See also No. 267 for the H.S. at the top of the same plot. @$sssssss$s^ssssssssss Bur, Reed, Vol. 2 (1861), "Thomas Jones, abode Wood Quay, buried 24th May 1861, aged 36 years". & Bur, Reed, Vol. 2 (1866), "Margaret Sarah Jones, abode Bowling Green, buried 22nd January 1866, aged 4 years". Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1879), "James Winder, abode Bowling Green, buried 8th December 1879, aged 71 years". Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1880), "Margaret Winder, abode Bowling Green, buried 19th May 1880, aged 69 years". For Thomas Jones see The Galwav Vindicator. May 22nd. (1861). Died. "This day, of disease of the heart, after a few days illness, Constable Thomas Jones, Constabulary. The deceased discharged his duties faithfully and did not overstep them and was much respected by the townspeople". The Galwav Express. May 25th. (1861). Died. "On Wednesday last the 22nd instant..." (Similar obituary as above). For Sarah Margaret Jones (daughter of Thomas Jones) see The Galway Express. January 27th. (1866). Died. "On Saturday last January 20th at the Bowling Green, Margaret Sarah Jones, aged four and a half years, only daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Jones, Constabulary of this town". For James Winder (father of Margaret Winder and father-in-law of Thomas Jones) see The Galway Express. December 15th. (1879). Died. "Winder. At his residence, Bowling Green, Galway on the morning of the 6th instant, from acute bronchitis, James Winder, in the 71st. year of his age, much and deservedly regretted...". Vestrv Minute Books (Vol. II), December 29th. (1880). Application by Mr. Winder to erect a tombstone in memory of his father and mother granted on the usual terms. For Thomas Jones and Marianne Winder see The Galway Express. November 17th. (1860). Marriage, "On Thursday November 15th, 1860 in the parish church of St. Nicholas, Galway by the Rev. John Treanor, Mr. Thomas Jones, Constabulary, to Marianne, eldest daughter of Mr. James Winder, Master Gunner, Royal Artillery, Galway". 267 a ANON - - - PERIOD - - - This is positioned at the head of the same grave on which No. 267 lies. The remains of a H.S. on a moulded base. Inc'd. Ins..
