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Deciphering Headstone
« on: Wednesday 22 January 14 11:05 GMT (UK) »
Hi,  Not sure if this is the correct place but can anyone improve on the transcribing of this headstone please.  It is for George Fisher who was a doctor in Bawtry, Yorkshire.Burial for him was in Misson 25.6.1847. A later son George was also a doctor and George's (Jnr) two sons were doctors. Any in brackets I'm unsure of. So far I have:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE FISHER 
(   ) (   )?
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JUNE THE (21) 1847
AGED 36 YEARS
ALSO OF GEORGE (SON OF)
THE (SAME) GEORGE FISHER
AND JANE HIS WIFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
SEPTEMBER THE 22ND 1843
AGED 4 MONTHS
ALSO OF GEORGE FORBES FOW SON OF
GEORGE FISHER PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
 AND MARY ANN HIS WIFE AND GRANDSON
OF THE ABOVE  (    )?
WHO DIED ( the bottom three lines are a mystery to me but  the person who took the photo said on the last George all he could read was ‘31 June aged so many weeks’).

Any improvement gratefully received.  M

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Re: Deciphering Headstone
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 22 January 14 12:51 GMT (UK) »
Line 9 is " the said George Fisher"
Edmonds/Edmunds - mainly Sussex
DeBoo - London
Green - Suffolk
Parker - Sussex
Kemp - Essex
Farrington - Essex
Boniface - West Sussex

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Re: Deciphering Headstone
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 22 January 14 12:54 GMT (UK) »
Bottom line includes " interred here "
Edmonds/Edmunds - mainly Sussex
DeBoo - London
Green - Suffolk
Parker - Sussex
Kemp - Essex
Farrington - Essex
Boniface - West Sussex

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Re: Deciphering Headstone
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 22 January 14 13:01 GMT (UK) »
line 4: SURGEON of BAWTRY


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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 22 January 14 13:03 GMT (UK) »
Bottom line 'interred here' as per lizdb then 'November 22nd 187?'.

Seeking: RC baptism Philip Murray Feb ish 1814 ? nr Chatham Kent.
IRE: Kik DRAY[EA], PURCELL, WHITE: Mea LYNCH: Tip MURRAY, SHEEDY: Wem ALLEN, ENGLISHBY; Dub PENROSE: Lim DUNN[E], FRAWLEY, WILLIAMS.
87th Regiment RIF: MURRAY
ENG; Marylebone HAYTER, TROU[W]SDALE, WILLIAMS,DUNEVAN Con HAMPTON, TREMELLING Wry CLEGG, HOLLAND, HORSEFIELD Coventry McGINTY
CAN; Halifax & Pictou: HOLLAND, WHITE, WILLIAMSON

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Re: Deciphering Headstone
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 23 January 14 00:45 GMT (UK) »
Thank you everyone, much appreciated. You can see it after it is pointed out.
I was wondering, on the 18th line where I have started 'WHO DIED', the word at the end of the line seems to finish with 'AND'.  Now I know George came to New Zealand for a short time and I wasn't sure exactly when or whether he was married at that stage or not.  What if he was and on the return the baby died. I know burials happened at sea but my husband made the suggestion maybe they could put a tiny baby in a box with salt? (sounds gruesome but his father was a doctor). I'm wondering this also as on the next line it looks like 'June' but josey has 'interred here' 'November'.  I have no idea whether this sort of thing happened or not maybe someone else would know?   M

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Re: Deciphering Headstone
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 23 January 14 01:02 GMT (UK) »
I think 3rd line from bottom reads

WHO DIED AT THE (HEA----) NEW ZEALAND

and date and year at the end

22 NOVEMBER 1872
 



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« Reply #7 on: Thursday 23 January 14 01:08 GMT (UK) »


and date and year at the end

22 NOVEMBER 1872
 



 :-\ Perhaps not as for June it looks a distinct 3 for the year (1873)

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« Reply #8 on: Monday 10 March 14 00:53 GMT (UK) »
Back with enough info to complete I think.  I have just found some new info on line showing the babies father was a doctor in Thames in New Zealand in 1872 which sent me looking at the births and deaths in New Zealand.
I found the birth of baby George Forbes Fow in 1872 and his death in 1873 aged 42 weeks so the bottom lines would be
'who died at the Thames, New Zealand
(on the) 31st June 1873 aged 42 weeks
and (  ) interred here November 22nd 187 ?

'at the' Thames sounds strange as we just say Thames' but I have found other articles which also say at the Thames.
Not sure what would fit in the last lot of brackets before 'interred'? 
It was pretty 'raw' in Thames at that time and I'm thinking this might have been possibly the last straw to sent them back to England, but I can't find any travel info. 
So any guesses what the final year for being interred might have been? (travel time from NZ to England?)

Any further suggestions most gratefully received. M.