Transcript of St Sepulchres Church Graveyard, Northampton

[seahall]

Hi Hawkeye1957

Welcome to Rootschat. 

I can look in the next week for you if someone does not do it before.

Sandy

[Hawkeye1957]

Hi Sandy,

Thanks for your reply. If you could check out the grave for me that would be greatly appreciated. I'm surprised it is still standing and legible after all the years. Obviously the stone was of good quality. Had it been Portland stone, it would have eroded years ago. I tried to ring the Church to establish burial details and a plot number, but nobody is ever there. Frustrating to say the least!!

[seahall]

Hi.

I have managed to get a picture of the grave but i think the inscription has
got a lot worst.

I then looked at some census and other records and think i have worked out
who is on the bottom of the inscription.

There are some good trees on Anc* showing Henry and his son George's pictures
as I am sure you know.

Will post the picture when I get home.

Sandy

[seahall]

It does not seem to be better as it is more worn than the original.

I took it with my 16mg camera so the picture itself is sharp.

I will look at the original taken years ago.

Sandy

[seahall]

As to Churchyard Plan not many Churches in Northampton have surviving plans.

I think I already gave the burial info on previous posting.

There was also an Edwin Olivant died.

Burial St. Sephs
Pg. 35, No. 177
Edwin Olivant, North End, Augst 17 1835 aged 3 wks.

There was no baptism for him at St. Seps.

Sandy

[seahall]

Here is the other Burial info for Henry and Ann.

St. Sephs
Pg. 56, No. 445
Ann Olivant, Mounts, December 21st 1864, 61 years

Pg. 87, No. 689
Henry Mellin Olivant, Upper Mounts, January 25th 1866, 62 years

Looking at the lower inscription it says the second daughter Ann Furniss.

Ann married Frederick William Furniss in Dec Qtr 1861, it was not at any
of the 4 main churches.

Ann died in Chorlton Reg District in Mar Qtr 1865.

Frederick is living on later censuses in Chorlton on Medlock/Salford with a
new wife Sarah Bland who he married in Mar Qtr 1866 in the Chorlton Reg District
and stays in Lancs.

Sandy

[Hawkeye1957]

Thanks Sandy for your efforts. Shame the inscription for Ann Furniss can not be read but it is over 150 years old.Re the photo's of Henry Mellin and Son George Olivant on Ancestry, they are my 3 and 2 times Grandfathers respectively.Photo's in my collection if anybody wants copies, just ask.

[seahall]

Well I can read some of the inscription.

ALSO
ANN FURNISS
SECOND DAUGHTER
OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MARCH 19? 1865
AGED 27? YEARS

There are many stones in the Churchyard that are totally legible.

Sandy

[Hawkeye1957]

Hi Sandy,

Sorry to be a pain, but would you kindly let me have the full transcription on the Gravestone for Henry Mellin Olivant , Wife and Daughter, as I can only make out cetain parts of the transcription when I enlarge the image. I want to get all the facts correct before I put it onto the Family website.

Best regards,

Hawkeye 1957