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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: Look Up request William LEITHES
« on: Monday 15 July 13 03:26 BST (UK) »
In the Sunderland Cemetery (aka Grangetown Cemetery), Ryhope Road, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, England, there is a headstone which bears the inscription:
"IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
ROBERT BLACKBURN LEITHES
THE BELOVED SON OF
WILLIAM & ELIZABETH LEITHES
WHO DIED JUNE 8TH 1872
AGED 1 YEAR AND 4 MONTHS.
A BUD TAKEN FROM EARTH
TO BLOOM IN PARADISE.
ALSO ADA, DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JUNE 13TH 1873 AGED 8 DAYs.
ALSO THE ABOVE
ELIZABETH (BETSY)
BELOVED WIFE OF WILLIAM LEITHES,
WHO DIED JANUARY 14TH 1897,
AGED 62 YEARS.
DEEPLY LAMENTED BY HER
SORROWING FAMILY"
If you would like photograph of this headstone please let me know.
Regards,
Jim
"IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
ROBERT BLACKBURN LEITHES
THE BELOVED SON OF
WILLIAM & ELIZABETH LEITHES
WHO DIED JUNE 8TH 1872
AGED 1 YEAR AND 4 MONTHS.
A BUD TAKEN FROM EARTH
TO BLOOM IN PARADISE.
ALSO ADA, DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JUNE 13TH 1873 AGED 8 DAYs.
ALSO THE ABOVE
ELIZABETH (BETSY)
BELOVED WIFE OF WILLIAM LEITHES,
WHO DIED JANUARY 14TH 1897,
AGED 62 YEARS.
DEEPLY LAMENTED BY HER
SORROWING FAMILY"
If you would like photograph of this headstone please let me know.
Regards,
Jim