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Illegible grave marker
« on: Thursday 27 June 13 15:16 BST (UK) »
Can anyone improve the quality of this photo please I think it reads

Sarah
The beloved wife of
Thomas Hannam Esq
of Middlesex Place   ( where he lived)
Who departed this life

That is as far as I could get there should also be the mention of a Mary E Edmonds and a Susan James in that order.

Thanks        Steve
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Re: Illegible grave marker
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 27 June 13 15:52 BST (UK) »
After playing with the colour a bit on a PC program, I read it as this, although if I can decipher any more I'll get back to you. Hope the date of death I got from it is accurate.  :-\

SARAH
The beloved wife of
Thomas Hannam Esq
of Middlesex Place
. . .
Who departed this life
JULY 14 1840
Aged ___ YEARS.
.
.
.
.
.
.
ALSO SUSAN JAMES
.
.

 

Quote from: brianz on Thursday 27 June 13 15:16 BST (UK)
Can anyone improve the quality of this photo please I think it reads

Sarah
The beloved wife of
Thomas Hannam Esq
of Middlesex Place   ( where he lived)
Who departed this life

That is as far as I could get there should also be the mention of a Mary E Edmonds and a Susan James in that order.

Thanks        Steve
HOOKER (Kent) - McKEOWN (Renfrewshire/Kent) - STICKINGS (Kent) - THUNDER (Kent).

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Re: Illegible grave marker
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 27 June 13 16:14 BST (UK) »
Thanks Adler
Using your date I have just found her burial date of July 21st. the stone is very worn but I have no means of getting a better photo at the moment.

   Steve
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Re: Illegible grave marker
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 27 June 13 17:01 BST (UK) »
Also the remains of ?
Thomas Hannam Esq.
who departed this life
(Looks like October 16 so looked him up.)
October 16th. 1841
aged 75 years
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
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Re: Illegible grave marker
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 27 June 13 17:32 BST (UK) »
Quote from: jim1 on Thursday 27 June 13 17:01 BST (UK)
...Thomas Hannam Esq.
   who departed this life
(Looks like October 16 so looked him up.)
    October 16th. 1841
       aged 75 years

But the grave is talking about Sarah's date of death, not her husband's (?)
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Re: Illegible grave marker
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 27 June 13 20:16 BST (UK) »
You asked & that's what it says.

jim
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
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Re: Illegible grave marker
« Reply #6 on: Friday 28 June 13 00:03 BST (UK) »
I think you are both right, the top inscription for Sarah reads

Sarah
The beloved wife of Thomas Hannam Esq
of Middlesex Place
Departed this life
July 14th 1840
Aged  ?? years

And then a later inscription using the same format for Thomas Hannam below that of Sarah's

Thomas Hannam Esq
Who departed this life
October 16th 1841
Aged  ?? years

And will probably continue in a similar format for the other two.
Thanks to both of you, any offers on the rest?

Steve
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Collins in Staffordshire
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Heginbotham in Derbyshire

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Re: Illegible grave marker
« Reply #7 on: Friday 28 June 13 00:06 BST (UK) »
Just checked it out Sarah was 70 when she died and Thomas was 75

Steve
Hannam in London, Nottinghamshire and Sheffield
Collins in Staffordshire
Brackenbury, Gurnell and Willson in Lincolnshire and now Nottinghamshire
Marples in Derbyshire and Yorkshire
Heginbotham in Derbyshire
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