Request for Deciphering Head Stone

[tinkerbell5]

I wondered if anyone would be able to help me. I can't figure out what it says on the Headstone with regards to date of birth etc.

I don't know what it says below it but I'm assuming it's a rest in peace type message.

Thanks in advance!

[josey]

Is this a photo you took yourself? If so it may be worth revisiting the cemetery & taking a picture with oblique light - eg early morning or late afternoon. Alternatively you could make a rubbing with a wax crayon & large piece of paper. Both these ploys make a headstone easier to read.

If it is a picture you have been given or found online, why don't you tell us what you can actually read & I'm sure we can all contribute a bit towards the rest. For instance as he is a rellie, you probably know the year of death & parents.

Josey

[tinkerbell5]

Yes this is a picture I found online, I'm unable to visit the place as I have no means of transport.

All I can make out is 'Thomas Barber, son of Henry and Mary Barber who departed this life'
'in the'
'of his age'.

I would only like to know what the top of the gravestone says and I'm sure there is a date there and possibly an age, but I really cannot read it. I honestly wouldn't ask for help if I was able to.

Thank you for your help

[josey]

No worries - I wasn't being 'sharp'  .

I have tried adjusting brightness/contrast & other tricks & will see what I can see.

Year of death looks like 1834 or 1831, month Nov ? in the twenty xxx [I suspect fifth] year of his age

[arthurk]

I'm seeing Dec^r 11^th 18x1 (or 18x4) - 1 & 4 are often hard to tell apart, and I'm nowhere near 100% sure on 11th. Then I think it's "in the forty fifth year of his age".

I know it's a bit of a cop-out, but can you tell us where this headstone is? That way we might be able to look for other photos of it, or perhaps check against register entries etc.

Arthur

[tinkerbell5]

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your help! The gravestone is in Swarkestone in Derbyshire, St James' Church Cemetery I believe.

[Girl Guide]

It looks like it came from this website

http://gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?grave=363568&scrwidth=1200

It looks identical to the one that tinkerbell has put on.

You can request a higher quality larger version of the photo.  Press the relevant button on the page which is - Request a free image of this monument.

[tonepad]

I can see:

Son of Henry and Mary Barber
who departed this life Dec (r) 14 (th) 1854
in the forty fifth year of his age

[lizdb]

No Thomas Barber death in 1854 in Derbyshire in indexes .....