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Gravestone Inscription?
« on: Monday 31 August 20 09:34 BST (UK) »
I have the following grave inscription:



 << Oh! that I might join our *** missing words***  Maker >>


Has anyone come across this inscription before please?




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Re: Gravestone Inscription?
« Reply #1 on: Monday 31 August 20 19:57 BST (UK) »
Without the whole of the inscription it is a little difficult to try and trace what it may have come from.

What does it start with?  Do you have a picture of the inscription or can you tell us where this can be found?
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Gravestone Inscription?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 01 September 20 08:26 BST (UK) »
Without the whole of the inscription it is a little difficult to try and trace what it may have come from.

What does it start with?  Do you have a picture of the inscription or can you tell us where this can be found?

It comes from the grave of Reginald Fairfax Wells and his second wife Reska Fairfax Wells. The inscription is between the two names/dates. I have provided all the inscription but two words are not readable. I wonder if anyone had come across this same inscription before. It is in Littlehampton, Sussex. The picture is not very good but the only one possible.

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Re: Gravestone Inscription?
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 01 September 20 08:30 BST (UK) »
Can you provide a link to the picture or say where it can be found and what the dates are please?
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire


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Re: Gravestone Inscription?
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 01 September 20 08:36 BST (UK) »
Can you provide a link to the picture or say where it can be found and what the dates are please?

https://billiongraves.com/grave/Reginald-Fairfax-Wells/19329613



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Re: Gravestone Inscription?
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 01 September 20 08:37 BST (UK) »
The word before Maker is "beautiful"
Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
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He/she who never made a mistake, never made anything.
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Re: Gravestone Inscription?
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 01 September 20 08:42 BST (UK) »
The word before Maker is "beautiful"

I thought: Oh! that I might join our ????
beautiful maker

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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 01 September 20 08:54 BST (UK) »
Is this of any help?

Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Gravestone Inscription?
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 01 September 20 08:56 BST (UK) »
Is this of any help?

Do you make the word " first " ??