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Strood Cemetery M.I.s & other information - with Index of names at end

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Monumental Inscriptions of Strood Cemetery, Cuxton Rd, Rochester ME2 2NJ
                                                                                  
 - recorded by D. E. Williams 2009

Part 1 - Addenda to Sections A to N - Initial burials 1883 to 1913

SECTION A

ROW 1

299.   [   ]  Headstone and coped stone, eroded

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
STEPHEN HENRY LAWRENCE
LATE OF STROOD, KENT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 12th? DAY OF MAY 1888?
AGED [78?] YEARS

ROW 6

300.   [1]   Fallen headstone

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN COLVER
WHO DIED JULY 11th 1906
AGED 75 YEARS
ALSO
EMMA FRANCES
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 11th 1907
AGED 74 YEARS
ALSO
FANNY MARIA
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED DECEMBER 26th 1885
AGED 29 YEARS

301.   [2]   Curbs

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR MOTHER SARAH JANE CRONK
WHO DIED JANUARY 3rd 1909 AGED 70 YEARS

South Side
ALSO DEAR FATHER GEORGE CRONK WHO DIED MARCH 16th 1927 AGED 84 YEARS

East Side
ALSO HARRY (SON)
DIED JUNE 28th 1937
AGED 65 YEARS

ROW 9

302.   [   ]   Headstone

[    ]
REINA
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
NATHANIEL DIGHT[ON]
[WHO DIED] NOVEMBER 14th [    ]
[AGED] 46 YEARS
[    ]
[ALSO]
BARONETHA DIGHTON
WHO DIED MARCH 1st ? 1911?
AGED 67? YEARS

ROW 1

303.   [   ]   Pedestal and fallen cross

IN
MEMORY OF
THOMAS WILLIAM
INFANT SON OF
THOMAS AND JULIA MITCHELL
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 8th 1884
[    

ROW 6

304.   [   ]   Fallen headstone

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM POWELS
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF SUSAN SANKEY
WHO DIED 3rd OCTOBER 1905
AGED 49 YEARS
"At Rest"
ALSO THE ABOVE
SUSAN OLIVE SANKEY
WHO DIED 29th NOVEMBER 1947
AGED 92 YEARS

ROW 8

305.   [   ]    Book" tablet and curbs

Curbs
South Side
MY DEAR WIFE CECILIA MIRIAM WATERS WHO DIED 4th MARCH 1928 AGED 66 YEARS
ALSO ARTHUR ERNEST WATERS WHO DIED 28th FEB. 1940 AGED 78 YEARS

North Side
ALSO WILLIAM H. WATERS WHO WAS DROWNED AT SEA 15th JAN 1905 IN HIS 16th YEAR

Tablet
ALSO OF
ELIZABETH
WIFE OF
G.J. TUTON
WHO DIED
26th OCT. 1966
AGED 73 YEARS

SECTION C

ROW 6

306.   [   ]   Pedestals and cross

East Side
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
MABEL YOUNGEST CHILD OF
CHARLES & SOPHIA BROOKER
WHO PASSED AWAY APRIL 11th 1900
AGED 13 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS
ALSO
LILY SECOND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 29th 1907
AGED 28 YEARS
"Peace, perfect Peace"

South Side
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
CHARLES BROOKER
WHO DIED JULY 16th 1930
IN HIS 80th YEAR
ALSO SOPHIA BELOVED WIFE OF
CHARLES BROOKER
WHO DIED 10th JANUARY 1946
AGED 90 YEARS

ROW 4

307.   [1]   Headstone

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GEORGE FEARN
[WHO] DIED DECEMBER 2nd 1901
AGED 68 YEARS
ALSO
ALFRED SON OF THE ABOVE
[WHO] DIED APRIL 1st 1898
AGED 34 YEARS
"Though lost to sight, to memory ever dear"
[ALSO] CLARISSA
THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
GEORGE FEARN
[WHO DIED] MARCH 17th 1908
AGED 74 YEARS

308.   [2]   Small headstone and curbs

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
MAHALA FEARN
WHO FELL ASLEEP 24th MARCH 1932
AGED 64 YEARS
ALSO WALTER HERBERT FEARN
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
WHO FELL ASLEEP 14th MARCH 1954

North Curb
ALSO DAUGHTER ALICE (DOLLY) FEARN DIED MAR. 3rd 1925 AGED 23 YEARS

South Side
ALSO SON RICHARD WALTER FEARN DIED OCT. 17th 1906 AGED 18 YEARS

309.   [3]   Headstone

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
CHARLOTTE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
ALFRED HOLDER
DIED 16th? MARCH 1898
AGED 58 YEARS
[     ]
ALSO
ALFRED HOLDER
DIED 1st? NOV. 1911
AGED 76? YEARS

SECTION H J K

ROW 1

310.   [   ]   Derelict pedestals and fallen cross

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
AMBROSE EDWARD CASH
BELOVED HUSBAND OF ANN CASH
DIED JANUARY 8th 1899
AGED 42 YEARS
"Rest in the Lord"

311.   [   ]   NO. 11

West Side
ALSO WILLIAM, SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED OCTOBER 28th 1899
AGED 45 YEARS

South Side
ALSO EDWARD JAMES DAY
THIRD SON
DIED 28th JULY 1912
AGED 50 YEARS
INTERRED AT HALLING CEMETERY

North Side
ALSO JOHN HENRY DAY
YOUNGEST SON
DIED 23rd DEC. 1928
AGED 64 YEARS

312.   [   ]   NO.12

North Side
ALSO GEORGE GAMON SON OF
JOHN WILLIAM & MARY ANN HUGGETT
WHO DIED OCTOBER 24th 1890
AGED 1 YEAR & 8 MONTHS
"Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven"

SECTION N

ROW 6

313.   [1]   Headstone

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THOMAS
THE BELOVED AND ONLY SON OF
THOMAS AND NAOMI BAITUP
WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED
IN THE RIVER MEDWAY
JULY 25th 1890
AGED 18 YEARS
"Thy will be done"

ROW 15

314.   [2]   Curbs

East Side
IN DEAR MEMORY OF ISAAC STAPLETON DIED AUGUST 16th 1900 AGED 78
"Lord remember me when thou cometh into thy Kingdom"

North Side
PRISCILLA STAPLETON DIED JULY 22nd 1908 AGED 83 YEARS

ROW 2

315.   [   ]   Headstone, with Celtic cross

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JULIA
THE DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF
JOHN ALEXANDER WRIGHT
WHO DIED JULY 18th 1917 AGED 59 YEARS
"Peace after Pain"
ALSO THE ABOVE
JOHN ALEXANDER WRIGHT
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 18th 1918 AGED 60 YEARS
"After Death - Reunion"
ALSO ETHEL BEATRICE
SECOND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
JOHN A. AND JULIA WRIGHT
WHO DIED NOVEMBER 27th 1896 AGED 14 YEARS
ALSO HORACE CHARLES INFANT SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AUGUST 16th 1890 AGED 10 MONTHS

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