Saville memorial plaque, Lansdowne General Cemetery

Saville memorial plaque, Lansdowne General Cemetery · Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia

For “Died” 30 JAN 1896 of Benjamin Saville

FIRST SETTLER OF LANSDOWNE / BENJAMIN SAVILLE / 1814 - 1896 / HIS WIFE MARY / DIED 2 3 1859 / SECOND WIFE AMELIA / DIED 18 10 1883

Read line by line off the photographed granite plaque (media 382); slashes mark the line breaks. The plaque gives Benjamin years only, so the day and month of his death come from Find a Grave, not from here.

Saville memorial plaque, Lansdowne General Cemetery · Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia

For “Died” 18 OCT 1883 of Amelia Baker

FIRST SETTLER OF LANSDOWNE / BENJAMIN SAVILLE / 1814 - 1896 / HIS WIFE MARY / DIED 2 3 1859 / SECOND WIFE AMELIA / DIED 18 10 1883

The plaque (media 382) gives Amelia's death as 18 10 1883, agreeing exactly with the cemetery index; slashes mark the plaque's line breaks.

Saville memorial plaque, Lansdowne General Cemetery · Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia

For “Died” 2 MAR 1859 of Mary Cook

FIRST SETTLER OF LANSDOWNE / BENJAMIN SAVILLE / 1814 - 1896 / HIS WIFE MARY / DIED 2 3 1859 / SECOND WIFE AMELIA / DIED 18 10 1883

The plaque (media 382) names Mary as Benjamin's first wife and dates her death 2 3 1859.

Saville memorial plaque, Lansdowne General Cemetery · Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia

For “Buried” 1896 of Benjamin Saville

FIRST SETTLER OF LANSDOWNE / BENJAMIN SAVILLE / 1814 - 1896 / HIS WIFE MARY / DIED 2 3 1859 / SECOND WIFE AMELIA / DIED 18 10 1883

The photographed plaque at the grave (media 382), read line by line; slashes mark the line breaks. Direct evidence of where he lies, and of the two wives buried with him. The Australian Cemeteries Index independently lists all three at Lansdowne, and Find a Grave gives the plot as 'Ang' — the Anglican section.

Saville memorial plaque, Lansdowne General Cemetery · Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia

For “Buried” 1883 of Amelia Baker

FIRST SETTLER OF LANSDOWNE / BENJAMIN SAVILLE / 1814 - 1896 / HIS WIFE MARY / DIED 2 3 1859 / SECOND WIFE AMELIA / DIED 18 10 1883

The photographed plaque at the grave (media 382). It names her as the second wife and gives her death as 18 10 1883, agreeing exactly with the Australian Cemeteries Index row 'Amelia Saville (Baker) | GRAVE | 18 Oct 1883 | Lansdowne NSW' and with her death registration.

Saville memorial plaque, Lansdowne General Cemetery · Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia

For “Buried” 1859 of Mary Cook

FIRST SETTLER OF LANSDOWNE / BENJAMIN SAVILLE / 1814 - 1896 / HIS WIFE MARY / DIED 2 3 1859 / SECOND WIFE AMELIA / DIED 18 10 1883

The photographed plaque at the grave (media 382), which names her as Benjamin's first wife and dates her death 2 3 1859. The Australian Cemeteries Index lists her separately as 'Mary Saville (Cook) | GRAVE | 2 Mar 1859 | Lansdowne NSW | spouse Benjamin'. Only her burial is placed here: no record read gives where she died.