Headstone of Robert Nelson (d. 1898) and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1908), Kempsey West cemetery · New South Wales, Australia
Headstone of Robert Nelson (d. 1898) and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1908), Kempsey West cemetery · New South Wales, Australia
For “Died” 21 JUL 1898 of Robert Nelson
ROBERT NELSON / WHO DIED 21ST JULY 1898 / AGED 76 YEARS
Read from the uploaded photograph of the Kempsey West stone; line breaks marked with /. This is the only source for the day of death.
Headstone of Robert Nelson (d. 1898) and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1908), Kempsey West cemetery · New South Wales, Australia
For “Died” 6 AUG 1908 of Elizabeth Debenham
ALSO / ELIZABETH / BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED 6 AUG 1908 / AGED 88 YEARS
Read from the uploaded photograph of the Kempsey West stone; line breaks marked with /. Age 88 on 6 August 1908 agrees with the Whepstead christening of December 1819 and not with the 1851 census, which makes her four years older.
Headstone of Robert Nelson (d. 1898) and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1908), Kempsey West cemetery · New South Wales, Australia
ROBERT NELSON / WHO DIED 21ST JULY 1898 / AGED 76 YEARS
Read by me from the uploaded photograph of the Kempsey West stone. Line breaks marked with /. The day figure is faint but legible against the streaked dark stone.
Headstone of Robert Nelson (d. 1898) and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1908), Kempsey West cemetery · New South Wales, Australia
For Elizabeth Debenham (1819–1908)
ALSO / ELIZABETH / BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED 6 AUG 1908 / AGED 88 YEARS
Read by me from the uploaded photograph of the Kempsey West stone; line breaks marked with /.
