Headstone of Robert Nelson (d. 1898) and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1908), Kempsey West cemetery

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.