Memorial: M524

Wall tablet at Bristol Cathedral dedicated to Joseph Parker d. 1844

Location

Cathedral, Bristol, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ELIZABETH PARKER, / THE WIFE OF JOSEPH PARKER, / SURGEON IN THE ROYAL NAVY / AND ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE LUDOVICK GRANT ESQ OF KNOCKANDO IN MURRAYSHIRE / SHE BORE A LONG AND PAINFUL ILLNESS / WITH EXEMPLARY PATIENCE / AND YIELDED UP HER SPIRIT / INTO THE HANDS OF ITS MAKER / WITH PIOUS RESIGNATION / ON THE 29TH JUNE 1826 / ON THE 54TH YEAR OF HER AGE / ALSO OF / JOSEPH PARKER ESQR. / HER HUSBAND / WHO DIED IN BATH / 4TH JULY 1844 AGED 84 YEARS / THEIR REMAINS ARE BURIED / IN A GRAVE NEAR THIS MONUMENT'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South transept
Materials: Marble

People

Parker, Joseph
Age: 84
Date of Death: 4/7/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: With associated ledger in North Aisle.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
Photographer: B. Tomlinson 1996

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters