CEMETERIES
My family is buried in almost every
state
of the union and in various
countries of
the world. On
these pages, you will find
pictures of some grave markers ~ some of
which are over a century old.
Peter Lynch and family monument
The
Peter Lynch Cemetery Platt
My father
Grandpa and Grandma Lillig
My Uncle George
Great Uncle Harry and Great Aunt Hattie
Cwmgelli Cemetery, near Swansea, Wales
On the above marker it reads:
Er cof annwyl am
Margaret
merch Isaac ac Hannah Matthews
Mysydd Rd, Glandwr
yr hon a fu farw
Rhagfyr 7fed 1896
yn 21 mlwydd oed
[verse]
Hefyd yr uchod Isaac Matthews
yr hwn a fu farw Medi 12fed 1898
yn 53 mlwydd oed
[verse]
Hefyd am eu mab David Isaac
a fu farw Hydref 26ain 1922
yn Shanghai China, yn 41 mlwydd oed
Gosodwyd yma ludw'r corff
Ionawr 6fed 1923
[verse]
Ac am Hannah Matthews
bu farw Chwefror 16eg 1924
yn 78 mlwydd oed
[verse]
Ac yn Gowerton Rhagfyr 21 1945
hunodd eu merch Alice maud
Fore'r Nadolig gwasgarwyd ei llwch yng
Ngardd coffa Glyntaf
[verse]
Bu farw eu mab Evan Matthews
ar y 23.7.1948 yn 75 oed
Gwasgarwyd ei lwch yng ngardd goffa Glyntaf
My thanks to David W. in Wales
for
taking the pictures of my relatives
markers and for taking the time to
write both the Welsh words and the
translation that follows:
To the dear memory of Margaret
daughter of Isaac and Hannah Matthews
Mysydd Rd., Landore, who died December 7,
1896 aged 21 years. {Verse)
Also the above Isaac Matthews who died
September 12, 1898 aged 53 years. [verse]
Also to their son David Isaac who died October
26th, 1922 in Shanghai China, aged 41 years
The ashes of his body were placed here January
6th 1923. [verse]
And of Hannah Matthews who died February
6th 1924 aged 78 years. [verse]
And in Gowerton December 21, 1945 their
daughter Alice Maud died. On Christmas
morning, her dust was scattered in The Garden
of Remembrance, Glyntaff. [verse]
Their son Evan Matthews died on 23.7.1948
aged 75. His dust scattered in the Garden of
Remembrance, Glyntaff.
This is the marker of a brother to my
grandfather.
He was John Matthews
and the marker
reads as follows:
In loving memory of Trevor John
Isaac
infant son of John and Cassie Matthews,
Station Inn, Landore, who died February
18th 1898 aged 11 months. [verse]
Also above named Cassie Matthews who died
November 6th 1925 aged 54 years. [verse]
Also the above named John Matthews wh0
died April 19th 1934 aged 66 years. [verse]
Cwmgelli Cemetery, Swansea, Wales
Peter Lynch's grandson Everett and
family.
RHOMBERGS in Iowa. My great Aunt
was a Rhomberg. Her mother's marker is
the small one in front of the tall
obelisk.
The RISTON Family Plot
"This is a small graveyard
- 3 stones on our
farm in the 7th election district, on White Hall
Road, east of Vernon Rd., west of the county
line, on the south side of the road. The stones
are Indiana limestone and once had foot-
stones which were so badly broken that we had
to bury them:" (in a letter from Mrs. W. H.
Wilmer, Little Oxmead, White Hall P.O., MD.
In memory of Jesse RISTON of the City of
Baltimore who departed this life on the 8th of
March, 1818 in the 20th year of his age.
In memory of John RISTON who departed this
life on the 27th of February 1818, in the 27th
year of his age. (Mrs. Wilmer writes that John
Riston married Elizabeth PARRISH, daughter
of Edward Parrish of Parrish Range.)
In memory of Abraham RISTON who departed
this life on the 6th of March 1818 in the 54th
year of his age
© Susan J. Brien, Ed.D.
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