M Inscriptions for St Thomas, Stanley, Crook,

[Adamand]

Hello Laurie. Here are your inscriptions:-

In loving memory of William Ellis, the beloved husband of Matilda Williams of Stanley, Crook, who departed this life May/10/1905 aged 56 years.

In loving memory of John Alfred Forster Hardy, son of William and Ann Hardy of the Tow law Hotel, who died March/2/1875 aged 3 years and 7 months.

Adam

[LaurieA]

In loving memory of William Ellis, the beloved husband of Matilda Williams of Stanley, Crook, who departed this life May/10/1905 aged 56 years.

In loving memory of John Alfred Forster Hardy, son of William and Ann Hardy of the Tow law Hotel, who died March/2/1875 aged 3 years and 7 months.

Thank you Adam!

[Wanderdog]

Hi Adam,

Please could I ask you for the Daglish inscription?

Thank you.
With best wishes,
Stephen

[Adamand]

Hello Stephen. I thought you may want this one so I had it ready:-

In loving memory of Mary Daglish, the beloved wife of Matthew Charlton Daglish of Mount Pleasant, Born 13/October/1840, died July/19/1882.
Also Minnie, died November/5/1882 aged 14 months.
Also Matthew Charlton, born March/9/1878, died January/18/1887.

Adam

[Wanderdog]

Hi Adam,

Once again - thank you very much; much appreciated.

With best wishes,
Stephen

[Tickettyboo]

Hello Adam

I have a puzzle as I was led to believe that John Moordaff CAPE was buried in St Thomas, Stanley but looking at your list there are no CAPES mentioned. I was looking for John M and his wife Mary Ellen ( nee GILLILAND).
I have looked at your other lists but see no Capes ( though I may have missed them) elsewhere.
John Cape was an Alderrman of Durham, I felt sure there would be a gravestone. He died in May 1938. His last known address was Mount Pleasant, Stanley, but as far as I can tell his widow, Mary Ellen,  didn't die until 1961
If you don't have him in your database for this cemetery, could you advise which other cemetery I should be looking at?
Thank you

Boo

[Adamand]

Hello Boo. There are two possibilities for there being no gravestone for John Cape.
Firstly, there may have been a gravestone that was deemed unsafe and would have been pushed over by the Council on health and safety grounds.
When these gravestone are pushed over on to the top of the grave it means that they are face down and I am afraid the inscription will never be seen again.
The other possibility is that he may have been buried at Crook municipal cemetery rather than the graveyard at Stanley.
I feel sure that that is where his wife would have been buried.
Crook cemetery is vast and I have only done the older parts.
So I am afraid the only thing you can do is have a trawl along the gravestones to see if you can find any Capes gravestones.

Adam

[Tickettyboo]

Hi Adam

and thanks for the explanation of what may have happened. I heard yesterday that there is a funeral/in memoriam card for John M Cape still in existence  and I should be able to get the cemetery name from that. Very sad that if the gravestones were deemed unsafe that they could not have at least put them flat , but face up.

Boo

[Adamand]

Hello Boo. I have found your John M Cape but not his wife.
The gravestone is in the overflow part of the graveyard with mostly graves from the late 1940's.
I did not do that part because of the dates and the condition of the gravestones.
The gravestone for John M Cape has a large tree growing in the grave itself and it is up against the gravestone.
It has his name and his wifes name followed by an eulogy to him.

Adam