CO-SMCY-0764

Record Date: 
9 August 2013
Graveyard: 
Collegiate Church of Saint Mary
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Here lyeth

the body of

Samuel Gardner

who departed this

life November the

20th 1760 aged 28 years.

Remember man as you pass by

as you are now so once was I

as I am now so shall thou be

remember man eternity.

 Also sacred

to the memory of

Catherine Gardner

wife of R.T Gardner

who departed this life

17th April 1868

aged 43 years

Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.955017230013
Longitude: 
-7.8533041499905
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Samuel
Surname: 
Gardner
Date of death - day: 
20
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1760
Age: 
28
Title: 
Mrs
Name: 
Catherine
Surname: 
Gardner
Date of death - day: 
17
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1868
Age: 
43
Name: 
R.T.
Surname: 
Gardner
Relationship with first person: 
husband to Catherine Gardner
Notes: 

Age of Samuel Gardner open to interpretation as break in stone is across the age.1914 map of this graveyard ( as displayed in vestry of adjoining church) lists the burial place of Samuel Gardner as Section 2, grave number 4, which was probably the original location of this headstone. See grave number 32.