GA-STNL-0099

Record Date: 
18 November 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM MELVILLE DIED JANUARY 19th 1854 AGED 73 YEARS

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272506388889
Longitude: 
-9.0533297222222
Additional details
References: 
Foley (1989-90), 85. For his wife see The Galway Vindicator. February 6th. (1854), (Death notice). "On Feb. 4th at Apperly House near Tewkesbury, the residence of the late H.E. Strickland Esq., Reader in Geology, in the University, Oxford, Caroline Broughton, wife of A. Melville M.D., Lecturer in Geology and Prof, of Natural History in Queen's College, Galway. The Galwav Mercury. February 6th. (1858), "At Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire ...". Details as above.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
MELVILLE
Notes: 

A large R.S. with an Inc'd. Ins. and a line around its edge.