GA-STNL-0240

Record Date: 
24 December 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS MARCH 26th 1881 MARGARET THE BELOVED WIFE OF THOMAS PALMER AGED 68 YEARS TO THE PRAISE OF THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE WHEREIN HE HATH MADE US ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED JOHN.I.

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27294
Longitude: 
-9.0535980555556
Additional details
References: 
The Galway Express. March 26th. (1881). Died. "At Forster Park, Salthill, this morning, Margaret the beloved wife of Thomas Palmer Esq., aged 68. Trusting in the perfect finished work of the Redeemer". For marriage of Thomas Nelson Palmer (son of Thomas Palmer) of Forster Park to Ann Sophie De Caen see TheGalwav Express. February 18th. (1882).
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
PALMER
Notes: 

A white marble table-tomb set on six moulded white marble bases which in turn rest on a plain limestone slab. The inscribed monument on top has an Inc'd. Ins. which was originally set with lead letters and has drilled holes into which these letters were sunk. The manufacturer's name "SIB7THS" and the word "DUBLIN" are set into the end of the slab. See also No. 153 for another leaded inscription. For other Palmers see also Nos. 238 and 339. For related Palmers see also extensive notes in Library and Heritage Project Files under No. 240.