GA-STNL-0250

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

ELLEN JANE WIFE OF THOMAS HENRY LOVE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS OF THIS PORT DIED IN GALWAY 4™ AUGUST 1879 [FOR SO HE GIVETH HIS] BELOVED SLEEP PS CXXVII THEM ALSO WHICH [SLEEP IN] JESUS WILL [GOD BRING WITH HIM] THESS [CH. 4 V. 4] IN MEMORY OF ONE MUCH BELOVED THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY HER BEREAVED HUSBAND AND SONS

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.273093055556
Longitude: 
-9.0536730555556
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1879), "Ellen Jane Love, abode Taylor's Hill Road, Galway, buried 26th July 1879, aged 64 years". The Galwav Express. August 9th. (1879). Died. "On the 4th instant at Shantalla, Galway from bronchitis, Ellen Jane, the beloved wife of T.H. Love, Esq. late Collector of Customs at this port, aged 64". Vestry Minute Books (1883), 130. "Permission to erect a flat stone in the churchyard in memory of his wife granted to Mr. Love".
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
LOVE
Notes: 

A granite monument set on a double base. The top is roughly triangular in section and bears a cross. Inc'd. Ins. on the sloping sides which is very difficult to read.