GA-STNL-0009

Record Date: 
4 July 2023
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In Memory of Eliza youngest daughter of William Tynte Austen Esqr who fell asleep in Jesus on the 17th January 1843 aged 45 year(s). When Christ who is our Life shall appear Then shall ye also appear with him in glory Collossians, 3.4 also in memory of her Mother Christian relict of William Tynte Austen Esqr who departed this life on The 17th of August 1852 in the 95th Year of her age.

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272590290004
Longitude: 
-9.0537267899966
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1843), "Eliza Austin, abode Dominick Street, buried January 20th 1843, aged 46". Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1852), "Christian Austin, abode Upper Dominick St., buried 21st August 1852, aged 95". Fleetwood Berry (1912 A), 1. On "South side of Cemetery". The Freeman's Journal. August 20th. (1852), Obituary. (".. Christiana, relict of William Tyvote Austen Esq., of The Grange Fermoy Co. Cork. Aged 95 years"). The Galway Vindicator. August 18th. (1852). ("On the 17th instant at Upper Dominick Street at the residence of her Daughter Mrs. Shone, Christiana, relict of the late William Tyvote Austen, Esq., Co. Cork in the 95th year of her age").
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
AUSTEN
Date of death - year: 
1843
Age: 
45
Name: 
Mrs
Surname: 
Austin
Date of death - year: 
1852
Age: 
95
Notes: 

A large Rect. R.S. with a single-line border at the edge of the stone. Inc'd. Ins. The Biblical quotation is from Colossians Chapter 3, Verse 4. In the Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1843) the first deceased is referred to as Eliza Austin (Austen on the stone). The 4s of the date 1843 and of the age 45 look like 2s but are actually 4s. These can be contrasted with the 2 of the date 1852 further down the slab. The age given in the Burial Record for the deceased is 46 while 45 is given on the stone. These Austins seem to be related to Clayton Joseph Love and Emilia Austin of Rose Cottage, Co. Cork, who were married on the 24th of May 1838. (See The Freeman's Journal!. See also No. 250 (Love). See Nos. 357 and 358 for the Shones who are related.