GA-STNL-0035

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

Here Lyeth the Body of Thomas White Late port Surveyor (Vi ho DIE[D] the - - - [A]pril 1779 March 17[?30 or 80] Aged 61

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272996388889
Longitude: 
-9.0536413888889
Additional details
References: 
Fleetwood Berry (1912 A), 8. He gives his occupation as Port Surveyor "who died the 10th April 1779 aged 87 years and ( ) March 1789 aged 16". The last age is accidently reversed by him however and clearly reads 61.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
WHITE
Notes: 

This R.S. has a rounded head and is complete. The Inc'd. Ins is very worn and barely visible. Note the 'W-shaped "w" which is also found on several other stones here. (Nos. 178 and 406). See also notes on No. 178.