ID Number102123
NameEDWARDS Robert
Family NameEDWARDS
Plot2806
CemeteryChurch of England
StatusReinstated Monument after Disinterment for Motorway
Location on the Modern Grid MapM14 20
Inscription on TombstoneSacred to the memory of John B EDWARDS, died 23 April 1869 aged 22. Also of Caroline D EDWARDS, died 25 January 1880, aged 19 years, also of Robert EDWARDS, father of the above, died 19 March 1880, aged 73. "Therefore a rest to the people of God". Also of Ellen, wife of the above, died 15 May 1905, aged 84. [Footstone=} "JBE 1869" "CDE RE 1880".
Description of GraveUpright white marble headstone and footstone, with incised lettering.
Date of Death or Burial*19 Mar, 1880
Public Cemetery Register Number
Type of Record Burial
Age69
SexMale
BiographyBorn 30 Jul 1807, York, Yorkshire, England. Son of Charles and Harriet (nee BURNSIDE) EDWARDS, Arrived in Wellington by ship "Larkins" on 20 Oct 1849. Robert was a bricklayer.