ID Number107072
NameSTAPLES Leonard
Family NameSTAPLES
Plot41.M
CemeteryPublic
StatusReinstated Monument after Disinterment for Motorway
Location on the Modern Grid MapJ08 03
Inscription on TombstoneIn loving memory of William Thomas STAPLES, who died at Gisborne 27 September 1885, aged 41. Also children of the above; Phillip Thomas, aged 13 months, and Isabella Maria Queenie, aged 5 years, also 4 children who died in infancy. "Safe in the arms of Jesus" Also Mary D.T. STAPLES, beloved wife of the above, died 20 July 1904, aged 56. "Loved by all". [-Mansfield-]
Description of GraveUpright white marble headstone with small sculpted flowers set around the top. Lead lettering.
Date of Death or Burial*18 Jan, 1873
Public Cemetery Register Number437
Type of Record Burial
Age4M
SexMale
BiographyInfant son of William Thomas and Mary STAPLES. (One of the four children unnamed on the headstone.)