Grave of Jonathan Tasker

Lister Lane Cemetery



The grave of Jonathan Tasker at Lister Lane Cemetery Plot 3198

Inscription


Sacred to the Memory of
JAMES WAUGH,
THE BELOVED SON OF 
JONATHAN & JOANNA TASKER,
OF HALIFAX, WHO DIED JULY 28TH 1853,
AGED 15 MONTHS.
     
WHY SHOULD OUR TEARS IN SORROW FLOW,
WHEN GOD RECALLS HIS OWN;
AND BIDS THEM LEAVE A WORLD OF WO,
FOR AN IMMORTAL CROWN.
     
ALSO OF JULIET, THEIR DAUGHTER,
WHO DIED FEBY 16TH 1858,
AGED 14 MONTHS.
     
ALSO OF SARAH LOUISA, THEIR DAUGHTER,
WHO DIED FEBY 20TH 1858,
AGED 3 YEARS & 8 MONTHS.
     
ALSO OF THE ABOVE JONATHAN  TASKER,
WHO DIED MAY 20TH 1865,
AGED 46 YEARS.
     
ALSO OF MATILDA, DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE,
WHO DIED JULY 26TH 1876,
IN THE 20TH YEAR OF HER AGE.
     
ALSO OF ELIZABETH TASKER,
SISTER OF THE ABOVE JONATHAN TASKER,
WHO DIED AUGUST 20TH 1879, AGED 58 YEARS.
     
ALSO OF JOANNA,
WIDOW OF THE ABOVE JONATHAN TASKER,
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 21ST 1905,
AGED 77 YEARS.

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© Malcolm Bull 2022
Revised 10:07 / 11th January 2022 / 3511

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