Grave of Abraham Taylor

Lister Lane Cemetery



The grave of Abraham Taylor & family at Lister Lane Cemetery Plot 4181

Inscription


In Memory of
     
SUSANNAH,
DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM & PAULINA TAYLOR,
OF HALIFAX, WHO DIED 30TH MAY 1864,
AGED 12 YEARS.
     
She is gone, she is gone to the region of lights,
She was with us today, she's in heaven tonight.
Though to part with my child was a trial severe,
It is better that she should be yonder than here.
     
ALSO OF THE ABOVE PAULINA TAYLOR,
WHO DIED 24TH SEPTR 1865,
AGED 42 YEARS.
     
In Life respected and in Death lamented.
     
ALSO OF ABRAHAM  TAYLOR,
WHO DIED AT KAIKORA, NEW ZEALAND,
3RD JANUARY 1892, AGED 68 YEARS.
     
"Heaven is my home."
     
ALSO OF FLORENCE GERTRUDE GREENSLADE,
GRAND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE,
WHO DIED 21ST OCTOBER 1906, AGED 34 YEARS.
     
"Thy will be done."
     
ALSO OF RICHARD  SEED,
WHO DIED 21ST MAY 1918, AGED 69 YEARS.
     
"A beloved husband and father."
     
ALSO OF JOHN RICHARD, SON OF THE ABOVE,
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION
APRIL 29TH 1918, AGED 28 YEARS.
     
He died for us.
     
ALSO OF LENA, BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
RICHARD SEED,
WHO DIED 8TH FEB. 1920,
AGED 69 YEARS.
     
Our darling little mother.

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