Tuesday 31 December 2013

Death of Four Brothers

This grave marks a very sad event. It states: Here lie the bodies of four brothers. They were the children of Station Master Robert Smith of the Midland Railway Company and his wife, Harriet. All contracted Scarlet Fever in 1880 and were dead within a week. They were:

Horace Richard
9 years

Rowland
7 years

Godfrey
4 years

Ralph
1 year 7 months






8 comments:

Billy Blue Eyes said...

It's sad when you come across the grave of so many children who died. Happy New Year

Unknown said...

So incredibly sad. I wonder if they had other children.

Jen said...

Wow ... very sad indeed. Interesting find, though.

Taphophilia Catafalque said...

You cannot imagine the grief those poor parents endured, thank you for remembering these little boys.....

Unknown said...

Heel triest maar na zo veel jaar dat het graf er nog is verteld het als nog zijn verhaal en bij het lezen staan we daar toch bij stil en onze gedachte late dwalen en het gevoel daar bij als men dit over komt als ouders zijnde
R.I.P.

Unknown said...

Kinderen

Anonymous said...

My great grandmother lost three children in a matter of two weeks due to diphtheria. My grandfather escaped the pandemic as he was sent off to a military school.

Anonymous said...

That would be the kind of crushing loss that would bring me to my knees.

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