Sarah & Anne Williams: Gravestone
Sarah & Anne Williams: Gravestone
Anne Williams was my great great great grandmother. Sarah was Anne's daughter, who is also buried with her. Sarah's father, and Anne's husband was Matthew, and details of his gravestone is here.
Trefeglwys, St Micheals
Slate headstone with part of kerb
Er cof am
Sarah
Merch Matthew ag Anne Williams
o Nantyderw, yn y plwyf hwn, yr hon a fu farw Mai 11eg 1873 Yn 23 oed
Hefyd am y dy wededig
Anne Williams
A fu farw onawr 8fed 1917
Yn 87 mlwydd oed
Questions: why did Anne want to be buried with Sarah? Did she never get over her death at 23? Or didn't like her husband that much? Or was it simply impractical to be buried with Matthew?
Need an English translation? Read on ...
In memory of
Sarah
Daughter of Matthew and Anne Williams from Nantyderw, in this parish
who died May 11th 1873
Also of the late
Anne Williams
who died
8th January 1917
87 years of age
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