Thomas & Mary Ashton: Gravestone
Thomas & Mary Ashton: Gravestone
Gravestone at Shiloh Methodist Chapel, Clatter. These are my great great grandparents.
Slate headstone with kerb (Mason: Kinsey, Llandinam)
Er serchog gof am
Mary Ashton
Bu Farw Chwefor 14eg, 1895
yn 74 mlwydd oed
'Fy nyddiau sydd fel cysgod yn cilio; a minnau fel glaswelltyn a wywais'
Ni ddaw'm cyfeillion teg eu gwedd I'm hebrwng ond hyd lan y bedd Try pawb eu cefnau, dyma'r dydd Gadawant fi'n fy ngwely pridd
Hefyd am ei Phriod
Thomas Ashton
Yr Hwen a fu farw Chwefror 19eg 1897
Yn 76 Mlwydd Oed
Fy nyddiau a ddarfyddant fel mwg
Need an English translation? Read on ...
In loving memory of
Mary Ashton
who died 14 February 1895
74 years
My days are like purring shadows And I am like a blade of grass withering My friends only come To greet me at the side of the grave They turn their backs, this is the day They left me in my earthen bed
Also her husband
Thomas Ashton
who died February 19th 1897
76 years
My days have ended like smoke
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