Monday, 29 May 2017

2017-05-27   Ludlow


(Writing on 2017-05-29)


Found our great-great grandfather's headstone in the cemetery at St. Leonard's.  A lady was there walking her dog.   She helped me find it and took the picture for me.   Luckily I had Yani's map and photo so I knew the shape of the stone I was looking for.

The headstone is in a peaceful spot under a tree.  It's sheltered there, so the weather didn't obliterate the writing on the stone as many others in the open were. 

Rebecca was 20 years younger than Benjamin, so would have been in her 50's when he passed away.  She went to live with her daughter, Clara, and Clara's husband, William Doe.   Yani has a copy of a census from 1911 showing Rebecca at 78 years old.  At that time they lived at 13 Brooksville Avenue, Kilburn, London.

I visited Peter Doe (Clara's grandson) on 2017-05-24.