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Tracing family I live on Swansea t
Posted: Wed Apr 7, 2021 1:56pm
Trying to trace my mother s family born 1922 in Pleck road name Whitehouse or could be Lawrence not sure which her initials G A
. Thank You John
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:58am
I am trying to find information on the drowning of my great, great, great, great uncle James Oakley, who drowned while assisting the superintendent of police drag Hatherton Lake for the body of the late Lord Mayor in July 1845, James was buried at Bath Street Cemetery which has now been cleared of headstones, fortunately, James's headstone was one of two that have been saved and moved to Ryecroft Cemetery.
The inscription on the headstone reads:
Sacred to the memory of Edward James Oakley
aged 19 years who was accidentally
drowned July 9th 1845 While engaged
in searching for the body of
J.H. Harvey Esq Late Mayor of this
town, who lost his life in a pool in
Lichfield Street while bathing there.
Stay reader and behold the hapless lot
of one whose present will be soon forgot
Reflect on lifes quick transit from the flood
of eager youth to an untimely tomb
I feel this transit with my latest breath
and full of life lay in the arms of death.
This stone is erected by a few friends
as a token of respect
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