When I visited Sheffield in 2009 (see posting of 22nd June of that year) I went to All Saints Church, Ecclesall. I knew that there were some of my Roberts ancestors buried there, but little did I know that there is a tomb quite close to the north porch. The church records list those who are buried there.
The church records are vast
as there are several thousand graves with over 14,000 people buried in the huge
eight acre churchyard. On page 4 of the records,
item 23) above records the following buried in this tomb:
Louisa Roberts dau of Jacob and Mary Age 5m died 18/11/1811
Missing from the record is John Shearwood Roberts, but the picture below has his inscription.
Although the above records do not give the following information, it is certain that Matilda (not Martha), Caroline and Helen Maria Clare are all daughters of Jacob and Mary Ann Roberts. There are baptism records for all three, courtesy of distant cousin Christopher Rathbone.
Although the above records do not give the following information, it is certain that Matilda (not Martha), Caroline and Helen Maria Clare are all daughters of Jacob and Mary Ann Roberts. There are baptism records for all three, courtesy of distant cousin Christopher Rathbone.
Some of the inscriptions are hard to read, having deteriorated over the years, but the first of the following photographs is fairly legible.
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