Transcribed Inscriptions from Selected Headstones
The graveyard lies opposite Christ Church, Church of Ireland
Surname | Transcription |
ADAMS |
In Loving Memory of Annie Dearly loved wife of James Died 28th January 1991 aged 76 years And the above James Died 6th August 1992 aged 86 years |
ANDERSON |
In Loving Memory of Stanley ANDERSON Died 30th October 1974 aged 59 years His son Joel Died 13th April 1984 aged 35 years |
ANNESLEY |
In Loving Memory of Victor Died 4th March 1981 |
BLACK |
In Loving Memory of Our Dear son Robert Derek James Died 28th Sept 1987 aged 48 years Also his beloved mother Arabel Harriet Died 27th November 2000 aged 98 years Safe in the arms of Jesus |
BLACK |
In Loving Memory of Ronnie BLACK Who died 5th Oct 1979 aged 20 years Also his infant brother died 19th July 1961 Also his mother Rebecca (Ruby) Died 24th January 1994 aged 58 years In God’s Keeping |
BOYD |
In Loving Memory of Albert Stewart Born 11th Feb 1908 died 6th June 1981 And his son Robert John Orphen Born 25th Oct 1937 died 16th June 1978 Also his wife Sarah Frances Born 26th Feb 1909 died 4th May 1995 |
BOYD |
In Loving Memory of Our dear mother Margaret BOYD Died 30th May 1967 Also our dear father John James BOYD Died 23rd April 1925 Also their son David Henry Died 6th September 1955 And his wife Elizabeth Annie Died14th March 1964 |
COLHOUN |
In Loving Memory of David Died 5th June 1988 aged 79 years Also his brother George Died 21st December 1992 aged 72 years |
COLHOUN |
In Loving Memory of John (Johnny) Born 6th October 1910 died 12th April 1987 Also his wife May Bertha (Mamie) Born 6th May 1913 died 15th December 2000 Abide with me |
COLHOUN |
In Loving Memory of Lily Letitia Died 12th August 1975 And her husband James Died 14th December 1982 |
COLHOUN |
In Loving Memory of Sarah Georgina Died 7th June 1996 aged 80 years (God needed a Gardener) Also her husband William Died 6th June 2001 aged 85 years (A quiet man, his 11th Commandment, “Man mind they own and woman likewise”) Also their infant son Eric Died 10th April 1947 aged 11 weeks (Interred at Lisburn Cemetery) |
COLHOUN |
In Memory of Thomas COLHOUN Died 6th August 1969 His wife Mary Died 3rd August 1979 Their son Thomas Died 31st December 2003 |
COLHOUN |
In Loving Memory of William K. COLHOUN Died 24th Feb 1940 aged 82 years Also his wife Catherine Died 13th Dec 1946 aged 82 years |
COTTER |
In Loving Memory of Isa COTTER Who died 13th December 1986 Also her husband Dr. Arthur COTTER Called home 15th June 2004 “For to me to live is Christ and to die is Gain” |
DARRAGH |
In Loving Memory of A dear husband, father and grandfather Frederick Graham Died 27th Sept 2000 aged 66 years |
DARRAGH |
In Loving Memory of Thomas Alexander DARRAGH Died 19th Nov 1979 aged 69 years |
DOUGAN |
In Loving Memory of William (Billy) Died 20th May 1926 aged 52 years Interred Carnmoney, Belfast His wife Mary Died 30th March 1952 aged 72 years Their sons William John Died 25th March 1952 aged 51 years James Ewart (Jim) Died 10th September 1976 aged 67 years OK And their daughter Margaret Mary (Minnie) Loughlin Died 17th March 1994 aged 90 years At rest |
ELVIN |
George ELVIN Died 11th July 1945 |
ENTRICAN |
In Loving Memory of Alan Millar ENTRICAN Died 17th March 1977 aged 72 years His wife Ellen Patricia Died 7th April 1979 aged 57 years |
ENTRICAN |
In Loving Memory of Rev. Walter ENTRICAN Senior Minister of Bovevagh Presbyterian Church Died 18th March 1984 And wife Josephine T. Died 3rd July 1989 |
FORBES |
In Loving Memory of Joseph James FORBES, Ballyfatton Died 22nd July 1968 aged 83 years Also his wife Margaret Ann Died 2nd October 1980 aged 83 years |
FREEBORN |
In Loving Memory of Elizabeth (Lily) Died 28th April 1987 aged 65 years Also her husband Harry Died 22nd September 1991 aged 76 years In remembrance of my dear parents The Lord is my Shepherd |
FREEBORN |
In Loving Memory of Percival FREEBORN Departed this life 11th January 1985 aged 67 years Also his grandson Dean Percival Ronald Thomas Departed this life 4th February 2002 aged 28 years And his loving wife Dorothy Maud Departed this life 2nd March 2005 aged 77 years Worthy of Everlasting Remembrance |
FREEBORN |
In Loving Memory of Robert John (Robbie) Died 7th March 1970 aged 61 years Also his wife and a beloved Mother Mary (Molly) Died 3rd November 1990 aged 75 years I go to prepare a place for you. (plaque in front) |
GALBRAITH |
In Loving Memory of Margaret Died 27th June 1951 aged 25 years Her husband David Died 25th March 1963 aged 38 years Also their daughter Ann died in infancy |
GARDINER |
In Loving Memory of John GARDINER Who died 21st July 1950 And his wife Tillie Who died 8th December 1993 |
GIVEN |
In Loving Memory of Elizabeth (nee McNAUL) Beloved wife of William Died 26th Jan 1989 aged 76 yrs Also her husband William Died 5th June 1991 aged 85 yrs The Lord is my Shepherd |
HAMILTON |
In Loving Memory of Mary Elizabeth Died 13th November 1977 Her husband Andrew Thomas Died 18th January 2007 |
EMERSON |
David EMERSON Infant son of Claud and Barbara HERDMAN Born 23rd Jan 1940 died 26th Feb 1940 |
GALBRAITH |
In Loving Memory of A dear husband and father Alexander (Alec) Died 24th March 1998 aged 73 years |
HENDERSON |
In Loving Memory of Joseph Stuart Died 24th August 1978 aged 75 years Also his wife Hannah Violet Died 29th December 1999 aged 87 years |
HERDMAN |
Capt. John Claudius HERDMAN, O.B.E., D.L. Of Sion House Born 30th December 1876 died 13th July 1964 And his wife Maud Harriet HERDMAN, M.B.E., J.P. Born 1st September 1879 died 7th October 1964 (stone in front) Also their eldest son Emerson Tennent Rex, O.B.E., Born 7th October 1902 died 9th January 1982 |
HERDMAN |
Barbara Mary HERDMAN Born 3rd October 1911 died 2nd November 1984 And her husband CDR Claudius Alexander HERDMAN D.L., R.N. Born 29th October 1903 died 22nd December 1993 |
HUME |
In Loving Memory of Frederick William Burbridge Who died 29th June 1972 And his wife Anne Gertrude Louise Who died 25th January 1993 Loves last gift – remembrance |
HYNDMAN |
In Loving Memory of Ellen Died 19th July 1965 And her husband Robert N. Died 21st July 1969 At rest |
KILLEN |
In loving Memory of David Died 3rd March 1941 His wife Rebecca Died 7th January 1947 And their daughter Sarah Died 17th March 1960 |
McFERRAN |
John R.A. McFERRAN, D.L., J.P. Born 26th December 1897 died 5th March 1969 Iona Mary McFERRAN, O.B.E. Born 9th June 1911 died 28th March 2007 |
McGINLEY |
In Loving Memory of Catherine McGINLEY Died 1st Sept 1953 aged 85 years |
McMULLAN |
In Loving Memory of Robert Died 2nd Nov 1988 aged 70 years Also his wife Margaret Died 18th Nov 1991 aged 73 years |
MARTIN |
In Loving Memory of John James MARTIN, Drumdoit Who departed this life 7th May 1952 Also his wife Matilda Mary Who departed this life 18th March 1960 Also their son Robert Harper Who died 8th Dec 1982 aged 56 years Also their son Thomas Patton Purdon Who died 6th March 1990 |
MAXWELL |
In Loving Memory of A Devoted Husband, Father and Grandfather John Died 25th April 1970 aged 61 years And a loving Wife and Mother Margaret (Maggie) Died 12th March 2004 aged 90 years Forever With The Lord |
MAXWELL |
In Loving Memory of John Colhoun MAXWELL, Rabstown Born 1891 died 1959 Robert MAXWELL, Fearn Born 1898 died 1939 Sarah Elizabeth wife of John Born 1900 died 2001 Thy Will be Done |
MAXWELL |
In Loving Memory of Rebecca (Ruby) Died 29th December 1982 aged 68 years Also her husband Frederick Craig Died 28th June 1988 aged 79 years |
MAXWELL |
In Loving Memory of Samuel D. MAXWELL Born 30th Nov 1903 died 22nd July 1970 Also his wife Elizabeth Born 20th April 1908 died 29th April 1986 |
MILLS |
In Loving Memory of Joseph Died 8th September 1955 aged 69 years And his wife Fanny Died 25th February 1960 aged 73 years Also their son James Died 25th April 1971 aged 58 years And his wife Sarah Jane Died 31th October 1986 aged 79 years Also their son Joseph Graham Died 14th May 1993 aged 50 years I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness |
MILLS |
Joseph MILLS Formerly of Inchany Died 14th June 1952 His wife Elizabeth Jane MILLS Died 20th November 1953 |
MURPHY |
In Loving Memory of Rebecca (Ruby) Died 8th December 1951 Also her brother Samuel Died 30th October 1954 Also their parents Samuel Died 15th May 1981 And Margaret Elizabeth (Peggy) Died 14th September 1988 |
NESBITT |
William Alexander 28-1-1996 – 30-1-1996 |
PATTERSON |
In Loving Memory of Marjorie (Madge) PATTERSON A devoted mother and grandmother Died 19th March 1988 aged 77 years Also her daughter Georgena (Georgie) GOUGH A devoted wife mother and grandmother Died 4th March 1990 aged 57 years |
SARGENT |
In Memory of Lucy Claire SARGENT Matron, Greenfield Home Strabane, Who died 9th August 1967 |
SINCLAIR |
In Loving Memory of John James Died 17th June 1988 aged 75 years |
SPEERS |
In Loving Memory of Samuel SPEERS, Bellspark Died 29th March 1986 aged 78 years Samuel Holbeche Speers 23rd Feb 1978 – 23rd May 1993 |
STAUNTON |
In Loving Memory of Dr. Alfred Myles STAUNTON of Sion Mills Died 18th April 1957 |
STEENSON |
In Loving Memory of Bertha Beloved wife of E. R. STEENSON Died 24th January 1975 Also the above E.R. STEENSON Died 3rd April 1982 aged 73 years |
STEENSON |
In Loving Memory of John H. STEENSON Died 11th Aug 1985 aged 83 years Also his wife Elizabeth Jane Died 9th Feb 1993 aged 83 years |
STEENSON |
In Loving Memory of William James STEENSON Died 31st Dec 1977 aged 76 years Also his wife Hannah Died 26th Jan 1984 aged 88 years |
YORKE |
In Loving Memory of Albert George YORKE, Urney Who died 14th Jany 1951 in his 53rd year Also his son Thomas James Who died 9th June 1949 aged 27 years And his wife Frances Olive Who died 9th December 1964 aged 68 years Also their son Frederick Perry YORKE Who died 26th March 1982 aged 54 years |