Monument Details

 

  Headstone & Footstone
  Limestone
   
  From top of headstone: In Affectionate Memory of/ Penelope/ the beloved wife of/ John Portsmouth/ of Chieveley/ who fell asleep Sept. 19th. 1879./ "For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice/ of the Archangel, and with the trump of God; and the Dead in/ CHRIST shall rise first./ Then we which are alive and remain/ shall be caught up together with/ them in the clouds to meet the/ Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord." 1 Thes. IV chap. 16 & 17 v. Footstone: P P/ 1879
   
  Good but bottom of headstone starting to erode. Engraved letters.
  LS22
    Ancestry research: Penelope, nee Dale, was born 27/3/1837 Kingsclere, so she was 42 when she died. Married John Portsmouth Jan. 1874 Newbury, and they had a son Richard Portsmouth born 1876
   
  09 August 2014
  D Duff
 

Persons named on this monument.

Penelope PORTSMOUTH  

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