The Craxford Family Magazine Red Pages

 Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England


Tree:  

Latitude: 54.994259398542724, Longitude: -1.4221930503845214
Westoe Cemetery

Notes:
Westoe Cemetery opened in 1856, and covers an area of 15 acres. The cemetery is now closed to new graves. Access is from Erskine Road, South Shields


Headstones

 Thumb Description Status Location Name (Died/Buried)
HS: Simpson Family
HS: Simpson Family
This obelisk commemorates the family of Robert Simpson, printer of South Shields.
South face:
(Plinth)
In
Loving Memory Of
ROBERT SIMPSON
Printer of
South Shields
Who Died May 23rd 1899
Aged 67 Years
And also of
HANNAH ELLIOTT
The beloved wife
Of the above
Who died November
21st 1898
Aged 67 Years
JOSEPH
Beloved husband of
DOROTHY SIMPSON
And son of the above
Died Nov 24th 1911
Aged 46 years
Peace, Perfect Peace
(Upper base)
In Loving Memory Of
ROBERT ANTHONY SIMPSON
Dearly beloved husband of
Mary Anne Simpson
And eldest son of the above
Died June 10th 1923 aged 62 years
(Lower base)
"Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me
And may there be no moaning at the bar
When I put out to sea"

West face:
In Memory Of
DOROTHY
Beloved wife of
JOSEPH SIMPSON
Died Dec 22nd 1941
Aged 72 years

East face:
(Plinth)
In Affectionate Remembrance of
THOMAS LIDDELL SIMPSON
2nd Lieutenant, 15th Battalion
Durham Light Infantry
who died in France on November 30th 1918
whilst on active service with His Majesty's Forces
and is interred in the Extension Cemetery Chaudray
near Cambrai France
aged 29 years
dearly loved husband of LILY OSWALD SIMPSON
and son of ROBERT ANTHONY SIMPSON and MARY ANN SIMPSON
and grandson of
ROBERT SIMPSON South Shields
In loving memory of
MARY ANN SIMPSON
beloved wife of
ROBERT ANTHONY SIMPSON
died February 22nd 1947
aged 83 years
 
Located  13D plots 1429 and 1430
Latitude: 54.994133227238976, Longitude: -1.4233088493347168 
Dorothy Anderson (d. 22 Dec 1941)
Lily Oswald Crossman (d. 21 Jan 1961)
Hannah Elliott (d. 21 Nov 1898)
Mary Anne Liddell (d. 22 Feb 1947)
Joseph Austin Simpson (d. 24 Nov 1911)
Robert Simpson (d. 23 May 1899)
Robert Anthony Simpson (d. 10 Jun 1923)
Thomas Liddell Simpson (d. 30 Nov 1918)
 
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