Memorial to John Waterhouse & Family

Halifax Parish Church

Memorial to John Waterhouse and family in Halifax Parish Church

Inscription on a marble monument in the Rokeby Chapel 


TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN  WATERHOUSE
OF WELLHEAD, ESQRE
AND
GRACE ELIZABETH  WATERHOUSE
GATHERED TO THEIR REST
IN SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE OF
THE RESURRECTION TO ETERNAL LIFE,
THE FORMER, JANUARY 21, 1847,
AGED 73;
THE LATTER, FEBRUARY 19, 1849
AGED 69.
     
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
IN DUTIFUL AND AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
OF PARENTAL WORTH
BY THEIR SURVIVING CHILDREN
     
"THIS CORRUPTIBLE MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION,
AND THIS MORTAL MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY"

This image is taken from The Monumental & Other Inscriptions in Halifax Parish Church,

© Malcolm Bull 2022
Revised 18:26 / 19th December 2022 / 2996

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