Headstone 302
~ Sandstone ~ Rounded top with indented sides, central IHS motif and a decorative boarder of rope
- Rachel Batten Gedye 1839 – 4 March 1887
- Aged 48 years
- Wife of Joseph William Gedye
- of Lansallos Parish
- Mother of Mary Gedye
- “The year rolls round and steals away, the breath that first it gave. What’er we do, where’er we go, we’er travelling to the grave”
- Parish Records show
- Buried 8 March 1887
- Lansallos St. Polperro
- Mary Gedye 1884 – 15 March 1887
- Aged 3 years
- Possible connection to Headstone 15
Rachel Batten (1839-1887) was baptised on the 8th December 1839 at Lansallos. She later married in 1866 at Stoke Damerel, Devon, Joseph William Gedye who became the innkeeper and licenced victualler of the ‘Three Pilchards’ in Polperro.
‘Send For The Doctor’ – Polperro Family History Society J14
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