Talland Church Headstones

Headstone 175 ~ Sandstone ~ Neoclassical flat top Ancestry records – show Jane Pearce married Thomas George, at Lansallos, 7 July 1839. Thomas George’s parents were Mark George and Thamison Mark, who married at Talland Church, 4 September 1797. Jane & Thomas George had a son, Mark George, who was 2months old on 1841 census.

Headstone 191 ~ Granite ~ Latin cross with one step base

Headstone 191 ~ Granite ~ Latin cross with one step base

Headstone 168 ~ Sandstone ~ Gothic top, indented sides and concave shoulders, centralised decorative flowers Jane Quiller Fowler, née Lane, named after her mother Elizabeth Quiller. See also: Charles Fowler Headstone 168 and John Fowler Headstone 168 ‘Polperro and the Indian Mutiny’ – Polperro Family History Society J5

Headstone 168 ~ Sandstone ~ Gothic top, indented sides and concave shoulders, centralised decorative flowers John Fowler joined the Royal Navy and as a young lieutenant he was sent to the Far East as Second Master of HMS Pearl. In 1858 he volunteered to join a Naval Brigade which was sent to Upper India to…

Headstone 168 ~ Sandstone ~ Gothic top, indented sides and concave shoulders, centralised decorative flowers “Charles and Jane Fowler were born in 1812 and 1813 respectively and brought up in Polperro as were several generations of both families before them. They had two children, John and Mary Quiller (named after her maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Quiller).…

Headstone 216 ~ Granite ~ Foot ledger stone, with kerbs and posts

Headstone 188 ~ Slate ~ Neoclassical with flat top

Headstone 218 ~ Sandstone ~ Gothic rounded top with indented sides and centralised rosette

Headstone 217 ~ Sandstone ~ Gothic rounded top