St. Peter's Graveyard (CoI), Kilscoran, County Wexford, Ireland
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Contributed by: Michelle Meadows-Rousseau
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ST. PETER'S GRAVEYARD (COI), KILSCORAN, COUNTY WEXFORD,
IRELAND

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**Brian J. Cantwell's (F.R.S.A.I. & F.I.G.R.S.)
transcriptions for this cemetery from 'Memorials of the
Dead', was used to help in the reading and transcribing of
the headstones below. Permission was kindly given by his
son Ian Cantwell.

Photo No.0
St. Peter's Church Sign

Photo No.1
Sign

Photo No.2
St. Peters Church

Photo No.3
In Loving Memory  | of | WILLIAM GEORGE DAVIS | Airdowns,
Broadway. | Died 16th April 1968 Aged 58 YRS | and his
loving wife | ALICE (RENE) nee TOMKINS | Died 4th March
2008 Aged 88 YRS.

Photo No.4
In | Loving Memory of | ELSIE | Dearly Beloved Child | of |
HAMILTON & | DORA KENNEDY | Tuskar | Light House Dwellings
| Born Sep. 27th 1893 | Died Aug. 7th 1896.

Photo No.5
In Loving Memory of | JAMES WHITEHEAD, Ballyell | died 31st
July 1913 | Also his wife MARY JANE | Died 6th May 1929 |
And Two Children of | GEORGE & SUSAN died in infancy | Also
their daughter | SARAH MOORE | Died 29th April 1959 | Also
GEORGE WHITEHEAD | Died 23rd Sept. 1963 | BENJAMIN
WHITEHEAD | died 17th March 1964 | also EILEEN ELDRED |
Died 6th Aug. 1975 | Also SUSAN wife of the late | GEORGE |
Died 2nd July 1984.

Photo No.6
In Loving Memory of | CHRISTINA McCAFFERTY | Rosslare |
Died 25th May 1973 | Aged 88.
(In the WHITEHEAD Plot)

Photo No.7
In Loving Memory of | WILLIAM ERNEST | Son of | WILLIAM and
MARY | SALTER | Aged 5 Years | Died June 20, 1903.

Photo No.8
Remembrance | of | ROBERT T. MILLER (...) | Died 7th April
1962.
Per irishgenealogy.ie, Robert was from Ballyfane. He is
listed as Robert Millar.

Photo No.9
In | Fond Remembrance | of | ETHEL HOLBROOK | Who fell
asleep in Jesus | March 25th 1879 | Aged 1 years & 10
Months | Not Gone From Memory | Not Gone From Love | But
Gone to Her | [Sa]viors Arms above.

Photo No.10
In Loving Memory of | ELIZABETH HARVEY (BETTY) BOXWELL |
Born 13th June 1945 | Died 18th Sept 1959 | and MARY
PATRICIA BOXWELL | Born 27th July 1946 | Died 18th Oct 1974
| Also their Parents who died in Australia | HARVEY BOXWELL
| Born 30th Nov. 1919 | Died 13th April 2002 | and PEARL
BOXWELL | Born 28th Aug. 1911 | Died 23rd Nov. 2011 | 'We
Shall Dwell | In the House of the Lord'.

Photo No.11
In Loving Memory | of | HENRIETTA DAVIS | Cottage, Tagoat |
Died 13th June 1960 | Aged 79 years | 'Abide with Me'.

Photo No.12
In Loving Memory of | EMILY REID | Who died April 24th 1939
| Also her husband RICHARD | who died May 14th 1959 | His
second wife OLGA | who died Sept 27th 1989.

Photo No.13
In Loving Memory | of | JOHN GRAHAM | Westwinds, Kilrane |
Formerly of Belfast | died 14th August 2009 | Aged 89 Years
| Also his wife ELIANE | Died 14th October 2015 | Aged 82
years | 'At Rest'.

Photo No.14
Here lieth the remains of | ANNE FLETCHER of Roslare who |
departed this life on the 27th of | October 1858 aged 75
years | Also her beloved Husband | THOMAS FLETCHER who
departed | this life on the 13th of May 1859 | aged 72
years | This stone was Erected | ...  | ... by their |
affectionate children.

Photo No.15
In | Loving Memory of | HENRY IRVINE Esqr | of Mervyn,
Rosslare | Who died October 27th 1891 | Aged 89 Years | I
Know That My Redeemer | Liveth. Job. XVIIII, XXV | Also his
wife ELIZABETH | EMILY who died April 17th 1893 | aged 88
years | The beloved mother of J.W.H. | and W.H. IRVINE |

Photo No.16
HENRY FULLER | SANDWITH | Late Capt. | 46 Regt | Born | Oct
17th 1820 | Died | Nov 5th 1886.

Photo No.17
In Memory of | HENRIETTA E. CONDELL | Died 4th November
1932 | The Beloved Wife of | Rev T. E. G. CONDELL | Rector
of  Kilscoran | And | Rev T. E. G. CONDELL | Rector of
Kilscoran | F March 1901-1935 | Died 26th November 1937 |
Aged 69 Years.

Photo No.18
To the Memory of | WILLIAM CARDIFF who depd | this life the
4th of Nov | 1825 aged 44 years.

Photo No.19
**Here Lieth the body of | JOHN CARDIFF who depd | this
life Nov 21st 1813 aged 58 years.

Photo No.20
**Sacred to the M[emory of] | MARY CARDIFF alias HAYDON |
who depd this life the 17th | of April 1820 aged 64 years |
also her husband ANDREW | CARDIFF who departed this | life
the 11th day of February | 1829 in the 76th years of his
age.

Photo No.21
In Loving Memory | of | SAMUEL RAYMOND SUTTON | of Little
Clonard Wexford | died 22nd October 1899 | aged 65 years.
Per irishgenealogy.ie, Samuel was a merchant. Son Albert
Herbert Sutton was present at death. Clonard House was the
home of the Richards, Brown & Sutton families per:
Buildings of Ireland

Photo No.22
In | ... Memory | of | MARTHA SUTTON | Wife of the late |
S.R. SUTTON | Little Clonard Wexford | Born .. 1842 | Died
... | [rest illegible]
Per irishgenealogy.ie Martha died 16 April 1903. She was
62. Present at death was her son Herbert Sutton, Clarence
House.

Photo No.23
In Loving Memory of | JOHN WISE | WHITFIELD Esqu.. | Who
Departed this life | at his Residence | Hilltown House
Broadway | on the 12th of August 1861 | Aged 65 Years |
Also His Wife LUCINDA JANE | Who died on the 22nd of March
1876 | Aged 79 years | And Also of | Their second daughter
| ELEANOUR LUCINDA | Who died on the 6th of Jany 1894 |
Aged 69 years.

Photo No.24
Sacred to the memory | of | HELEN | Wife of A.J.H MEADOWS |
of Thornville County Wexford | Who died 3rd January 1879 |
Aged 25 Years | And of A.J.H. MEADOWS | Major 5th Victorian
Mtd Rifles | Who died 21st January 1913 | Aged 59 Years.

Photo No.25
**Beneath | are interred | the mortal remains of | HENRY
HOWLIN LLOYD | of Thornville in this County | who died on
the 18th of August | 1853 aged 75 | and of MARY LLOYD |
Otherwise HOWLIN | his wife who died on the | 27th of
August 1823 aged 31.

Photo No.26
G. GEDDES | Skipper | H.M. Drifter "Speedwell V" | 28th
October 1916 Aged 45 | Until The Day Break.

Photo No.27
G. GEDDES | Trimmer, RNR, 2065 TS. | H.M. Drifter
"Speedwell V" | 28th October 1916 Age 18 | Peace Perfect
Peace.

Photo No.28
W.S. GLOVER | Chief Officer | S.S. "Mesaba" | 1st September
1916 Aged 39 | Dearly Loved | Never Forgotten | Home At
Last | God Knows Best.

Photo No.29
W. YOUNG | Engineman RNR 2301 ES. | H.M. Drifter "Speedwell
V" | 28th October 1916.

Photo No.30
This Memorial Records the Names of | The Men of the RNVR
Who were Lost When Their Armed Drifter HMD Speedwell V |
Ran Aground and was Wrecked at Splaugh | Rock off Greenore
Point Rosslare in Stormy | Seas on 28th October 1916 | To
Whom the Fortune of War Denied Them | The Known and
Honoured Burial Given to | Their Comrades in Death and Who
Are | Other Wise Buried in this Graveyard
GEORGE GEDDES Snr.          JAMES P. BURNS
(Skipper)                   JAMES HENDRY
GEORGE GEDDES               JAMES THOMAS
WILLIAM YOUNG               JAMES WATT
ALEXANDER BLACKHALL         WILLIAM WISEMAN
GEORGE BLACKHALL
               Lest We Forget
Erected By The Wexford Branch Royal British Legion |
With the Grateful Support of | The Wexford and Kilscoran
Union of Parishes | 3rd Oct 2021.

Photo No.31
In Loving Memory | of | STUART WILLIAM BUTTIMORE | Rosslare
Harbour | 25th July 1944 - 2nd March 2018 | A Shining Light
in Our Hearts | That Will Never Go Out | And Shall Remain
in Our Hearts | Forever More.

Photo No.32
In Loving Memory of | MILDRED CECELY CARELTON |
D'ARCY-IRVINE | Born ..? March 1888? Died .. January? |
Wife of HENRY COCKBURN? | D'ARCY - IRVINE | Late of
Woodville Bro..rous NAA | ... ? (Difficult to decipher) 
Per Irishgenealogy.ie - Henry Cockburn Darcy Irvine married
Mildred Cicely Carleton Richardson on 18 Feb 1914 His
father was Charles Cockburn D'arcy Irvine. Her father was
John Mervyn Archdale Carleton Richardson of Rosslare. The
marriage took place at Trory Church, County Fermanagh.

Photo No.33
In Loving Memory | of | RUTH ORMSBY | London England | Died
18th Aug 1979 Aged 50 Years.

Photo No.34
In | Loving Memory | of | HELENA | Wife of BOSTOCK JACOB |
Who fell asleep in Jesus | on March 31st 1895 | Also |
BOSTOCK JACOB | Who Died March 5th 1906.

Photo No.35
Mr LUKE SWEETMAN | Chief Officer | died Sept 29th 1971 |
aged 44 years.

Photo No.36
In Loving Memory | of | HELEN ELIZABETH MILLER | Nee
BOARDMAN | 1936-2022.

Photo No.37
In | Loving Remembrance | of | LEMUEL JOHN FURNEY | Who
Died February 26 1903 | Aged 5 Years.

Photo No.38
In Memory of | Our Dearly Loved Sister | ANNIE ALICIA
FURNEY | Born March 29, 1859 | Died May 6, 1918.

Photo No.39
In | Loving Remembrance of | WILLIAM HENRY | HANTON |
Cottage Tagoat | Born October 8th 1830 | Died May 11th 1895
| Also his wife | MARY JEFFARES HANTON | Died July 4th 1929
| Aged 84 Years | Father in the Gracious Keeping | Leave We
Now Thy Servant Sleeping.

Photo No.40
In Loving Memory | of | ANNE GREENE | Hilltown Tacumshane |
Who departed this life April 16th 1918 | aged 78 Years |
Also Her Husband | GEORGE REA GREENE | Who departed this
life Dec. 14th 1918 | Aged 77 Years.

Photo No.41
Sacred to the memory of | Mr FRANCIS EDENSOR OF |
Manchester who depd this life | on the 19th August 1833 at
the House of Mr J.O. FARRELL at | Rosslare aged 24 years.

Photo No.42
In | Memory Of | JOHN MERRIMAN | Rosslare Strand | Died
11th July 1952 | Aged 58 Years.

Photo No.43
(Side by side Ledger stones with a cross on each)
Very worn:
... | ... | CHARLES ? | ... Mother?... | The
Rev CHARLES? H... | ... | who died 24th May 190_?

Photo No.44
(Worn Ledger stone next to Number 43)
... | FRANCIS WILLIAM | BOSTOCK JACOB | Born ... | Died
July .. 1968 ? | ... | GERTRUDE CLARIBEL | Born ... | Died
Aug .. 1968.
Per Irishgenealogy.ie Francis William Bostock Jacob Died
2nd July 1968. He was 86. Present was Francine M.B.
Butterworth of Ruxton MD "Who caused the body to be
buried". Gertrude Claribel Jacob died 26 Aug 1968. She was
69. Francine M.B. Butterworth present. Tagoat.

Photo No.45
In | Loving Memory | of | LILLA JANE FURNEY | died August
15th 1943 | JACK E. FURNEY | Died March 20th 1979 | Aged 78
Yrs | Son of LEMUEL and LILLA FURNEY.

Photo No.46
In | Loving Memory | of | LEMUEL FURNEY | Died June 14th
1943 | HOPE LEARED FURNEY | Born 17th February 1907 | Died
28th January 1981 | Daughter of | LEMUEL and LLILA FURNEY.

Photo No.47
In Loving Memory | Of | FRANCES ELEANOR CAHILL | Rosslare
Strand | Died 28th June 1942, Aged 76 Yrs.

Photo No.48
Erected | In | Loving Memory of our Mother | SARAH ELLEN
POPE | Who departed this life 17th May 1912 | Also to her
son WILLIAM CHARLES | died 11th June 1927 | Interred |
Plymouth Naval Cemetery | Fiat Voluntas Tua.

Photo No.49
Sacred | To the memory of | LUCY | The beloved wife of |
HENRY RADFORD | Who died 2nd June 1911 | Aged 62 Years.

Photo No.50
JANE DE LA COUR JOHNSTON | Died 30 March 1959 | And her
husband | JAMES JOHNSTON | Died 17th Nov 1965

Photo No.51
In Loving Memory |  of | THOMAS JOLLY | Died 4th July 1954
| and | LAURA MAUD JOLLY | Died 5th April 1978 | Their son
RUSSELL JOHN | Died 30th Sept 1993 Aged 57 Yrs.

Photo No.52
In Memory | of | LILIAN HALL | Cherry Orchard, Rosslare |
Died 19th Jan. 1984 | Her son IVOR WILLIAM DELAINE | Died
10th Sept. 2006 Aged 83 Yrs | Also her daughter AUDREY
DELAINE | Died 25th Jan. 2011 Aged 90 Yrs. | 'At Rest'.



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