FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS
THE FAMILY OF JAMES & SARAH ANN ROOCROFT
MONUMENT INSCRIPTION AND BURIAL RECORDS:
| MONUMENT INSCRIPTION: "In Loving Memory of Florence Emma daughter of James and Sarah Roocroft died January 7th 1885, aged 5 years Also Kate, their daughter, died March 27th 1885, aged 2 years 'Greave not with sorrow, Jesus felt your pain He did your lamps but borrow, He'll give them back again' Also the above James Roocroft died December 30th 1890, aged 44 years Also Richard Cottam, son of the above died June 20th 1893 aged 5 3/4 years Also David Iddon, their youngest son, died December 26th 1893, aged 2 1/2 years Also the above named Sarah Ann Roocroft died January 10th 1914, aged 58 years" |
| [Buried in plot 6, row 2 grave 4 in the churchyard at St Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Eccleston] |
| BURIAL RECORDS: | |
| Florence Emma Roocroft, of Eccleston, buried 10 January 1885, age 5 years, by Humphrey W. Bretherton, Rector. |
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| Kate Roocroft, of Eccleston, buried 29 March 1885, age 2 years 3 months, by Humphrey W. Bretherton, Rector. |
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| James Roocroft, of Eccleston, buried 3 January 1891, age 42, by Humphrey W. Bretherton, Rector. |
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| Richard Roocroft, of Eccleston, buried 22 June 1893, age 5 years, by J.T. Wilson, Vicar of Wrightington. |
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| David Iddon Roocroft, of Eccleston, buried 29 December 1893, age 2 years 4 months, by Humphrey W. Bretherton, Rector. |
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| Sarah Ann Roocroft, of Eccleston, buried 13 January 1914, age 58 years, by Thomas A. Walton, Rector |
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| NOTES: | |
| 1: | The Monument transcription held at the Lancashire Record Office contains several errors. |
| 2: | The above information is taken from the Monument Inscription and from the original burial registers held at the Lancashire Record Office in Preston. |