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From: Graeme & Donna Morris <>
Subject: Re: Newcastle area cemeteries and McGarry
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 10:42:33 +1100


You can phone or write to the Sandgate Cem at Newcastle which is the lasgest
cem in the area and they will look up the name and give you the details for a
fee.
Donna Morris

christine trenorden wrote:

> Can anyone help with the following. I have a photo of a gravestone of a
> relative. It poses a question. If I knew the full inscription, I might be
> able to work out the relationship. I do not know where the photo was taken,
> ie, the cemetery.
>
> The headstone has the following inscription:
> "In Loving Memory of Catherine McGarry (could be McCarry), died 4th May
> 1940, aged 67 years
> ALSO her loving ??? (cannot read)
> Elizabeth Alice Jones, died 20th August 1886, aged 20 years,
> AND
> Annie Murray, died 6th January, 1890, aged 20 years."
>
> The headstone has "Newcastle" at its base and "CM (?) Lear" (hard to read),
> whom I assume is a Newcastle stonemason and which would suggest that it is
> in a cemetery in or near Newcastle.
> I know that Elizabeth Alice Jones nee Murray died at Watagah, near Moree, so
> it is unlikely that she is buried in the grave. Her husband's family came
> from East Maitland and Singleton. I do not know who Catherine McGarry is,
> nor her relationship with the Murray girls, Elizabeth and Annie, nor can I
> find her death on the NSW BDM site. She cannot be their mother, as she is
> too young.
>
> Is anyone researching McGarry? Can anyone suggest how I could track down
> the full text of the memorial inscription? Ho many cemeteries are there in
> Newcastle/ Maitland/Singleton?
>
> Christine Trenorden in sunny South Australia
> researching Thomas JONES family
> email:

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