Toxteth Park Municipal Cemetery Inscriptions

Large upright sand-stone, small round top, lowered curved shoulders. In affectionate remembrance / of / Mary Ann, / the dearly beloved wife of / William Israel HAM, / who departed this life on the 25th of Feby 1874, / aged 57 years. / Mourn not for her whom God hath blest, / and taken to her heavenly rest; / freed from all sorrow, grief and pain, / our loss is her eternal gain. / Also the above William Israel HAM, / who died 14th Aug. 1889, / aged 73 years. / *Gone but not forgotten.* / Also William Israel HAM, / aged 23 years. / Youngest son of William Israel and Ellen HAM / of Toxteth Park, Liverpool, / who died at sea on board the Steamer *Thebes*, / while on a voyage to Odessa on the 1st June 1901, / and was interred at Theodosia. / In foreign lands thy dying eyes were closed / but tender hands thy stiffening limbs composed / with loving hands thy humble grave adorned / by strangers loved and strangers mourned.

Large upright sand-stone, small round top, lowered curved shoulders. In affectionate remembrance / of / Edward, / son of Henry & Elizabeth BICKERSTAFF, / who died Decr 18th 1873, / aged 8 years & 6 months. / The great Jehovah full of love / an angel bright did send, / who took our harmless little dove / to joys that never end. / Also the above / Henry BICKERSTAFF, / who died Decr 25th 1874, / aged 63 years. / Also Elizabeth, / wife of the above / Henry BICKERSTAFF, / who died May 25th 1875, / aged 54 years. / Also Thomas H. A. BICKERSTAFF, / grandson of the above / who died Sept 11th 1875, / aged 4 years & 3 months. / He sleeps in Jesus. / Also Thomas BICKERSTAFF, / father of the above T. H. A. BICKERSTAFF, / who died 14th May 1877, aged 28 years.

Large upright sand-stone, straight top, lower rounded shoulders. In / loving memory of / Henry, / youngest son of William and Margaret IRVIN, / who died 25th October 1873, / aged 3 years and 9 months. / Also of Hannah, daughter of the above, / who died 28th Feby 1882, / aged 14 years and 9 months. / Also of Alexander, son of the above, / who died at sea 13th Decr 1896, / aged 32 years. / Also of the above William IRVIN, / who died 6th March 1897, / aged 70 years. / *Peace perfect peace.* / Also Margaret, widow of the above, / who died 28th August 1908, / aged 76 years. / *At rest.*

Large upright sand-stone, small round top, lowered curved shoulders. In memory / of / Sarah, / wife of Robert WALKER, / who died 25th Oct.1873, / aged 32 years. / Also of Christina, his mother, / who died 18th April 1900, / aged 85 years. / Also the above Robert WALKER, / who died 17th Sept. 1900, / aged 63 years. / *At rest.* / Also John Benn RIGBY, / grandson of the above Robert WALKER, / who died 9th January 1905, / aged 8 years. / Also Elizabeth, his mother, / beloved wife of Alfred RIGBY, / who died 25th of Feb. 1905, / aged 37 years.

Large grey marble, round top, lying flat on its back. In / memory of / Jane BURGESS, / who died at Liverpool, / 16th Decr 1886, aged 36 years. / This stone was erected / by the visitors at / Smedleys Hydropathic, Southport, / as a mark of esteem for her / who as Matron of the establishment, / had deservedly won the / respect of all. / Also of / James BURGESS, her father / interred in Castle Churchyard / Stafford. / *Jesus said I am the resurrection / and the life.*

Large upright sand-stone, round top. In / affectionate remembrance / of / Mary, / the beloved wife of James GREEN, / who died on the 29th day of August 1874, / aged 49 years. / *Lord abide with me.*

Large sand-stone, round top, square mantle shoulders, lying flat on its back. In loving memory / of / Frederick Windle, / died 30. June 1882, aged 11 months. / Also John Harold, / died 14. October 1891, aged 6 years. / Also of Percy Alan, / Corporal 4th Cheshire Regiment, / killed in Gallipoli, August 1915, / aged 37 years. / The beloved sons of / John Edward and Sarah Mary SUTTON. / Also of William Herbert, / second son of the above, / who died at London, Ontario, Canada, / 7th March 1922, aged 47 years. / *Until the day dawn.* / Also Arthur Ernest, / eldest son of the above, / the beloved husband of Mary SUTTON / died 29th Dec 1922, aged 50 years. / Also the above John Edward SUTTON, / died 7th July 1926, aged 79 years. / Also the above Sarah Mary SUTTON, / died 5th December 1937, aged 89 years.