Toxteth Park Municipal Cemetery Inscriptions

Large upright white stone, round top. In loving memory of / Anne E. / beloved daughter of / John H. and Ellen SMETHURST, / who died 16th October 1893, aged 24 years. / Also Edward, their infant son, / who died 25th January 1894, aged 11 months. / Also Alice, their daughter, / who died 6th April 1876 aged 3 years. / And interred at Thornhill Church Yorkshire. / Also Ernest, the beloved son of the above, / who died through an accident / while tobogganing in Sefton Park / on the 12th Feby 1902, aged 19 years. / *Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.* / Also of the above named / John Henry SMETHURST, / who died 27th August 1908, aged 63 years. / Also Ellen, widow of the above, / who died 19th July 1919, (Peace Day) / aged 69 years. / Also sacred to the memory of / Henry Christopher Shackleton, / dearly loved and only surviving son of the above / John Henry and Ellen SMETHURST, / who died in Colombo, Ceylon, 21st September 1919, / aged 28 years. / *We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.*

Three sand-stone tiers, one large, with a cross. In loving memory of / Charlotte Bovill, / wife of / William Henry NEWCOMBE, / who died on the 14th January 1895, / in her 45th year. / Also the above / William Henry NEWCOMBE, / who died 12th October 1899, / aged 58 years. // Also of / Ethel Maud NEWCOMBE, / who died 13th October 1897, / aged 7 weeks.

Three grey marble tiers with a cross. In / loving remembrance of / George EDWARDS, / died 19th November 1896, / aged 54 years. / Also Maria, wife of the above / died 27th August 1909, aged 66 years. / Also George Whitfield, son of the above / died 6th April 1928, aged 53 years.

Large sand-stone, round top, lying flat on its back. In affectionate remembrance / of / Amelia Agnes, / the dearly beloved wife of W. D. MacDONALD, / who departed this life 25th August 1898, / aged 30. / Sadly missed. / Also William Don MacDONALD, / who died 6th May 1918, / aged 63.

Three white stone tiers with a cross. In / loving memory of / Mary Elizabeth, / wife of / Anthony Swainson DICKSON, / who died 19th April 1899, / aged 49 years. / Also Anthony Swainson DICKSON, / who died 9th November 1927, aged 82 years.

Large white stone, small round top, curved shoulders, lying flat on its back. To the memory of / John Marriott LEATHER, / died Nov. 6th 1899, / aged 37. / A tribvte from many friends. / *Bvt in the life to come which fades / not away, every love shall abide.* / Also Florence M. LEATHER, / wife of the above, / died November 26th 1939. / Joseph LEATHER, / died December 1904, aged 79.

Three grey marble tiers, broken cross lying in front. Sacred / to the memory of / Alfred FRANCIS / who died 17th Decr 1899, / aged 62 years. / *O rest in the Lord.* / Also Harriett Selina his wife, / who died 28th Septr 1907, / aged 69 years. // Also of / Ernest Alfred, / eldest son of / Alfred & Harriett S. FRANCIS, / born 24th Nov. 1863, / died 15th Feb. 1919.

Small upright sand-stone, straight top, lower square shoulders. In loving memory of / Reginald Thomas FRANCIS, / died 13th March 1940, aged 67 years. / Also Ellen Sophia, his beloved wife, / died 20th January 1948, aged 73 years. / Also Elsie Lillian and Audrey Sybil, / died 9th February 1904. / Children of the above, who died in infancy.