Sarah Jane JOLLIFFE
Forename(s): Sarah Jane
Surname: JOLLIFFE
Daughter of - JolliffeDate of birth: 1881 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 18 Nov 1894
Date of burial: 20 Nov 1894
Age at death: 13 years
Address: Carisbrooke
Section: H - Cemetery map
Plot No: 46 Section map of plots
Burial Register entry: Carisbrooke 4279
IWCP - 24 November 1894 - DEATHS - JOLLIFFE. - Nov. 18, at the Eight Bells Inn, Carisbrooke, Sarah Jane Jolliffe, the beloved niece of Alfred and Sarah Jane Burt, aged 13 years. - Mr. and Mrs. Burt desire to thank their many friends for sympathy in their bereavement, and they especially acknowledge the kind attention of the district nurses during their niece's illness.
Carisbrooke Cemetery
Image by: Tony Barton
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OFSARAH JANE JOLLIFFE
THE BELOVED NEICE [sic] OF
ALFRED AND SARAH BURT
WHO DIED NOVEMBER 18TH 1894
AGED 13 YEARS
MAIDEN LOVLIER THAN SPRING
IS THY BLOOM DEPARTED TOO.
HAS THY CHEEK FORGOT ITS ROSE
OR THINE EYE ITS APRIL BLUE.
HE SHALL GATHER THE LAMBS WITH HIS ARMS
AND CARRY THEM IN HIS BOSOM.
Transcription by: Sandy Crump and Cherry Farley