Edward PERKINS
Forename(s): Edward
Surname: PERKINS
BricklayerDate of birth: 1881 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 20 Oct 1904
Date of burial: 25 Oct 1904
Age at death: 23 years
Address: South Street, Parish of Newport
Section: B Consecrated - Cemetery map
Plot No: 606 Section map of plotsBurial Register entry: Newport 2983
IWCP - 29 October 1904 - Newport - THE FUNERAL - took place on Tuesday, at Newport Cemetery, of Mr. Edward Perkins, who died on the previous Thursday at the age of 23. Representatives of the Operative Bricklayers' Society followed.
Newport Cemetery
Image by: Tony Barton
Inscription
In Loving Memory ofEDWARD PERKINS.
WHO DIED OCTOBER 20TH 1904
AGED 23 YEARS.
NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH WE MISS HIM
NONE BUT ACHING HEARTS CAN TELL
EARTH HAS LOST HIM HEAVEN HAS GAINED
JESUS HAS DONE ALL THINGS WELL
NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE.
Transcription by: Kate MacDonell & Cherry Farley