_headstone.jpg "Mary Ann Tuckwell Best (1824) headstone (245 KB)
Inscription
Also Mary Ann, beloved wife of Thomas S. Best, who died 20th August 1901, aged 77 1/2 years.
Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest
Whose waking is supremely blest.
No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour
That manifests the Saviour's power.
Note: Memorial inscription transcribed with reference to the NFHS publication ‘St Jude’s Anglican Cemetery Dural’ and ddac.org.a
Gravesite Details DDHS describes 'Tall white marble obelisk and pedestal on a large square sandstone plinth. A draped cinerary urn with carved flower motif on a fringed and tasselled shawl. North and west faces are blank. Sandstone kerbed double plot.'
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Mary Ann Tuckwell
Noted events in her life were: • source. • connection. Mary married Thomas Samuel Best, son of Thomas Best and Mary Beckett, on 2 Jan 1845 in St Judes, Dural, Sydney, NSW Australia. (Thomas Samuel Best was born on 3 Jul 1822 in Dural, Sydney, NSW Australia, died on 31 Dec 1893 in Dural, Sydney, NSW Australia and was buried in Jan 1894 in St Judes, Dural, Sydney, NSW Australia Section 1, Row 5, Site 1-2.) |
