Private Richard
Pilkington (........)
- Back To . . .96th
Foot Manchester Regiment.
Born :
Circa
Where :
Occupation : Soldier
Date Arrived :
Ship Arrived on :
Rank on Discharge : Private
Date of Enlistment :
Regimental #
:
Where Enlisted :
Date of Discharge :
Died :
Where Died /
Buried :
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name : Mary
Born :
circa 1801
Where :
Occupation :
Date Arrived :
Ship Arrived on :
Died : 17th August
1843. age 42.
Where Died /
Buried :
Norfolk Island / Norfolk Island
Cemetery. Grave 101
Date Married :
Where Married :
Spouse's Parents
Descendants :
- Children :
- Area Settled :
History
& Achievements :
- The Inscription on the
Headstone of,
- Mary Pilkington.
- Wife of Private Richard
Pilkington
- Buried Norfolk Island
Cemetery. Grave 101
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- Sacred to the Memory of
- Mary
- Wife of Richard Pilkington,
- Who died
- Aug 17th 1843 Aged 42 Years
- Weep not for me my children dear
- I am not Dead but sleeping here.
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- (note)This is one of the
graves which has been covered since the last century by
drifting sand from Cemetery Bay. It was revealed during
excavations in 1970.
- © Copyright B & M Chapman (QLD)
Australia
- Last revised: June 11, 2003.