Morris Burials, Bath Abbey Cemetery

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Bath, Somerset, England
Surnames/tags: Morris Stafford Harper

Bath Abbey Cemetery

Bath Abbey Cemetery

Gate

A gate to Bath Abbey Cemetery is located at the corner of Ralph Allen Drive and Perrymead in Bath. One enters at the bottom of a hill. At the top of the hill, to the left of the chapel (as you are looking at the front of it), are the graves of Frederick Morris (d. 1875, plot 1A16) and Julia Stafford Morris (d. 1850, plot 1A16); also Frederick's second wife, Cecelia Byron Morris (d. 1887, plot 1A16).

Photographs by SD 2 Feb 2018.^[1] Copyright SD.

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Burial [1]

Julia Morris

Age 42, Birth Year abt 1808

Burial Date 18 Apr 1850

Burial Place Bath Abbey, Somerset, England [2]

Parish as it Appears St Peter & St Paul Bath

Julia [3] [4]

TO THE MEMORY OF

JULIA

THE BELOVED AND AFFECTIONATE WIFE OF

FREDERICK MORRIS

OF THIS CITY

WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS

THURSDAY APRIL 11TH 1850

AGED 42 YEARS

YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL FOR THOU ART WITH ME: THY ROD AND THY STAFF THEY COMFORT ME.

Death record:^[2]

482 / Eleventh April 1850 22 Milsom Street, Saint Michael's, Bath / Julia Morris / Female / 42 years / wife of Frederick Morris upholsterer / Child Birth 13 days Fever 16 Hours Certified / Chr Alex Harriet in attendance, 11 Walcot Parade, Bath / Seventeenth April 1850 / J. Barrett Registrar

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Burial [5]

Frederick Morris

Age 66, Birth Year abt 1809

Burial Date18 Mar 1875

Burial Place Bath Abbey, Somerset, England [6]

Parish as it Appears St Peter & St Paul Bath

Frederick [7] [8]

TO THE MEMORY OF

FREDERICK MORRIS

HIGHLY RESPECTED INHABITANT

OF THIS CITY

WHO DIED MARCH THE 12TH 1875

AGED 66 YEARS

"BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD."

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW AND ELEVEN CHILDREN IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF A FOND HUSBAND AND THE BEST OF FATHERS.

Death record:^[3]

498 / Twelfth March 1875, Holloway House / Frederick Morris / Male / 66 years / Gentleman / Acute Broncho 6 days Pneumonia Certified by Thomas C M.D. / Frederick Morris Son Present at the Death, 22 Milsom Street, Bath / Seventeenth March 1875 / William D Registrar

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Cecelia

EVER LOVING MEMORY OF

CECELIA BYRON MORRIS

WIDOW OF THE LATE

FREDERICK MORRIS

WHO ENTERED INTO REST . . .

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Sources

1. ↑ Photographs by SD 2 Feb 2018. Copyright SD.
2. ↑ General Resister Office, England
3. ↑ General Resister Office, England