Elizabeth BIRKS
(1842-1848)
(1842-1848)
Grave No: 240;
Estimated Year of Birth: 1842;
Date of Death: 22nd March 1848;
Age: 6 years;
Latitude: 53.7205;
Longitude: -0.8507;
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Condition: Broken and laying on ground;
Length: 820 mm;
Width: 745 mm;
Thickness: ? - Buried in grass.
SACRED /
TO THE MEMORY OF /
MARY, DAUGHTER OF /
GEORGE AND MARIA BIRKS, OF HOOK, /
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 28th 1848, /
AGED 12 YEARS. /
ALSO ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE /
WHO DIED MARCH 22 1848 /
AGED 6 YEARS /
ALSO MARGARET, DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE /
WHO DIED APRIL THE 1ST 1848 /
AGED 2 YEARS.
Sister: 240: BIRKS, Mary (1836-1848)
Sister: 240: BIRKS, Margaret (1846-1848)
The dates of these deaths suggests that the children might have been victims of the second wave of Cholera that hit Goole and Hook in 1848.