In loving Memory.

In family history research, tombstones or gravestones can provide valuable information. I asked a friend of mine to search in Huyton for the memorial to my great grandparents, Joseph and Rachel Weldon.


The inscription reads :

In loving memory of Rachel, the beloved wife of Joseph Weldon who died February 10th 1922 aged 60 years, also their son Richard Weldon, Private 5th South Lancashire Regiment who was killed in action at Cambrai November 30th, 1917 aged 30 years, also of the above Joseph Weldon who died January 4th 1924 aged 65 years. "God be with you till we meet again" also their daughter Alice who died September 21st 1945 aged 41 years.

The friend, Brendan, while walking in the graveyard with his camera, noticed an older gentleman laying flowers at a nearby gravestone, for some reason they chatted and the man told him that he remembered the Weldon family fish shop from when he was a boy, that they also sold milk and farm produce.

The gravestone reverts to the family spelling of Weldon for Richard, not the soundex version.