Biography

ELLEN THOMPSON

Burial register ID: 2245
Surname: THOMPSON
First name: ELLEN
Middle names:
Gender: Female
Age: 49 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 08-Feb-1878
Date of burial: 10-Feb-1878

Block: 109
Plot: 10
Inscription:

on left side of monument as seen from the road:-

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF

ELLEN

THE BELOVED WIFE OF

WILLIAM THOMPSON

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

THE 8th FEBRUARY 1878

AGED 49 YEARS

“STRANGE FRIEND PAST, PRESENT, AND TO BE:

LOVED DEEPLIER, DARKLIER UNDERSTOOD:

BEHOLD! I DREAM A DREAM OF GOOD

AND MINGLE ALL THE WORLD WITH THEE”

WILLIAM THOMPSON

DIED 27th SEPT. 1891

AGED 56 YEARS

on front of monument as seen from the road:-

THIS IS A PLACE OF REST, THEN

TAKE A SEAT, WANDERING STRANGER,

AND CONTEMPLATE THE SCENE,

OVER THERE.

“OH, THE SPACIOUS GRAND PLANTATION,

OVER THERE.

SHINING LIKE A CONSTELLATION,

OVER THERE.

HOLY WITH A CONSECRATION,

FROM ALL TEARS AND TRIBULATION

FROM ALL GRIME, AND GRIEF, AND CARE:

TO ALL USES GOOD AND FAIR,

OVER THERE”.

on right side of monument as seen from the road:-

STOP, TRAVELLER STOP, ERE YOU GO BY:

AS YOU ARE NOW, SO ONCE WAS I:

AS I AM NOW, SO YOU MUST BE:

PREPARE YOURSELF TO FOLLOW ME.

Bio contributor:

Ellen Thompson was married to William Thompson, a well-known citizen of Dunedin. She had immigrated from England, and had been in New Zealand for 15 years, at the time of her death on 8th February 1878, aged 49 years.

There are 1 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
THOMPSON ELLEN 49 Years 08-Feb-1878 10-Feb-1878