Eliza Bishop Obelisk - Kanata, Ontario
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N 45° 21.323 W 075° 55.615
18T E 427397 N 5022847
The Bishop family obelisk is in St John's Anglican Cemetery in South March.
Waymark Code: WMQPY4
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 03/15/2016
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This ten foot, red obelisk is the tallest obelisk in the cemetery.
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZA
BELOVED WIFE OF
HENRY BISHOP
DIED NOV. 6th 1889
AGED 77 YRS.
"Strength and honour are her clothing: And she shall rejoice in time to come." Prov. XXXI. 26. Bishop
HENRY BISHOP
DIED NOV. 1, 1901,
AGED 81 YRS.
HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
ROBERT
DIED AUG. 1843,
AGED 1 YR. & 9 MOS.
HENRY EDWARD,
BORN JUNE 1852
DIED NOV. 1855.
According to the Ontario death registration (1889 #002274), Eliza Bishop (wife of Henry, resident of Nepean) died of apoplexy.
According to the Ontario death registration (1901 #006433), Henry Bishop (farmer, born in County Limerick, Ireland) died of old age and heart failure.
According to census material, Eliza and Henry had at least ten children, including two sets of twins, in addition to Robert and Henry Edward mentioned on the monument.