Spain - Old Catholic Cemetery - Nowra, NSW, Australia - Broken Column Headstones on Waymarking.com

On the east facing base of the white marble Broken Column the inscription reads:

"Pray for the soul of
WILLIAM SPAIN
Native of Galway
Ireland
Died 29th XXX 1870
Aged 64 years"

While on the north facing base of the headstone, reads:

"Also his wife
CATHERINE
Died 25th March 1892
Aged 64 years"

It is just inside the entrance of the Old Catholic Cemetery, which is over the road from St Michael's Catholic Church in the western side of Nowra. The Broken Column monument is surrounded by a low concrete ledge and simple wrought iron fence, with another (arched) headstone.


This small cemetery "is a small portion of William Ratnett's 82 acre Farm. Not being of Catholic faith he had expressed a wish to be buried in this Cemetery, but not have a headstone erected on his grave, just a simple fence. He died on December 29th 1880, and his wishes were carried out."**

"Although the Cemetery was officially closed in January 1887, some interments continued into the early 1990s. The last burial was that of Mary Ryan, aged 92 years, on October 30th, 1948."** Information from plaques at the Lychgate entrance.

Visited: 0940, Monday, 2 October, 2017

Headstone/Monument Text: Pray for the soul of WILLIAM SPAIN Native of Galway Ireland Died 29th XXX 1870 Aged 64 years Also his wife CATHERINE Died 25th March 1892 Aged 64 years Website with More Information: Not listed

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