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Wording On Gravestone

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Staffslass

Staffslass Report 10 Jul 2011 19:18

Hi,

Today I have been and copied the wording off a gravestone and wondered if anyone could help me with the meaning. I have tried to google it but can't see it.

The wording is Rose Mary Phillipson E. de. M who died June 7th 1897 aged 34 years. It is the E de M that I am not sure of.

Thanks.

Sally

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 10 Jul 2011 20:15

Of Irish descent?

http://www.ourlibrary.ca/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1353

If she was unmarried maybe?

Chris

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MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 10 Jul 2011 20:16

Hope this solves your problem.


http://www.ourlibrary.ca/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1353

George_of_Westbury

George_of_Westbury Report 10 Jul 2011 20:16

I found this, could be something to do with a religious order,


http://www.sodality.ie/


GEORGE

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MargaretM

MargaretM Report 10 Jul 2011 20:22

Was she Roman Catholic? E de M usually means Enfant de Marie signifying that she was educated at a convent i.e. educated to be a lady.

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Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Staffslass

Staffslass Report 10 Jul 2011 20:24

Thanks for your help she was not of Irish decent but reading through the other links I think she may have been a missionary.

What confused me at first was that the gravestone is in an Anglican church and it seems to be a Catholic meaning but from reading further I see that Catholics were buried in Anglican Churchyards which would explain why sometimes the family appear to be Catholic and sometimes Anglican.

Also one of her great nieces was a nun in a Catholic convent and they worked at different times for local well known Catholic families including The Duke of Norfolk at Arundel Castle.

Sally