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In Loving Memory of

JOHN,
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
SARAH JANE FREER,
WHO PASSED AWAY
DEC 19TH 1916, AGED 71 YEARS.

ALSO JOHN WILLIAM,
THEIR BELOVED SON
WHO PASSED AWAY
FEB 22ND 1907, AGED 21 YEARS

GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOMES,
BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS

ALSO SARAH JANE,
BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE,
WHO DIED AUG 20TH 1931
AGED 80 YEARS

ALSO THEIR SONS
EDWARD AND FREDERICK HARRY


John Freer was born in Wilbarston about 1846. He married Sarah Jane Sanders, also born in Wilbarston, but four years later.

The couple were married in 1868. They were living in Desborough by 1871. They had ten children, all born in Desborough. By 1911 only 3 of their children were still living with them: Edward, working as a licensed hawker, Frederick Harry, working as a mason's labourer, and their youngest, Elsie, working as a shop assistant.