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St Giles Churchyard

John Ginns - monument. Click for larger image in new window

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

MY DEAR PARENTS

JOHN GINNS
WHO PASSED AWAY
OCTOBER 25th 1909,
AGED 83 YEARS

ALSO OF

ANN
THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO PASSED AWAY
SEPTEMBER 22nd 1909
AGED 81 YEARS

NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING
SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING


John was the fourth (known) child of Thomas and Mary Ginns.

He married Ann Manton in 1850.

They had two daughters, Emma and Amelia. As Emma died in 1878 it must have been Amelia who erected the memorial to her parents.