Eglingham Churchyard Section-A-Row-3-11-Gooderham/Pennethorne/Carr-Ellison
Transcription
[Tomb with a coping stone which has sloping top and vertical sides.]
Sacred to the memory of BLANCHE beloved wife of the Rev A. GOODERHAM eldest daughter of Sir JAMES PENNETHORNE, of Worcester Park, Surrey, who died Dec. 12, 1908 aged 70 years. [On top left side of coping stone]
Thy kingdom come, o Lord. [On left face of coping stone]
ABRAHAM GOODERHAM Vicar of Eglingham 1904:1912 fell asleep August 25 1914 aged 75 years. Revd. E. J. R. BRIGGS GOODERHAM, Lieut 36th Machine Gun Company called to higher service December 13th 1916. [On top right side of coping stone]
EMILY THEODORA GOODERHAM, his second wife, eldest daughter of JOHN RALPH CARR-ELLISON fell asleep 26th March 1936. [On right-side face of coping stone.]
Difficult to read in poor light because of white lichen.
Commentary
NEWCASTLE EVENING CHRONICLE, 23 JUNE 1936
BEQUESTS TO CHARITY
Vicar’s Widow
Mrs Emily Theodora Gooderham of the Croft, Eglingham, widow of the Rev. Abraham Gooderham formerly Vicar of Eglingham and daughter of the late John Ralph Carr-Ellison of Hedgeley, left £13,550 , net personalty £13,478.
She gives the residue of the property as to 1-10 th to the Clergy Orphan Corporation, Newcastle Diocesan Lodge, the Missions to Seamen, the Church Lads’ Brigade, the Vicar of the Parish of Eglingham, Northumberland for the poor, the County of Northumberland Boy Scouts’ Fund, her nephew John Campbell Carr- Ellison, and her nephew, Theodore Ralph Tate Carr-Ellison and 9-10th to her sisters, Violet Caroline Darling and Amy Harriette Carr-Ellison, her niece Rita Emily Currie, her step-mother, Mrs Edith Maude Mary Carr-Ellison, Cuthbert F.C Carr-Ellison, Thomas Fenwicke Clennell Carr-Ellison and her half sister, Edith Fenwicke Clennell Carr-Ellison.
