Fountain

Yeates sisters

Erection date: 1893

Inscription

In memory of three sweet sisters aged 1, 3, 4, years, daughters of Wilson Yeates Esq., interred at Horton, Bucks I834. Erected by their sister, Rose Mary Crawshay (widow) 1893.

Site: Yeates sisters (1 memorial)

N16, Clissold Park, Clissold House

When we found this touching memorial we wanted to know more: the names of the three babies who died; the home they had lived in and the reason for the memorial being placed here, on this building.  With help from various web sites and two kind colleagues we answered all our questions, and more. The information is mainly on the pages for Rose Mary Crawshay and her father William Wilson Yeates.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Yeates sisters

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Eliza Yeates

Eliza (or Elizabeth) Yeates was born Horton, daughter of William Willson Yeat...

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Emily Yeates

Born Horton, daughter of William Wlllson Yeates. See there for information ab...

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Frances Mary Yeates

Baptised in Horton 17 December 1833 daughter of William Wlllson Yeates. See t...

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William Willson Yeates

Born in Lewisham. His children included Rose Mary Crawshay and 3 daughters wh...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Yeates sisters

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Rose Mary Crawshay

Philanthropist, feminist, educationist. Born Rose Mary Yeates in Horton, Buck...

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