Grave Hunting at Nab Wood Cemetery

Today as we drove past Nab Wood Cemetery to get to a Lego Fair my husband wanted to see, I persuaded him on the return journey to stop off at the cemetery to visit the grave of my great, great, great grandmother, Sarah Hannah Poole & her son, my great, great grandfather, Fred Poole. I had found a reference to the grave on FindAGrave.com which aided locating the grave by already seeing a picture and knowing it's size, shape & colour.

Photo of my ancestor grave at Nab Wood Cemetery

In Loving Memory

of SARAH HANNAH

beloved wife of JAMES POOLE

who died May 17th 1922

in her 82nd year

"at rest"

Also of JAMES POOLE

husband of the above,

died at Melbourne, Australia

Also of FRED POOLE,

Son of the above,

died 8th April 1948

aged 87 years

When I eventually found the grave of Sarah Hannah & Fred Poole, I was more surprised to discover that the neighbouring grave was that of another set of my great, great, great grandparents, John & Jessie Binns. John & Jessie Binns were Fred Poole's parents-in-law.

My ancestors grave at Nab Wood Cemetery

A close up of the inscription

In 

Loving Memory of 

JOHN BINNS 

died Sep 27th 1904 

aged 65 years

also JESSIE wife of the above

died Dec 10th 1921

in her 78th year

Further close up of the inscription on John Binn's gravestone

Also ROSE HANNAH

daughter of the above

died Aug 5th 1896

in her 16th year

Last close up of John Binn's gravestone inscription

Also CLARISSA

Wife of JIM BINNS

Died May 7th 1919 aged 52 years

I am presuming that perhaps Fred & his wife, Grace Ellen Poole nee Binns bought the adjacent burial plots for their parents. Otherwise it would be a strange co-incidence that they're buried in neighbouring plots.

We had a further general wander around the rest of the cemetery and found a grave for Ada Poole nee Druce, the wife of Charles H Poole. Charles H Poole was Fred Poole's brother & son to Hannah.

Grave stone for Ada Poole

In Loving Memory of

ADA

wife of CHARLES H. POOLE

died July 7th 1926

aged 47 years.

All in all I feel it was a worthwhile trip especially finding 2 more ancestral graves which were unexpected finds!!