A site devoted to those named Wainwright, who originated in and around Penistone Parish, Yorkshire, England

Penistone Churchyard - Gravestone of
Walter Henry Wainwright 1864-1864
Benjamin Wainwright 1863-1865
John Wainwright 1862-1866
Fred Wainwright 1866-1866
William Wainwright 1831-1866

Last Revised: 8/22/2001

The picture below, taken by Ellen & David Evans in 1999 in the churchyard at Penistone,
shows the gravestone of the following Wainwrights, (which have not yet been linked as ancestors).

Walter Henry Wainwright 1864-1864

Benjamin Wainwright 1863-1865

John Wainwright 1862-1866

Fred Wainwright 1866-1866

William Wainwright 1831-1866
(father of above & husband of Harriet Wainwright)

The inscription appears to be:

  HERE RESTETH IN HOPE THE BODY OF
  WALTER HENRY SON OF WILLIAM AND
  HARRIET WAINWRIGHT OF PENISTONE
  WHO DIED ON DECEMBER 16th 1864 AGED 6 WEEKS
  ALSO THE BODY OF BENJAMIN THEIR SON
  WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 2nd 1865 AGED 2 YEARS
  ALSO THE BODY OF JOHN THEIR SON WHO
  DIED MAY 23rd 1866 AGED 4 YEARS
  ALSO THE BODY OF FRED THEIR SON WHO
  DIED JUNE 9th 1866 AGED 6 MONTHS
  ALSO THE BODY OF THE ABOVE WILLIAM
  WAINWRIGHT WHO DIED JULY 5, 1866
  AGED 36 YEARS
 

Note the family tragedy this stone records over a 1½ year period:
A 6 week old son died.
Less than 10 months later a 2 year old son died.
Less than 9 months later, a 4 year old son died.
Less that 4 weeks later, a 6 month old son died.
Less than a month later, the husband died at age 36.

© Photo Copyright 1999, David Evans