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A Mystery!
On my way home last night, I walked along the narrow path between St. Paul's and its parochial house, downtown.
Previously, I'd only walked through in the the winter, so I was surprised to find the little garden and graveyard. Some of the stones were worn smooth. The oldest legible ones dated from the 1830s. The most notable one was an altar tomb, or "stone table," serving as a monument to a worthy of the Empire...
The text, with spelling anachronisms retained:
SACRED
to the Memory of
JAMES M. WHYTE, ESQ.
Formerly Captain in the (R?) or The King's
Dragoon Guards
and subsequently Lieutenant Collonel
in the Surry Regiment Guard of Horse
One of His Majestys Privy Council
and a Justice of assize
In the Island of Jamaica
Guided through life
by the strictest principles of honour
and integrity
He died universally Esteemed & regretted
On the 9th day of June 1843
In the 55th year of his age
Curious as to how this fellow came from England, to Jamaica, to Upper Canada, I did a google search and discovered an interesting back story, involving Queen Victoria's presumed half-aunt...
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You know that scene in Babe, where Farmer Hoggett sings and dances a jig? It is Claire's favorite thing in the world right now.
Previously, I'd only walked through in the the winter, so I was surprised to find the little garden and graveyard. Some of the stones were worn smooth. The oldest legible ones dated from the 1830s. The most notable one was an altar tomb, or "stone table," serving as a monument to a worthy of the Empire...
The text, with spelling anachronisms retained:
SACRED
to the Memory of
JAMES M. WHYTE, ESQ.
Formerly Captain in the (R?) or The King's
Dragoon Guards
and subsequently Lieutenant Collonel
in the Surry Regiment Guard of Horse
One of His Majestys Privy Council
and a Justice of assize
In the Island of Jamaica
Guided through life
by the strictest principles of honour
and integrity
He died universally Esteemed & regretted
On the 9th day of June 1843
In the 55th year of his age
Curious as to how this fellow came from England, to Jamaica, to Upper Canada, I did a google search and discovered an interesting back story, involving Queen Victoria's presumed half-aunt...
***
You know that scene in Babe, where Farmer Hoggett sings and dances a jig? It is Claire's favorite thing in the world right now.
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Mystery solved.
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"...Emily Esther Elizabeth, the future Mrs. Gourlay, was born in 1818, one year before the infant Victoria, her presumed half-aunt to whom she bore a remarkable likeness."
Reading carefully, Victoria is the half-aunt.
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