LAUNCESTON HOLY TRINITY CHURCH (Cameron Street)
There is only one headstone here, or rather, crypt. It is situated on the northern side of the Church, and is in memoriam of
Archdeacon
MARGARET
LETITIA HALES
AUG. 15TH 1870 AUG. 28
1890
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ANNE AUGUSTA HALES
NOV 22 1825 NOV 30
1887
FORTY YEARS THE LOVED WIFE OF
FRANCIS HALES
ARCHDEACON
OF LAUNCESTON
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FRANCIS HALES
FORTY FIVE YEARS INCUMBENT OF
TRINITY CHURCH
ARCHDEACON OF LAUNCESTON,
BORN XMAS DAY
1821,
DIED JULY 19TH 1860.
TO BE WITH CHRIST IS FAR
BETTER.
The crypt was originally set at the Church of England Cemetery, Launceston, Cypress Street. When that cemetery was removed
in 1953 (Green, 2007, p. 134), the Hales' crypt was taken to rest at Launceston Holy Trinity Church (TFHS Inc., 2010), where Archdeacon Hales had served since his family's arrival from Ireland in 1854, and where the east window in the new Church (rebuilt and consecrated in 1902) is a memorial to him (Green, 2007, p. 208).
North-facing
aspect of family monument:
MARGARET LETITIA HALES
(Photograph at left)
MARGARET LETITIA HALES
(Photograph at left)
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East-facing
aspect of family monument:
ANNE AUGUSTA HALES
(Photograph at right)
ANNE AUGUSTA HALES
(Photograph at right)
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West-facing
aspect of family monument:
FRANCIS HALES (ARCHDEACON)
(Photograph at left)
FRANCIS HALES (ARCHDEACON)
(Photograph at left)
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South-facing
aspect of family monument
(Photograph at right)
(Photograph at right)
REFERENCES:
Green, Anne (2007). A Model Municipality. Places of Management, Mentoring & Medicine in Launceston. Launceston City Council, St John Street, Launceston 7270 Tasmania.
Tasmanian Family History Society Inc. (2010). TAMIOT: Tombstone & Memorial Inscriptions of Tasmania.
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