The British Empire and its effect on Plymouth

Amy Elizabeth (1882 - 1898) and Rosie (1896 - 1898) Luscombe

1898 was a difficult year for Thomas and Kate Luscombe as they lost not one but two daughters. Rosia had only recently reached her first birthday in 1898 when she died on January 17th. Sadly within six months they had also lost their 15 year old daughter Amy Elizabeth Luscombe.
The inscription below the details only hint at the pain:
If he had asked us well we know
We should have said O, Spare this blow
Yes, with streaming tears would say,
Lord, we love them, let them stay.
It is interesting that they were buried at St. Edward's Church in Eggbuckland. Firstly Kate was originally from Eggbuckland herself, it was her husband who had been elsewhere in Collytown, Sheepstor and had moved to Laira with his father. St. Edward's was quite a trek from Laira which is why Crabtree Mission had been constructed and set up but that had no graveyard. Indeed even when St. Mary's was constructed in 1914 there was little room available for graves and they continued to be buried at St. Edward's.

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