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 St Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia


Notes:
Link to St Patrick's Cemetery - online data

Photo of St. Patrick's Cemetery provided by Diana Ballinger.


Headstones

 Thumb Description Status Location Name (Died/Buried)
Elizabeth Willis (nee Walpole) and daughter Roseanne Willis
Elizabeth Willis (nee Walpole) and daughter Roseanne Willis

Sacred to the memory of
ELIZABETH WILLIS
8 Nov. 1851
23 years
Also
ROSEANNE WILLIS
Daughter of the above
Aged 16 days
(died 28 Oct. 1851)"


Weep not for me my husband
And children dear
I am not dead but sleeping here.
My pain is gone My grave you see
So prepare to follow me.
Rest in peace.


This transcription provided by the 1788-1820 Pioneer Association.



Miscellaneous sandstone headstone
decorated with a simple cross. Poor condition, fretting.
Mason: Connor
Footstone extant: Courtyard R1/6
Burial Register: Rosanna Willis 28-10-1851. 15 days
Mary Anne Elizabeth Willis. 8-11-1851. 23 years. Native of Colony.
 
Located    Anne Elizabeth Walpole (d. 06 Nov 1851)
 
Joseph Willis headstone
Joseph Willis headstone
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Sacred
to the memory of
JOSEPH WILLIS
died August 30 1855
aged 78 years 
Located  Courtyard R9/3C  Joseph Willis (d. 30 Aug 1855)
 
Thomas Murphy - Headstone
Thomas Murphy - Headstone

Gloria in Excelsis Deo
HERE LIES THE BODY
of
THOMAS MURPHY
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MARCH THE 2 A.D. 1845
AGED 26 YEARS
MAY HE REST IN PEACE
AMEN


Afflictions sore long time I bore
Physicians were in vain
Till God did please that death
Should ease and take away my pain




Sandstone headstone(4ft5½ins x 2ft3ins x 4½ins). Norman with
cutaway shoulders, decorated with a Calvary Cross and I.H.S.
Footstone extant: Courtyard row 5/10
Burial Register: Tom Murphy, Parramatta 3-3-1845.
Labourer 26 yrs.
 
Located    Thomas Murphy (d. 02 Mar 1845)
 
Willis family graves
Willis family graves
The three graves from left to right are those of Anne Elizabeth Willis (nee Walpole) and her baby daughter Roseanna Willis, Joseph Willis, and Thomas Murphy (the son of Rose Willis (nee Murphy) who brought Thomas with her as a babe in arms aboard the convict ship "Janus"). 
    Family: Joseph Willis/Rose Murphy (F12)
 


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