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Darnbrough

Darnbrough Name Meaning
See Darnbrook .
Darnbrook Name Meaning
From Darnbrook on Malham Moor in WR Yorks.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Similar surnames:
Yarbrough, Darrough, Malbrough, Stanbrough, Fambrough, Hansbrough
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 3132

Dorothy Darnbrough 1857

Plot No. 3182

William Darnbrough 1855
Mary Darnbrough 1861

Plot No. 3183

George Darnbrough 1884
Elizabeth Darnbrough 1884

Dorothy DARNBROUGH Plot 3132

William DARNBROUGH Plot 3182

George DARNBROUGH Plot 3183

Inscription

In Memory Of
Dorothy Darnbrough
Who Died Feb 4th 1857
Aged 2 Years

In Memory
Of
William Darnbrough
Of Felliscliffe
Who Died May 22nd 1855
Aged 72 Years
Also Mary Wife Of
The Above Who Died
November 19th 1861
Aged 76 Years
Our Friends May Die And Death Remove
The Dearest Objects Of Our Love
Yet There Remains A Heavenly Rest
For All Whom Christ The Lord Hath Blest

In Affectionate Rembrance Of
George Darnbrough
Of Kettlesing
Who Died At Killinghall
March 27th 1884
Aged 60 Years
In Life I Sought Him
I Death I Found Him
He Bore Me Through
Death's Overthrow
Again To Rise
Also Of Elizabeth Wife Of The
Above Who Died At Field House
Felliscliffe On March 9th 1896
Aged 82 Years
Sleeping In Jesus

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
#	Ann DARNBROUGH	13 January 1807	1
#	Ann DARNBROUGH	23 September 1827	10
3132	Dorothy DARNBROUGH	4 February 1857	2
#	Eliza DARNBROUGH	13 April 1819	12
#	Elizabeth DARNBROUGH	25 February 1812	84
#	Elizabeth DARNBROUGH	9 October 1819	55
#	Elizabeth DARNBROUGH	11 November 1832	0
3183	Elizabeth DARNBROUGH	12 March 1896	82
3183	George DARNBROUGH	29 March 1884	60
#	John DARNBROUGH	10 December 1808	82
#	Joseph DARNBROUGH	24 March 1822	22
#	Mary DARNBROUGH	23 May 1804	38
3182	Mary DARNBROUGH	19 November 1861	76
#	William DARNBROUGH	12 April 1836	81
3182	William DARNBROUGH	26 May 1855	72

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