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Trying to make out what this memorial says

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found this which certainly fits.....

Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
Samuel Faulkner. Montgomery
College: CORPUS CHRISTI
Entered: Lent, 1831
More Information: Adm. pens. at CORPUS CHRISTI, Mar. 27, 1830. Of Dublin. [Eldest s. of Andrew Thomas, Esq., of The Knocks, Co. Kildare.] Matric. Lent, 1831; B.A. 1834; M.A. 1842. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Jan. 29, 1830. Ord. deacon and priest, 1842. [First] V. of St Peter's, Upper Gornal with Sedgley, Staffs., 1842-7. Had just accepted the post of Missionary to the Borneo Church Missionary Society, when he died of fever, Nov. 7, 1847, at Upper Gornal. M.I. at Sedgley. (E. A. Underhill, Story of Sedgley, 277; Inns of Court; G. Mag., 1848, I. 103.)


UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893 for Samuel Faulkner Montgomery
Samuel Faulkner Montgomery
Poll Year: 1844
District: Sedgley
Parish or Rectory: Sedgley
County: Staffordshire
No 4424
Place of Abode: Priory Street
Nature of Qualification: Benefice of St Pauls Church, Upper Gornal


England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Samuel Faulkner Montgomery
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 13 Nov 1847
Burial Place: Sedgley, Stanford, England
FHL Film Number: 1040796
Reference ID: p 112 rn 894

England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Samuel Faulkener Montgomery
Registration Year: 1847
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Dudley
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 18
Page: 258

This must be his father....

U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830
Andrew T. Montgomery
Dates: 1826-1850
Location: Town: Naas; County/Colonial: Co. Kildare, Ireland london
Gender: Male
Address(es): The Knocks; Town: Naas; County/Colonial: Co. Kildare; Ireland
Source Date: 1837

Haven't deciphered plaque but found this
http://www.gornalandsedgley.org.uk/phot ... 1379607080

That's brilliant Kaye, thanks a lot! Fascinating

FreeReg,
Sedgley All Saints.
Burial date 13 Nov 1847.
Samuel Faulkner MONTGOMERY.
Person age 37y.
Burial person abode Upper Gornal.

Pembrokeshire, Tenby. St Mary.
Marriage date 25 Nov 1840.
Groom forename Samuel Faulkner MONTGOMERY. full age. bachelor. Gentleman. Andrew Thomas MONTGOMERY. Gentleman.
Groom abode Parish of Nass, County of Kildare, Ireland.
Elizabeth WATTS. full age. spinster. Tenby. Ponsonby WATTS. Colonel in the Army.
Witness 1 R. WATTS.
Witness 2 Amelia SALWEY.
Notes Licence.

Wow! Thanks Jimmy, so he was Colonel in the army

Is father in law was a colonel.

Jimmy wrote:Is father in law was a colonel.

Yes of course, Ponsonby WATTS

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Completed with thanks