A family tragedy....

....first the Mother (aged only 32) then a month later her two daughters.......

[Swillin' Billy Flynn]

Sounds like plague victims.:(

[Kitty Hawke]

@swillinbillyflynn Cholera I think. There was an epidemic here around that time. Whole villages (including Mevagissey) were put into quarantine and moved out into tented accommodation on the outskirts.

[Peter Dulis]

sad

[Wild Bird]

So sad!

[carol white]

Very sad

[Yoland]

Very sad, nice that someone is taking care of the stone.

[Kitty Hawke]

@pdulis Yes indeed.

[Kitty Hawke]

@wildbird Devastated family

[Kitty Hawke]

@carolmw Think it must have been the Cholera outbreak.

[Kitty Hawke]

@yoland All the stones have been moved to the sides of what is now a public space.

[Babs]

Oh how sad, it was really tough back then. My GGG Grandparents had 9 children and 5 have them died in childhood.

[Rick]

Nice capture.

[Dione Giorgio]

That is very sad for the husband and father. I like going round tombstones when I happen to be at one of the cemeteries.

[Kitty Hawke]

@onewing Indeed it was. Very few babies survived into adulthood.

[Kitty Hawke]

@rickster549 Thank you :)

[Kitty Hawke]

@sangwann I know, it must have been such a tragedy for that family. Yes, we like to look around cemeteries at the old stones and memorials.

[CC Folk]

What heartbreak for the family. :(

[Kitty Hawke]

@gardenfolk Yes indeed it must have been. Think they must have been a quite well off family in order to afford such a memorial stone.