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Jane Ridsdale
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Amy Woodforde-Finden
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Appleby

Appleby Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from any of various places for example in Leicestershire Lincolnshire and Cumbria named from Old English æppel or Old Norse epli ‘apple’ + Old Norse bȳ ‘farm’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Umpleby, Apley, Apple, Appleton, Ansley, Ripley, Ashley, Paley
F rom: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 49

Ada APPLEBY 1908
Arthur APPLEBY 1900
John APPLEBY 1922
Sarah Annie APPLEBY 1938

Plot No. 51

Emma Elizabeth APPLEBY 1963
William James APPLEBY 1944

Plot No. 483

June Esme Oliver APPLEBY 2001

John Appleby Plot 49

William Appleby Plot 51

June Appleby Plot 483

Inscription

Loving Remembrance Of
John Appleby
Died Aug 24th 1922
Aged 67 Years
Also Sarah Ann His Wife
Died Feb 11th 1938
Aged 82 Years
Also Ada Their Daughter
Died Sept 19th 1908
Aged 17 Years
Also Arthur Their Son
Died June 3rd 1900
Age 6½ Years
Re-United

In Loving Memory
Of William James Appleby
Beloved Husband Of Emma E Appleby
Who Died Sept 17th 1944
Aged 64 Years
“Peacefully Sleeping”.
Also Emma Elizabeth
Beloved Wife Of The Above
Who Died April 24th 1963
Aged 75 Years

In Loving Memory Of
June Esme Oliver
Appleby
13 June1926 - 5 May 2001

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Plot No. 504

Mary Ellen APPLEBY 1988
Walter APPLEBY 1959

Plot No. 509

Florence APPLEBY 1982
Fred APPLEBY 1966

Plot No. 516

Leslie APPLEBY 1971

Walter Appleby Plot 504

Fred Appleby Plot 509

Leslie Appleby Plot 516

Inscription

In Loving Memory
Of
Walter Appleby M.M.
Died 28th December 1959
Aged 64 Years
Also His Dear Wife
Mary Ellen (Nellie)
Died 3rd February 1988
Aged 83 Years

In Loving Memory Of
Fred Appleby
Died August 3rd 1966
Aged 77 Years
Loved In Life
Lamented In Death
And His Wife
Florence
Died 22nd Dec.1982
Aged 94 Years
Lovingly Remembered

In Loving
Remembrance
Of
Leslie Appleby
Died Accidentally
3rd November 1971
Aged 35 Years
Sleeping

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
2	Ada APPLEBY	19 Sep 1908	17
	Ann APPLEBY	15 Sep 1887	88
49	Arthur APPLEBY	3 Jun 1900	6½
	Edith Grace APPLEBY	7 Feb 1902	< 1
	Ellen APPLEBY	31 May 1880	56
51	Emma Elizabeth APPLEBY	24 Apr 1963	75
509	Florence APPLEBY	22 Dec 1982	94
	Fred APPLEBY	30 Jun 1883	10
509	Fred APPLEBY	3 Aug 1966	77
	Hannah APPLEBY	2 Sep 1880	17
	John APPLEBY	1 Jan 1843	22
49	John APPLEBY	24 Aug 1922	67
483	June Esme Oliver APPLEBY	5 May 2001	74
516	Leslie APPLEBY	3 Nov 1971	35
504	Mary Ellen APPLEBY	3 Feb 1988	83
	Priscilla APPLEBY	9 Dec 1936	76
49	Sarah Annie APPLEBY	11 Feb 1938	82
504	Walter APPLEBY	28 Dec 1959	64
	William APPLEBY	4 Jun 1860	2
	William APPLEBY	23 Nov 1875	84
	William APPLEBY	9 May 1882	57
	William APPLEBY	16 Aug 1904	42
51	William APPLEBY	20 Sep 1944	64

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