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Darnbrook

Darnbrook Name Meaning
From Darnbrook on Malham Moor in WR Yorks.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 201
Similar surnames:
Hornbrook, Benbrook, Lashbrook, Ashbrook, Hardenbrook, Stainbrook
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 2033

NAME 1

NAME 2

Plot No. 2036

Joseph Darnbrook 1831
Robert Darnbrook 1834
Sarah Darnbrook 1854
Mary Darnbrook 1876

Plot No. 2038

Elizabeth Darnbrook 1880
William Darnbrook 1890

Dibb DARNBROOK Plot 2033

Joseph DARNBROOK Plot 2036

William DARNBROOK Plot 2038

Inscription

TEXT 1

In Hope Of A Glorious Resurrection
Here Lieth The Body Of
Joseph Darnbrook Of Felliscliffe
Who Departed This Life Febry The 3rd
1831 Aged 71 Years.
Go Home Dear Friends And Leave Me Here.
I Must Lie Here Until Christ Appear;
And When He Comes, I Hope To Have
A Joyfull Rising From The Grave.
Also Of Robert Darnbrook Farmer
Late Of Havarah-Park
Son Of The Above Named Who Died
27th March 1834 Aged 45 Years.
Also Here Lieth Intomb’d The Last
Remains Of The Mortal Body Of
Sarah Relict Of The Above
Named Joseph Darnbrook Who
Departed This Life March 31st 1854
Aged 89 Years
Also Mary Relict Of The Above Named
Robert Darnbrook Who Died March 4th
1876 Aged 84 Years
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In Loving Memory Of
Elizabeth Darnbrook
Of Kettlesing
Who Died April 6th 1880
Aged 61 Years.
Not Gone From Memory, Nor From Love
But Gone To Our Father’s Home Above.
Also Of William Darnbrook
Husband Of The Above
Who Died Jan 14th 1890
In His 80th Year.
Thou Shalt Come To Thy Grave In A Full
Age, Like As A Shock Of Corn Cometh In
His Season. Job V.26.

Plot No. 2039

Joseph Darnbrook 1891

Joseph DARNBROOK Plot 2039

Inscription

TEXT 2

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
#	Ann DARNBROOK	14 September 1824	0
2038	Elizabeth DARNBROOK	6 April 1880	61
2036	Joseph DARNBROOK	3 February 1831	71
2039	Joseph DARNBROOK	12 April 1891	38
2036	Mary DARNBROOK	4 March 1876	84
2036	Robert DARNBROOK	27 March 1834	45
#	Sarah DARNBROOK	28 September 1836	58
2036	Sarah DARNBROOK	5 April 1854	89
#	Thomas DARNBROOK	27 May 1795	0
#	Thomas DARNBROOK	4 February 1817	47
#	William DARNBROOK	29 July 1876	20
2038	William DARNBROOK	14 January 1890	80
#	DARNBROOK	-	0

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