Catherine
Prentice
Catherine Prentice was buried in the
graveyard at Woodford-by-Thrapston, near Kettering, in 1865.
Otherwise known as ‘Kitty’, she was a servant and
a nurse to the Reverend G.A.F. Watson who brought her to Northamptonshire,
after living in India.
The gravestone reads ""Kitty" After years of
faithful & loving service in India and England fell asleep
in Christ XXVII May 1865. Not merely a servant but above a servant
a sister beloved"
The parish register of May 1865 records the burial of “Catherine
Prentice, African Nurse to Rev GAF Watson Chaplin HMIS aged
about 30”. |
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"Kitty"
After years of faithful & loving service in India
and England fell asleep in christ XXVII May 1865. Not
merely a servant but above a servant a sister beloved" |
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| Catherine Prentice buried in the
graveyard, Woodford-by-Thrapston. |
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