Daniel Joseph O’Connell is often remembered as the son of his famous Irish father, also Daniel O’Connell, known as ‘The Liberator’. Such is the pride in the work of his father for Irish rights that...
John Paviour and his wife Emma had 11 children. This article follows the family of Harry James Paviour, John’s third son, who lived all his life in Bedford and is buried at Foster Hill Road...
John Frederick Nutter is best remembered as the driving force, in his role as Chairman of the Management Committee, of the planning and building of Bedford County Hospital (now ‘South Wing’) He also served the...
Many visitors to the cemetery have long been intrigued by this grave. The town of ‘Maryborough’ and the area ‘Queen’s County’ mentioned on the gravestone do not appear on any modern map of Ireland. The...
John had a difficult start in life but managed to overcome it to become a respected citizen and public servant of Bedford. He was born on 24 November 1839 and baptized on 29 December at...
Six members of the Sharpin family are buried in Foster Hill Road (FHR) Cemetery, and many other members of the family had close links with Bedford. Henry Wilson Sharpin and his wife, Edith Esther, their...
Robert Rose was born on 17 October 1814 in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, the son of Robert and Priscilla Rose. He was baptised on 17 February 1815 at the ‘Independent’ church there, a Non-Conformist denomination which...
The Days were a family who built up their business mainly in the building trade in Bedford but also in ironmongery, at a time when the town of Bedford was rapidly expanding. Through marriage they...
John Hay Shaw 1840-1923 John was born on 22 September 1840 in Madras, India, (now called Chennai) the son of James Shaw and Anne Amelia Stuart Hay. His mother came from Midlothian, Scotland and her maiden...