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IN

LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN THOMAS

BELOVED HUSBAND OF LOUISA JARVIS

WHO DIED MAR 15 1917 AGED 62 YEARS

 

NOT MY WILL BUT THINE O LORD


John Thomas Jarvis was the son of James Jarvis and his wife Mary (surname not known). James Jarvis was from Church Langton in Leicestershire, whilst Mary was from Stanion in Northamptonshire.

John was born about 1856 at Stoke Albany. He married Louisa Wright, from Deenethorpe, in 1881. The couple's two children were born at Stoke Albany, but by 1901 the family were living in Desborough.