One of the most numerous document types in the chest are Funeral Cards. Sometimes there are more than one copy of the same card, I can only assume that they were made by a member of the family and they had a few spares.
This first one is for Esther’s mother – Margaret Charlton (nee Hedley). Her Funeral card reads as follows.
Front: In Loving Memory
Inside left:
Her toils are o’er, her work is done,
And she is fully blest,
She fought the fight, the victory won,
And entered into rest.
Robert Jackson Printer, Consett
Inside right:
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
MARGARET
Widow of the late William Charlton, of Station Hotel, Ebchester,
Who died Sept. 30th, 1907,
AGED 74 YEARS
Interment at Christ Church, Hamsterley,
Oct. 4th at 4 p.m.