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faced stones raised vertically. But much of this material has weathered into the rough
slope during the last 100 years or been grown over, and so individual graves are

difficult detect at first glance. One shell-encrusted crucifix-shaped tombstone has
always stood prominently at the eastern apex of the cemetery. (Fig. 2.12). There is no

indication as to its family connections. But another half-buried and much-weathered

tombstone is inscribed in High Dutch and the following words can be discerned:

Here Rust Flep Falleujn
ten Ouderdom van 6 Jaar
en Een Smal Kindjen
van 2 Maande en 7 Dagen
Zalyt met Du Warengaan
Elk Rusten Jesus Arm
Hoe Zwaar dit Verleenonswar
Troosen Allen Overlede
Den 8 Sept 1900 se Heereis

Tombstones at Holy Trinity Church, Kalk Bay

Headstones here vary from the simplest and smallest to a large winged angel, formal
polished marble or granite, and a prominent wooden crucifix. These represent some of

the preferred designs available from monumental masons of the time and have
counterparts in the Muizenberg Cemetery. (Figs. 2.13 - 2.15).

The first burial stone here is that of William Fish who was born in Windsor, England,
on 27 January 1802. He died at Kalk Bay on 15 February 1875. The names of Windsor

Road and Windsor House reflect these origins of the Fish family. The last stone is that
of Andrew William Fish who was born on 2 June 1881 and died on 14 January 1903, as

a result of a gun accident. There is a much later tablet commemorating the death on 28
May 1914 of Charles King, prominent hotelier in Kalk Bay. And near the entrance to

the graveyard there is a large undated stone inscribed simply, and enigmatically, to

Jennie.