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Six of the infant children of Joseph & Eliza HALE:
George HALE (b. & d. 1848); Mary Amelia HALE I (1851–1852);
Fanny Mary HALE I (1849–1852); Sarah HALE I (1854–1855);
Sarah HALE II (b. & d. 1857); and Jane HALE (1863–1865)
St Paul section: Row 18, Grave E3 (St Paul ref. A15)

Traces of paint show that the names of the children on this gravestone were originally coloured bright red, and the rest of the text was blue

 

This was the very first grave dug in the St Paul’s section of the cemetery, which opened on 26 October 1848

These are six of the thirteen children of Joseph Hale and Eliza Hadley, who were married at St Paul’s Church on 13 August 1844 at St Paul’s Church and who lived over their baker’s shop at 6 Cardigan Street. See their separate grave for the full history of the family.

Their baby son George Hale was born at Cardigan Street on 6 March 1848, but was not baptised. He died in 1848 and was the first burial to take place in the St Paul’s section of the cemetery:

† George Hale died at Cardigan Street at the age of seven months on 22 October 1848 and was buried at St Sepulchre’s Cemetery on 26 October (burial recorded in the parish register of St Paul’s Church).

The sexton recorded that he was buried in the area that St Paul's described as E.3 at a depth of 5ft 6in, which is less than a normal burial, implying that this was intended as a grave for children only. His death announcement in Jackson’s Oxford Journal read: “Oct. 22, aged eight months, George, the infant son of Mr. Joseph Hale, baker, Cardigan-street, Jericho.”

Fanny Mary Hale I was born at Cardigan Street on 20 November 1849 and baptised at St Paul’s Church on 25 December. She died in early 1851:

† Fanny Mary Hale I died at Cardigan Street at the age of thirteen months on 18 March 1851 and was buried at St Sepulchre’s Cemetery on 20 March (burial recorded in the parish register of St Paul’s Church).

She was buried in the same grave at a depth of 5 feet.

Amelia Mary Hale I, also known as Mary Amelia Hale, was born at Cardigan Street on 16 March 1851 (birth does not appear to have been registered) and baptised at St Paul’s Church on 11 May. She died in late 1852:

† Amelia Mary Hale I died at Cardigan Street at the age of eighteen months on 28 December 1852 and was buried at St Sepulchre’s Cemetery on 31 December (burial recorded in the parish register of St Paul’s Church).

She was buried in the same grave at a depth of 5ft, so must have been laid beside her sister Fanny.

Sarah Hale I was born at Cardigan Street in November 1854 and baptised at St Paul’s Church on 1 October 1855. She died about a week after her baptism:

† Sarah Hale I died at Cardigan Street at the age of eleven months in October 1855 and was buried at St Sepulchre’s Cemetery on 10 October (burial recorded in the parish register of St Paul’s Church).

The sexton recorded this burial in the same grave, but gave no depth; and he did not record the final two infant burials.

Sarah Hale II was born at Cardigan Street in about August 1857 and baptised at St Paul’s Church near the beginning of October (entry incomplete). She died aged three months:

† Sarah Hale II died at Cardigan Street at the age of three months in November 1857 and was buried at St Sepulchre’s Cemetery on 5 November (burial recorded in the parish register of St Paul’s Church).

Their last child Jane Hale was born at Cardigan Street in 1863 but not baptised at St Paul’s Church until 28 April 1864. She survived to the age of two, and died in 1865:

† Jane Hale II died at Cardigan Street at the age of two in June 1865 and was buried at St Sepulchre’s Cemetery in June (burial recorded in the parish register of St Paul’s Church).

See the grave of their parents (and three more siblings)
for the subsequent history of the family