الأحد، 28 أبريل 2013

Catholic wife and Protestant husband, separated after death by religious bigotry


Relevant text from the Reddit thread:
Grave of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband. The Protestant Colonel of Cavalry, JWC of Gorkum married the Catholic damsel JCPH of Aefferden. This "mixed" marriage, at that time (the 19th century), would have given them trouble. The wife wanted to be buried next to her husband, but the difference in their denomination would not allow that. So the Colonel was buried in the Protestant part, against the separation wall and his wife was buried on the Catholic side.
Here's the cemetery (Roermond, The Netherlands) on Google maps (you can see the monuments from the street view camera!)

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