Memorial Stones in All Saints' Tibenham Churchyard.
Sacred to the memory of John Fisher Gurling who died 17 November 1846 aged 29 years. (unreadable verse).
Sacred to the memory of Ann beloved wife of Thomas Robertson of this Parish who died February 25 1860 aged 90. (unreadable verse from Job).
Source - Register. William Fisher, widower married Elizabeth Bales 9 April 1777
Edmund Fisher, widower married Elizabeth King June 16 1777
Francis Fisher of Boulton married Dinah Breeqe 12 February 1782
James Daudry, married Elizabeth Fisher widow 5 December 1795
John Gales/Galer married Elizabeth Fisher May 5 1800
Henry Fisher married Frances Ford 26 December 1801
Source - Overseers Account Books April 6th 1801
Edward Fishers wife in sickness 6d.
John Fisher at Diss in need 3s.0d.
Edward Fisher received 2s.6d on April 13 1801
Source - Register Isaac Daines Junior married Sarah Fisher 12 October 1802
Henry Fisher married Mary Drake, widow 16 November 1803
Charles Daines married Hannah Fisher 24 October 1815
Source Burial Register. William Fisher buried 23 June 1816 aged 84
Source - Register Thomas Robertson married Ann Gurling widow 11 Feb 1824
Source - Banns of Marriage John Lant to Ann Fisher Sept 1826 (Lants were millers in Tibenham)
Source - Register John Lant married Ann Fisher 4 October 1826
Source - Banns of Marriage William Fisher to Elizabeth Burnham December 1828
Source - Register William Fisher married Elizabeth Burnham 15 Jan 1829
Source - Register James Fisher of Diss buried Jan 3 1832 aged 16
Joseph Fisher buried 8 June 1833 aged 11 months
Ann Fisher buried 1 March 1834 aged 8 weeks.
James Fisher married Hannah Bond 27 January 1835
Mary Fisher buried Jan 10 1835 aged 73
Source - Rate Books 1836 cottage and garden Waterloo Place occupier John Fisher, owner Henry Sheldrake
cottage and garden The Street, occupier William Fisher owner J. Turner.
house and lands owner and occupier Thomas Robertson Diss Road - also Churchwarden.
Source - Overseers A/c books Dec 7 1841 Received John Gurling for bastards pay - Girl Ruddock 2s.6d.
Source - Register Job Fisher buried June 15 1841 aged 6 months.
Pleasurence Fisher buried Aug 22 1843 aged 7 weeks
JOHN FISHER GURLING bur Nov 15 1846 aged 29
Sarah Fisher buried Jan 12 1850 age 75
James Fisher buried Jan 10 1853 aged 46
James Fisher buried June 2 1858 aged 16 months.
Source - Baptism Hannah Pleasence, mother Emma Fisher 3 April 1859
Joseph William, mother Betsy Fisher same day. (eight children baptised only these two without fathers names)
Source - Register Ann King Fisher of Diss Heywood, (near the Long Row) buried April 11 1860 aged 86
Source - Banns of Marriage James Fisher to Sophia Trudgill October 1861
Source - Post Office Directory 1861 Tibenham, John Gurling farmer, William Fisher, Farmer
Aslacton, (next village) Elizabeth Fisher shopkeeper
Source - Register Ann Fisher buried June 23 1862 aged one
Jane Fisher of Diss buried April 30 1862 aged 23
Source - Banns of Marriage Edward Trudgill to Mary Fisher March 1869
Source - Register William Fisher buried Nov 23 1869 aged 65
Source - Banns of Marriage Noah Fisher to Sarah Ann Constable of Long Stratton - June 1874
Source - Register. Mary Fisher of Wymondham buried May 5 1877 aged 44.
Hannah Fisher buried Dec 1 1881 aged 70
John King Fisher buried 15 December 1885 aged 87.

These are some details from a Paul Gurling, who lives in Salisbury. " It would appear that John Fisher Gurling who is buried in Tibenham churchyard was married to Mary Ann Robertson from North Elmham and must have died soon after his son was conceived . According to the 1841 census for Tibenham John Gurling is living with his future parents in law , Thomas and Ann Robertson in Diss Road. By 1851 only his widow Mary Ann Gurling and a four year old son John Fisher Gurling is living in the Robertson household with the old couple.The 1861 cencus details for Tibenham are missing, by 1871 John Gurling now 24 is married to Sarah Betts, daughter of Edward Wiseman Betts, also buried to John Fisher Gurling in Tibenham Churchyard, is still living in Diss Road with his family which includes his widowed grandfather Thomas, now aged 87. My grandfather Charles Edward appears as a 3 year old in the 1881 census, having been born the fourth child of John and Sarah."

Paul Gurling, also sent me years ago, a copy of the Catalogue for Bankruptcy re John Fisher Gurling, sold at auction by Thomas Gaze of Diss on Tuesday 24 January 1888. Paul goes on to say "the thought occurred to me that he might have committed suicide after going bankrupt and died......this could be the reason why he is not buried in Tibenham churchyard alongside his father. I never heard any rumours about a family suicide but it wouldn't be something that they would want to talk about, and this may be the reason other family members dispersed around that time to various places, such as Dorset, Hull etc."