Sarah Stilwell (Cory) - Sarah Ann Cory Grave

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I've found a rather interesting grave in eGGSA's Gravestones in South Africa collection:
http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=1453497

The inscription reads:
Sarah Ann Cory
Born 1812
Died October 1896
Beloved Mother Of
Mrs A. Stilwell

This is quite clearly a mistake. The Mrs A. Stilwell is the wife of Ablort Morgan Stilwell i.e. Sarah Stilwell.

"South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9720-27620-58?cc=1779109 : 20 August 2015), 1896 > Queenstown > image 335 of 456; National Archives, Pretoria.

The name Sarah Ann Cory appears to be a concatenation of the names of both of William George Cory, SV/PROG 's wives i.e. Sarah Cory, SM and Mary Ann Cory.

The inscription appears incredibly clear, considering it's age, could this mistake have been made during restoration of the inscription? If so, is it known when (and by whom) it was restored?

Married women were kind of "non-persons" in those days:they were often referred to by their husbands' names. So it may not be a mistake-I've experienced great difficulty tracing Anglican/Methodist married female relatives due to an almost complete lack of maiden names in baptism records.

I've found Mary Ann Henman's baptism in UK archives:
https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000045231396882&

She was definitely Mary Ann Henman, not Sarah Ann as stated on her grave. Unless, Sarah Stilwell is the daughter of William George Cory, SV/PROG 's first wife and the person interred is Sarah Cory, SM.

Sarah Stilwell 's baptism, however, states her mother was Mary Ann, not Sarah Ann:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23580-58511-29?cc=146...

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