Memorial: M4896

Memorial at Funchal, Madeira to Samuel Barker d. 1866

Location

English Cemetery, 235 Rua da Carreira, Funchal, Madeira, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / SAMUEL BARKER / FORMERLY OF THE / INDIAN NAVY / BORN IN LONDON / NOVEMBER 1826 / DIED AT FUNCHAL / 13TH JANUARY 1866'

Details

Description: Upright white marble plaque in a plain-moulded frame of tufa, both with a semi-circular apsidal bow, top centre.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble, tufa

People

Barker, Samuel
Age: 40
Date of Death: 13/1/1866
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: unknown
Organisation: Indian Navy

Extra

Notes: In good condition. The number ‘14’ is also incised, apparently as part of the manufacture, at centre bottom on the moulding below the marble.
Recorder: Piet van der Merwe, 2017

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