Memorial: M5096

Memorial headstone at Bangor Abbey, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland commemorating William Hassan, d.1847

Location

Bangor Abbey, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland

Transcript

‘Erected / by / W. H. HASSAN, / IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER / WILLIAM HASSAN, / MASTER MARINER / LOST FROM THE SHIP Wm PERRY, / BOUND FROM DANZIG IN OCTOBER 1847, / AGED 29 YEARS. / ALSO HIS MOTHER / HANNAH HASSAN, / WHO DIED ON THE 5TH OF MAY 1912, / IN HER 94TH YEAR. / ALSO HIS AUNT / CHARLOTTE McMEEKAN, / WHO DIED ON THE 11TH OF OCTOBER 1911, / IN HER 98TH YEAR. / ALSO HIS BROTHER / JAMES HASSAN, / WHO DIED YOUNG. / ALSO THE ABOVE / W.H.HASSAN, / DIED 20TH MAY 1927. / AGED 83 YEARS.'

Details

Description: Headstone with a triangular top - black granite with grey specks; light grey granite base. Attractive ivy leaf motif surrounds the inscription. Inscription is incised.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Granite
Vessel: William Perry

People

Hassan, William
Age: 29
Date of Death: 1847
Cause of Death: Maritime Accident
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Headstone in good condition

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters