Headstone at Porvoo Cemetery, Porvoo, Finland, commemorating the crew of the SS ‘Moss Brow’ wrecked in 1896
Location
Porvoo Cemetery, Porvoo, Finland, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / I.G. ELLIS 2nd Mate / J. DUNCAN Steward / E.J. HALL Steward Assistant / S. CAWS Fireman / I. FERGUSON Fireman / Wm. LESLIE Fireman / Perished at sea interred here 6.11.1896 / and beloning [sic] to / the crew of the English / SS Moss Brow wrecked at Callbada / 21.10.1896.'
Details
Type: Headstone
Vessel: SS Moss Brow
Vessel: SS Moss Brow
People
Caws, S.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 21/10/1896
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fireman
Organisation: George P Inman
Duncan, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 21/10/1896
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Steward
Organisation: George P Inman
Ellis, I. G.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 21/10/1896
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Mate
Organisation: George P Inman
Ferguson, I.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 21/10/1896
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fireman
Organisation: George P Inman
Hall, E. J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 21/10/1896
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Steward
Organisation: George P Inman
Leslie, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 21/10/1896
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fireman
Organisation: George P Inman
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 21/10/1896
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fireman
Organisation: George P Inman
Duncan, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 21/10/1896
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Steward
Organisation: George P Inman
Ellis, I. G.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 21/10/1896
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Mate
Organisation: George P Inman
Ferguson, I.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 21/10/1896
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fireman
Organisation: George P Inman
Hall, E. J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 21/10/1896
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Steward
Organisation: George P Inman
Leslie, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 21/10/1896
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fireman
Organisation: George P Inman
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. The San Francisco Call, 24 October 1896 reported that the iron half brig-rigged steamer Moss Brow was wrecked off Kallbadan, Finland. Six crew were saved but the captain and 14 other crew members were missing. She was owned by George P Inman.
Bibliography: 'Cockney Ancestor' no. 79, p. 42 (London Family History Society, Summer 1993).
Bibliography: 'Cockney Ancestor' no. 79, p. 42 (London Family History Society, Summer 1993).