Gravestone at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris of Harriet and John Thompson d. 1831 in the wreck of SS ‘Rothsay Castle’
Location
St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY of / HARRIET THOMPSON / youngest Daughter of the late / SAMUEL SKELTON Esqr: OF BRADFORD / Yorkshire; who together with her / Husband JOHN THOMPSON Esqr / Sol... of the Peace / Unhappily perished in the wreck / of the ROTHSAY CASTLE Steam Packet/near Puffin Island on the/17th of Augst 1831. / Her relations who can never cease / to lament her kindness of disposition / & amiable qualities of hear t/ had the mournful consolation / of attending her remains to the grave / and of paying the same last tribute / of earthly regard to those of her / husband which were found on the / Lancashire Coast / and interred at Formby in that / COUNTY'
Details
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate
Vessel: Rothsay Castle
People
Age:
Date of Death: 17/8/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Thompson, John
Age:
Date of Death: 17/8/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Extra
The 'Rothsay Castle' was a paddle steamer built in 1816. She had been used to day trips along the north coast of Wales prior to her sinking. She left Liverpool on the 17th of August 1831 with 150 passengers, though only 23 of those passengers were rescued.
Bibliography: Ivor Wynne Jones, Shipwrecks of North Wales, (1973).