Vessel Loss

Memorial: M5719

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating passengers John and Mary Jane Debenham lost at sea in 1866

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'SACRED IN THE MEMORY OF / CAROLINE DEBENHAM,/BORN 17TH OCTOBER 1835 / DIED 19TH JUNE 1836 / ALSO OF MARY DEBENHAM. / BORN 20TH MARCH 1842 / DIED 1[1]TH FEBRUARY 1846 / ALSO OF EDWARD DEBENHAM. / BORN 5TH DE 1844 / DIED 12TH AP 1846 / ALSO OF / WILLIAM DEBENHAM ESQre / FATHER OF THE ABOVE / DIED 24TH SEPT 1863 / AGED 69 YEARS, / ALSO OF [gothic style] / JOHN DEBENHAM / 3RD SON OF THE ABOVE / AGED 36 YEARS / AND OF EMILY JANE / HIS WIFE / AGED 29 YEARS / WHO WERE LOST AT SEA / [11] JANUARY 1866 / ALSO OF / CAROLINE DEBENHAM / WIDOW OF / WILLIAM DEBENHAM / DIED /... AUGUST 1880 / AGED 86 YEARS.'

Details

Description: Debenham family vault.
Type: Chest tomb and railings
Position: Section 92
Materials: Stone
Vessel: London

People

Debenham, John
Age: 36
Date of Death: 1/1866
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Jane, Emily
Age: 29
Date of Death: 1/1866
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: The two passengers were probably drowned during the loss of the 'London' in the Bay of Biscay on 11 January 1866.
Recorder: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh
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