Fishing

Memorial: M5916

Gravestone at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island commemorating John Stevenson d. 1875

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island, Northumberland, England

Transcript

'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / JOHN STEVENSON, OF HOLY ISLAND / WHO WAS UNFORTUNATELY DROWNED AT / BAMBURGH IN A NORTHERLY / GALE OF WIND 9TH MARCH 1875 / AGED 38 YEARS / ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW / A SUDDEN CHANGE IN A MOMENT CAME / NO TIME TO BID HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN FAREWELL / TIS NOTHING STRANGE DEATH'S SUMMONS COMES TO ALL / READER PREPARE TOMORROW THOU MAY IT FALL'

Details

Description: Gothic sandstone headstone with a rope twist border, carved with a single-masted lugger.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Stevenson, John
Age: 38
Date of Death: 9/3/1875
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: In 1871 census with wife Ann, one son and three daughters, occupation fisherman.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson ©RMG

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters