Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Thomas Cooper Lapworth d. 1857
Location
Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'In memory of Jonathan LAPWORTH who departed this life May 17th 1854). Also, Thomas Cooper LAPWORTH / Youngest son of the above, who was washed overboard / from the ship 'Arctic', while on her passage to New York / December 8th 1857, aged 18 years. / Let friends forbear to mourn and weep / For sweetly in the deep I sleep / This toilsome world I leave behind / A glorious crown I hope to find'
Details
Type: Headstone
Position: Grave 7069
Vessel: Arctic Hero
Position: Grave 7069
Vessel: Arctic Hero
People
Lapworth, Thomas Cooper
Age: 18
Date of Death: 8/12/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
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Organisation:
Age: 18
Date of Death: 8/12/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Extra
Notes: T.C. Lapworth was apprenticed in 1853, serving on the 'Phoenix' Liverpool from 1853-1856. Liverpool City Record Office 352 CEM 1/3/6/ Seaman's Ticket no. 98727 (Ref. BT 116/54 at Public Record Office). The ship from which he fell would have been 'Arctic Hero', destined voyage Sunderland to New York (Lloyds Register, 1857; 813). Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Mrs F. Keymer 1988
Recorder: Mrs F. Keymer 1988