Headstone at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating David Keay d. 1834 Captain James Keay d. 1837 and Captain Alexander Keay d. 1849
Location
St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'SACRED to the MEMORY / of DAVID KEAY / who was drowned on his homeward / passage from Philadelphia to / Liverpool 12th Septr 1834, / Aged 19 Years. / Also Captain JAMES KEAY who / died in Africa 22nd June 1837, Aged 28 Years. / Also THOMAS KEAY, who died at Demerara 10th November 1839, / Aged 19 Years. / Also Captain ALEXANDER KEAY, / Father of the above who died 25th June / 1849, Aged 62 years. / Blessed are they who die in the LORD'
Details
Description: Headstone.
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Slate
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Slate
People
Keay, David
Age: 19
Date of Death: 12/9/1834
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Keay, James
Age: 28
Date of Death: 22/6/1837
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Keay, Thomas
Age: 19
Date of Death: 10/11/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Keay, Alex
Age: 62
Date of Death: 25/6/1849
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Age: 19
Date of Death: 12/9/1834
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Keay, James
Age: 28
Date of Death: 22/6/1837
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Keay, Thomas
Age: 19
Date of Death: 10/11/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Keay, Alex
Age: 62
Date of Death: 25/6/1849
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Extra
Notes: From an MS in Liverpool. Record after. Compiled by James Gibson, d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 49. The site, in an old quarry next to Liverpool Angican Cathedral, is now St James's Park. Memorial sighted 2011 by B. Tomlinson.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 2011
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 2011
Photographer: B. Tomlinson