Comments on: The 19th c. world in living color

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:15:25 +0000

Susan, if you email me using the contact form I can give you Graham's email address.

By: Susan Harrison

Susan Harrison — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:11:47 +0000

Sorry the above reply was from me! I didn’t realise that my name would not be included!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:10:12 +0000

I have just seen your reply – by chance. This sounds wonderful!! How would I get in touch?

By: Graham D. Lonie

Graham D. Lonie — Tue, 24 May 2011 22:48:44 +0000

I was on Ascension in the 1970s and took a photo of the gravestone with the inscription:
Sacred to the memory of
Henry Garland Harrison
Assistant Surgeon HMS Viper
(Son of Lieut J B Harrison R.N.)
who died of yellow fever on
the 26th of May 1838 in the 26th year of his age. I still have the photo if you would like a copy (gratis)

By: Val Rambaut

Val Rambaut — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:49:04 +0000

To add to the family history I have uncovered an interesting fact about a relation of Henry’s.

On Ascension Island in the Mid-Atlantic there is a gravestone with the following inscription. “Sacred to the memory of HENRY GARLAND HARRISON died of Yellow Fever, aged 25 – 1838.

I remember Uncle Morris (Son of Henry Manoah) refering to a portrait of a young Naval Officer of the same name but I was not aware of the exact relationship. Can you shed any light on this?