Frances Amelia Thorburn's grave, Shantung Road Cemetery, Shanghai

Frances Amelia Thorburn's grave, Shantung Road Cemetery, Shanghai

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH02-179

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-179. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-077b. Frances (Fanny) Amelia Thorburn, neé Hargreaves, married William Thorburn in Lancaster, England, in 1851. William Thorburn was a merchant trading with Blenkin, Rawson & Co. Mrs Thorburn died in May 1858 - see https://www.chinafamilies.net/cemeteries/1260-thorburn-frances-amelia/. The gravestone on the left is inscribed: "J. J. G. 1857". This is most probably James Jenkinson Green, mercantile assistant, at Gibb, Livingston & Co., Shanghai, who died on 3 August 1857, and is recorded as being buried in the same cemetery. See VH01-036 and VH02-070.

Caption in album or on mount

Mrs Thorburn's grave - Shanghae Cemetery

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1857-1860

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath

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