Lost on the City of Boston that set sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on January 28, 1870. Of Halifax. Son of Henry Baker, 108 Gower Street, Middlesex, England.
A memorial place hangs in Saint Pancras Parish Church in London to commemorate the the deaths of the Baker family. It reads:
FULL MANY A GEM OF PUREST RAY SERENE
THE DARK UNFATHOMED CAVES OF OCEAN BEAR
IN FULL SUBMISSION TO THE ALL-WISE
GOD
WITH TEARS OF DEEPEST AFFECTION, AND
WITH ADMIRATION FOR THEIR VIRTUOUS
AND PURELY CHRISTIAN CHARACTER,
WE DEDICATE THIS TABLET TO
THE MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR ONES, LOST AT SEA
IN THE MAIL STEAMSHIP "CITY OF BOSTON",
WHICH LEFT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA,
HOMEWARD-BOUND, JANUARY 28, 1870
HENRY HORACE BAKER, AGE 28,
LIEUT. ROYAL ENGINEERS, THIRD SON OF
HENRY BAKER, ESQ, OF GOWER STREET.
REBECCA, HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER OF
JAMES TAYLOR ESQ, OF MAYFIELD, SUSSEX,
WITH THEIR CHILDREN,
FREDERICK HORACE, AGED 5
FLORENCE HAMILTON, AGED 3
'AND THERE WAS NO MORE SEA,
AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES,
AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NEITHER SORROW,
NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN
FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY. - REV 21
LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES AND IN DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED∼Of Halifax, Nova Scotia, cabin passenger lost on the City of Boston. Traveling with a lady, two children (Child 1, Child 2) and a nurse.
A memorial place hangs in Saint Pancras Parish Church in London to commemorate the the deaths of the Baker family. It reads:
FULL MANY A GEM OF PUREST RAY SERENE
THE DARK UNFATHOMED CAVES OF OCEAN BEAR
IN FULL SUBMISSION TO THE ALL-WISE
GOD
WITH TEARS OF DEEPEST AFFECTION, AND
WITH ADMIRATION FOR THEIR VIRTUOUS
AND PURELY CHRISTIAN CHARACTER,
WE DEDICATE THIS TABLET TO
THE MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR ONES, LOST AT SEA
IN THE MAIL STEAMSHIP "CITY OF BOSTON",
WHICH LEFT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA,
HOMEWARD-BOUND, JANUARY 28, 1870
HENRY HORACE BAKER, AGE 28,
LIEUT. ROYAL ENGINEERS, THIRD SON OF
HENRY BAKER, ESQ, OF GOWER STREET.
REBECCA, HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER OF
JAMES TAYLOR ESQ, OF MAYFIELD, SUSSEX,
WITH THEIR CHILDREN,
FREDERICK HORACE, AGED 5
FLORENCE HAMILTON, AGED 3
'AND THERE WAS NO MORE SEA,
AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES,
AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NEITHER SORROW,
NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN
FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY. - REV 21
LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES AND IN DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED∼Of Halifax, Nova Scotia, cabin passenger lost on the City of Boston. Traveling with a lady, two children (Child 1, Child 2) and a nurse.
Lost on the City of Boston that set sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on January 28, 1870. Of Halifax. Son of Henry Baker, 108 Gower Street, Middlesex, England.
A memorial place hangs in Saint Pancras Parish Church in London to commemorate the the deaths of the Baker family. It reads:
FULL MANY A GEM OF PUREST RAY SERENE
THE DARK UNFATHOMED CAVES OF OCEAN BEAR
IN FULL SUBMISSION TO THE ALL-WISE
GOD
WITH TEARS OF DEEPEST AFFECTION, AND
WITH ADMIRATION FOR THEIR VIRTUOUS
AND PURELY CHRISTIAN CHARACTER,
WE DEDICATE THIS TABLET TO
THE MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR ONES, LOST AT SEA
IN THE MAIL STEAMSHIP "CITY OF BOSTON",
WHICH LEFT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA,
HOMEWARD-BOUND, JANUARY 28, 1870
HENRY HORACE BAKER, AGE 28,
LIEUT. ROYAL ENGINEERS, THIRD SON OF
HENRY BAKER, ESQ, OF GOWER STREET.
REBECCA, HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER OF
JAMES TAYLOR ESQ, OF MAYFIELD, SUSSEX,
WITH THEIR CHILDREN,
FREDERICK HORACE, AGED 5
FLORENCE HAMILTON, AGED 3
'AND THERE WAS NO MORE SEA,
AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES,
AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NEITHER SORROW,
NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN
FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY. - REV 21
LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES AND IN DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED∼Of Halifax, Nova Scotia, cabin passenger lost on the City of Boston. Traveling with a lady, two children (Child 1, Child 2) and a nurse.
A memorial place hangs in Saint Pancras Parish Church in London to commemorate the the deaths of the Baker family. It reads:
FULL MANY A GEM OF PUREST RAY SERENE
THE DARK UNFATHOMED CAVES OF OCEAN BEAR
IN FULL SUBMISSION TO THE ALL-WISE
GOD
WITH TEARS OF DEEPEST AFFECTION, AND
WITH ADMIRATION FOR THEIR VIRTUOUS
AND PURELY CHRISTIAN CHARACTER,
WE DEDICATE THIS TABLET TO
THE MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR ONES, LOST AT SEA
IN THE MAIL STEAMSHIP "CITY OF BOSTON",
WHICH LEFT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA,
HOMEWARD-BOUND, JANUARY 28, 1870
HENRY HORACE BAKER, AGE 28,
LIEUT. ROYAL ENGINEERS, THIRD SON OF
HENRY BAKER, ESQ, OF GOWER STREET.
REBECCA, HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER OF
JAMES TAYLOR ESQ, OF MAYFIELD, SUSSEX,
WITH THEIR CHILDREN,
FREDERICK HORACE, AGED 5
FLORENCE HAMILTON, AGED 3
'AND THERE WAS NO MORE SEA,
AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES,
AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NEITHER SORROW,
NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN
FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY. - REV 21
LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES AND IN DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED∼Of Halifax, Nova Scotia, cabin passenger lost on the City of Boston. Traveling with a lady, two children (Child 1, Child 2) and a nurse.
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