Name JOHANNESEN, Rasmus Henrik Anton Born Norway Died 7 November 1948 Age 31 Cemetery Lost at sea Grave Ref – Register – SPRI Ref: 1228/17/100;D The SPRI Archive tells us that he was the chief engineer on the catcher ‘Southern Breeze’ and was assumed lost overboard while crossing from ‘Southern Gem’ to […]
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Name TVETAN, Kornelius Born – Died 28 November 1938 Age Cemetery Lost at Sea Grave Ref – Register – SPRI Ref: 1228/17/89;D The magistrate’s records at SPRI tell us that Tvetan, a whaling labourer who worked as the secretary’s assistant, was on board the vessel ‘Salvestria’, which was alongside in South Georgia. His body
After a couple of days research in the archives at the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) in Cambridge, some new information has been added to a number of articles on this site.
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The Jane Cameron Memorial Archive in Stanley, Falkland Islands, holds some archived material from the days when the Magistrates at South Georgia were responsible to the Falkland Islands Government. At the time of writing, July 2012, much of the information has yet to be catalogued, though this is slowly happening as time allows. Contact is
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See the entry for ABREHAMSEN, Peder Oscar The Amundsen name is used on the death certificate in the Magistrate’s records held at SPRI (Ref: 1228/17/40;D), and also in the Register of Deaths entry. The gravestone is inscribed Abrehamsen as is the memorial at the Sandefjord Memorial Chapel.
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Time Line List in chronological order (of deaths) of all known persons with references to grave info, Register of deaths entry, SPRI archive reference etc. Name Date Site Grave Register SPRI Notes ERIKSEN, Erik 1 December 1910 Husvik 1 1 MS 1228/17/1;D HALVORSEN, T 1910 At Sea MS 1228/17/2;D JOHANNESEN, Johannes 7 January 1911 Ocean
Bob Burton sent a picture postcard he received, depicting the burial of grave C2.
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A new section has been added to the website to list places where further information about the cemeteries, deaths etc. may be found. It includes links to other websites and some downloads of more detailed documents.
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The Archives at SPRI have a number of documents referring to the cemeteries etc at South Georgia. These include: Magistrates correspondence regarding deaths The Grytviken Church Book The Husvik Grave Book More details at the SPRI Website. Download a catalogue of documents in the archive.
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