Name NILSEN, Gunnar Schroder Born Died 15 February 1929 Age 19 Cemetery Unknown Grave Ref Unknown Register 102 SPRI Ref. 1228/17/53;D He died of appendicitis, five days after an operation. The SPRI archive shown Nilsen as being from Prince Olav Harbour, though was he was treated by Dr Peder Will at Leith Harbour. All the […]
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Name SØRENSEN, Kristian Ragnvald Born Died 18 May 1914 Age 24 Cemetery Ocean Harbour Grave Ref 4 Register 26 New cross placed in 2016 Photo Jo Hardy 2017 Study of the dimensions of the photograph below and the two remaining crosses of this design indicates that that he is probably buried in grave No. 4.
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Name WILBRAHAM, Arthur Born Britain Died 28 November 1918 Age 54 Cemetery Leith (Main) Grave Ref C3 Register 55
Name WIIK, Johannes Iversen Born 12 January 1868 Died 9 December 1914 Age 56 Cemetery Leith (Old) Grave Ref Unknown Register 31
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Name ODNA,Osvald Born Died 20 May 1939 Age 34 Cemetery Stromness Grave Ref Unknown Register 137
Name TORGERSEN, Carl Born 1886 Died 18 March 1933 Age 46 Cemetery Leith (Main) Grave Ref C8 Register 132
Name: MARILAINEN, Heikki Born: 5 October 1894 Died: 8 January 1929 Age: 34 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C2 Register: 100 SPRI Ref: 1228/17/145;D The Register of Deaths tells us that he was a sailor and the Magistrate’s records at SPRI tell us that he died at Grytviken. Ludwig Kohl-Larsen tells us in his book ‘South
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Name: TORGERSEN, Karl Olav Born: Norway, 28 November 1896 Died: 30 October 1928 Age: 31 Cemetery: Husvik Grave Ref: 19 Register of Deaths: 98 Husvik Grave Book: Page 7 The Husvik Grave Book tells us that Carl died as the result of an explosion on board the Whale Boat Busen 5, where the Register of Deaths
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Name THOMASEN, Thomas Born Norway Died 3 August 1918 Age 37 Cemetery Leith (Main) Grave Ref B1 Register 56 The Register of Deaths tells us that Thomas was a Norwegian sailor who was lost on 3 August 1918 and found around 2 Feb 1919. The date on the headstone is therefore the burial date.
Name: TOLLEFSEN, Thorvald A. Born: Tonsberg, Norway, 11 June 1888 Died: 17 March 1921 Age: 32 Cemetery: Husvik Grave Ref: 9 Register of Deaths: 69 Husvik Grave Book: Page 4 SPRI Ref: 1228/17/32 The Husvik Grave Book tells us that Thorvald was overcome by an accident and that he was buried (begravit) on 19 March
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