Name: NILSSON, John Born: Sweden, 14 December 1885 Died: 30 April 1912 Age: 26 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: B5 Register: 8 One of nine victims of the typhus epidemic in 1912. There is a little confusion over the name – the Register of Deaths gives Johan Nilsson whereas the gravestone says John
Name: MONTARO, Josep H. Born: Cape Verde Islands Died: 28 February 1891 Age: 19 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: Unknown Register: – In his book ‘Antarctica‘, Otto Nordenskjöld tells how, in May 1902, he found the cemetery where a few pieces of wood thrust into the earth marked the graves. On one was the inscription: JOSEP
Name: BROCKLOAE, H Born: USA Died: 10 January 1871 Age: 35 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: B7 Register: – Brockloae was the cooper (barrel maker) on the sealing vessel Trinity, a sealer taking elephant seals for oil, which would be stored in barrels. This older grave marker was removed indoors to the Museum at Grytviken in
Name: DYRE, W.H Born: London Died: July 1846 Age: 27 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: B9 Register: – Dyre was the Surgeon of the ship Esther and died during a typhus outbreak. Four of the nine unmarked graves in the cemetery are reported to be from the same ship. The original grave marker was removed indoors
Name: Unknown Born: – Died: – Age: – Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: B10 Register: – This grave is in the earliest area of the cemetery, and one of the early sealers buried before the whalers arrived in th eearly 20th Century and better records were kept. I could be that of Josep H Montaro or,
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Name: Unknown Born: – Died: – Age: – Cemetery Grytviken Grave Ref B8 Register One of four graves from the pre-whaling days.
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Name: Unknown Born: – Died: – Age: – Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C5 Register: –
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Name Unknown Born – Died – Age – Cemetery Grytviken Grave Ref C7 Register –
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Name; Unknown Born: – Died: – Age: – Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C8 Register: –
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Name: Unknown Born: – Died: – Age: – Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C10 Register: – A photograph of the unveiling of Shackleton’s headstone shows this grave existed on 28 Feb 1928.
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