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Photo: Juan Carlos Castro |
The Island’s Minister
of Culture, Mr Larry Alvarez, together with other colleagues from the local
government were present for the ceremony and is pictured above talking to Holy Trinity Churchwarden, Mrs Betty Burgess, and the Priest-in-Charge, Fr Peter Ford OGS.
It is not only the
British who were buried here. There are a large number of graves of people from
all over the world, signifying what a cross-roads the Canary Islands once were,
due to intercontinental shipping lanes. In just a quick inspection I noted graves of missionaries, seamen, entrepreneurs, from Africa, Scandinavia, Asia and America. The cemetery is still in active use today.
Dear Bishop David,
ReplyDeleteFrederic William Maitland : whose widow became Lady Florence Darwin, wife of Sir Francis Darwin
Can you please take an image of his grave in the English Cemetery:
http://eurobishop.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/english-cemetery-in-las-palmas-cultural.html
and send it to me for his Find-A-Grave entry?
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2529328&GRid=124703979&
Thanks in anticipation of your assistance;
Best wishes, Martin Packer [Birmingham, England] martin@packer34.freeserve.co.uk