BORN CO. CAVAN, IRELAND 24/6/1859. MARRIED 1882. WIFE CATHERINE FLYNN AND FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED PRESTON AND AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. NEXT OF KIN WAS HIS DAUGHTER, MARY ANN SHEPHERSON, 6, PROVIDENCE TERRACE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE SERVED AS CHIEF ENGINEER, ON THE MINESWEEPER ‘ORIEL’. HE DIED SUDDENLY ON 26/08/1915, AGED 57, AT THE IMPERIAL HOTEL, STORNAWAY AND CROMARTY. HE IS BURIED AT HULL HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HE LEFT £222 IN HIS WILL TO JOHN CLARKE, TRAIN DIVER.
HIS DEATH AND FUNERAL WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES ON 04/09/1915.
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
769
Rank:
Chief Engineer
Date Died
26/08/1915
Place died:
Hedon Road Cemetery, Hull, UK
Age:
57
