Talland Church Headstones

Records of Headstones, Tombs, and Slates at Talland Church

James Edwin Sheeres 1886-1905

Headstone 18

~ Slate ~ Gothic top with indented sides and convex shoulders, central decorative interwoven IHS motif

  • James Edwin Sheeres 1886 – 18 August 1905
    • Aged 19 years
    • of Ellesmere East Dulwich Grove
    • ‘Our dear Jim’
    • ‘Accidentally drowned’
      • Parish Records show
      • Buried 30 August 1905

Ancestry research – Father, Edwin, a solicitors clerk & mother Violet, born in Scotland. James Edwin Sheers ashes were interred in family grave, Camberwell.

Parish Records – James Edwin Sheeres ‘drowned whilst bathing on the Eastern beach in Talland Bay on the 18th August 1905 (recovered at Downderry)

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