John Henry Herbert McSwiney grave monument details at St Helen Church burial ground, Barnoldby le Beck, Lincolnshire,England

John Henry Herbert McSwiney grave monument in St Helen Church burial ground, Barnoldby le Beck, Lincolnshire, England

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Rev John Henry Herbert "Herbert" McSwiney MA
1899721826first name on monumentJohn Henry Herbert McSwiney, Rev., M.A. Known as Herbert. // Rector of this parish 13 years. // Son of Daniel McSwiney, M.A. and Sarah McSwiney, nee Allfree. (Daniel was born near Cork, Ireland. Tutor to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Author, Poet, Teacher in Allfree Institution in Brighton)// Birth Date: Birth Date 25 December 1826 Baptism Date 18 April 1827 - St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, Sussex MA degree from Pembroke College, Cambridge University. Ordained Minister - Church of England Assistant Curate - St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England 1851, April 29 - 25 year old J.H. Herbert McSwiney married (1) Emily Sarah Hills at St. Nicholas Church in Yarmouth, Norfolk. They had seven children, only 3 surviving through mid-adulthood. 1852 Anglican Chaplain to the Russia Company at Cronstadt, the port of St. Petersburg, Russia. The English Church was part of the large English community in St. Petersburg - situated on the English Embankment* of the Neva River, near the British Embassy and the diplomats and wealthiest of the English merchants' abodes - and near the Russian Czar's winter palace, The Hermitage. British Merchant Seamen as well as the St. Petersburg community were attended to by Herbert. They lived at the English Parsonage. Herbert McSwiney's first entrance to the Cronstadt Baptism Register was on February 3 1852 and the last entry was on October 28 1878 - a 26 year period. There were interludes in England on vacation and in English posts. 1881 Curate in Charge - Penn 1886 Rector St Helen's Church, Barnoldby-le-Beck - post held for 13 years 1893, April - Co-Commissary (Deputy) in England (with Rev. J. Allen Bell) to the Bishop of British Columbia, George Hills. 1897 First wife, Emily McSwiney, nee Hills, died 1898 Married second wife, Emma Maude Godden. Rev. Herbert McSwiney died, aged 73, Friday 24 February 1899 - buried in St. Helen's cemetery, Barnoldby-le-Beck on Monday, 27 February 1899.

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He is my second great-grandfather. I believe his wife Emily McSwiney is buried nearby as well? Would you know if Belchamp Walter cemetery was nearby? 26 December 1897. Death of Emily reported in The London Standard and Bury and Norwich Post as Funeral at Walter Belchamp, Sudbury.[cemetery] Died 1897, aged 76 at Barnoldby-le-Beck and Registered in the District of Grimsby, Co. of Humberside, Lincolnshire, England [Vol 7a, page 387, England and Wales, Free BMD Death Index 1837-1983] Thank you so much for your assistance. ------------------
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St Helen Church burial ground, Barnoldby le Beck, Lincolnshire, England

St Helen Church burial ground, Barnoldby le Beck
St Helen Church burial ground

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