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William Wallace Bisbee

Male 1838 - 1858  (20 years)

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  • Name William Wallace Bisbee  [1]
    Birth 3 Jul 1838  Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Death 21 Dec 1858  Cape Of Good Hope, , Cape Province, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Y  [3]
    • Gravestone inscription: "William Wallace (Bisbee), lost overboard from the ship "ESTHER MAY" of which he was second mate, off the cape of Good Hope, homeward bound from Manilla, Dec. 1858 in his 21st year."
    Person ID I2101  Bisbee
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2009

    Father William Marshall Bisbee,   b. 8 Mar 1805, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1859 (Age 53 years)
    Mother Catherine Warren Harrub,   b. Abt 1807   d. 6 Aug 1887, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Marriage 30 Nov 1829 
    • "Both of Plympton, Mass." [1]
    Family ID F1021  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Jul 1838 - Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Dec 1858 - Cape Of Good Hope, , Cape Province, South Africa Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • He "Died at sea, aged 20 yrs. 5 mos. 18 das." The Plympton inscription reads as follows: "William Wallace Bisbee, who was lost overboard the ship 'Esther (or Esther May),' of which he was second mate, off the Cape of Good Hope; was homeward bound from Manila Dec. 1858, in his 21st year." [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 260.

    2. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 380.

    3. [S2] Grave Marker, Old Plympton Burying Place.
      "William Wallace (Bisbee), lost overboard from the ship "ESTHER MAY" of which he was second mate, off the cape of Good Hope, homeward bound from Manilla, Dec. 1858 in his 21st year."