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William Thomas Seabrook 1881-1914

Today, 3rd January, 2012 marks the 98th anniversary of the death of William Thomas Seabrook, the 6th child of William John Seabrook, wine merchant and his wife Maria Sophia Mason of Melbourne. William is buried in the Brighton Cemetery, Melbourne and if you are interested in reading his tragic story it is published on the unofficial history of  Brighton Cemetery  website. William Thomas Seabrook, 1881-1914

Brighton Cemetery - Melbourne

Anyone with family buried in the Brighton General Cemetery in Melbourne might like to look at the website created by Travis Sellers  titled History of Brighton General Cemetery . The website contains a history of the cemetery and a useful timeline. However, the most interesting part of the website is dedicated to stories about many of those interred at Brighton. Sellars has divided these into 150 Years: 150 Lives, Arts, Business & Commerce, Crime & Tragedy: short stories, In Brief, Local Identities, Medicine & Science, Military, On the Land, Politics, Pre-Victoria, Public Service, Reader's Stories and Sport. These stories also usually contain photographs of the individual and their headstone. I have a story included in the Reader's Stories section titled Tragedy at Point Lonsdale William Thomas Seabrook 1881 - 1914 .  William Thomas Seabrook, age 33, the sixth child of William John Seabrook and his wife Mary Mason, drowned at Point Lonsdale while trying to...