West Stockwell Street, St. Martin, aged 102 years. — "Interments at Colchester Cemetery During the Week ending Sept. 20, 1867" in The Essex Standard, and Eastern Counties Advertiser, 20 Sep 1867
DEATHS. | RUMSEY.—At St. Martin's, Colchester, Ann Rumsey, aged 102. | The Essex County Standard, 18 Sep 1867
DEATH OF THE DAUGHTER OF CAPTAIN COOK.—Our obituary records the death of Mrs. Rumsey, daughter of the celebrated Capt. Cook. The London Standard, in noticing the death, says—A death is announced which would seem, at a first rumor of it, to touch no memory of the living generation. It is that of Mrs. Ann Rumsey, widow, of the parish of St. Martin, Colchester. She was in her hundred and fourth year. She was, moreover, daughter of Captain Cook, the circumnavigator of the world, slain by the savages of Owhyhee among the South Sea Islands [14th February 1779], and she was born not long after the accession of the third King George to the throne of Great Britain [25 October 1760]. Incidents like these come to us as echoes of a forgotten history; they are glances backwards through the chronicles of the mythical generation; they do, however, serve to connect, in sympathy, one long stretch ... Singularly enough the death of Captain Cook's daughter happened within a few hours of the anniversary distinguished by the discovery of the Southern Ocean. In our days, full of pride about our gallant navigation, the fearless command we hold over the seas, and our well-marked ways of coming and going, the achievements of the haberdasher's apprentice, nooked in a mean shop not far from Whitby, are apt to be passed over; but when we reflect upon all that was done for the world by that young collier's boy, that sailor before the mast, that able seaman in a man of war, who struggled so long for even a master's warrant, we cannot help signalising as a circumstance startling in our days the death of his daughter, only this week, in the principal oyster city of England." | The Essex Chronicle, 27 Sep 1867.
DEATHS. | RUMSEY.—At St. Martin's, Colchester, Ann Rumsey, aged 102. | The Essex County Standard, 18 Sep 1867
DEATH OF THE DAUGHTER OF CAPTAIN COOK.—Our obituary records the death of Mrs. Rumsey, daughter of the celebrated Capt. Cook. The London Standard, in noticing the death, says—A death is announced which would seem, at a first rumor of it, to touch no memory of the living generation. It is that of Mrs. Ann Rumsey, widow, of the parish of St. Martin, Colchester. She was in her hundred and fourth year. She was, moreover, daughter of Captain Cook, the circumnavigator of the world, slain by the savages of Owhyhee among the South Sea Islands [14th February 1779], and she was born not long after the accession of the third King George to the throne of Great Britain [25 October 1760]. Incidents like these come to us as echoes of a forgotten history; they are glances backwards through the chronicles of the mythical generation; they do, however, serve to connect, in sympathy, one long stretch ... Singularly enough the death of Captain Cook's daughter happened within a few hours of the anniversary distinguished by the discovery of the Southern Ocean. In our days, full of pride about our gallant navigation, the fearless command we hold over the seas, and our well-marked ways of coming and going, the achievements of the haberdasher's apprentice, nooked in a mean shop not far from Whitby, are apt to be passed over; but when we reflect upon all that was done for the world by that young collier's boy, that sailor before the mast, that able seaman in a man of war, who struggled so long for even a master's warrant, we cannot help signalising as a circumstance startling in our days the death of his daughter, only this week, in the principal oyster city of England." | The Essex Chronicle, 27 Sep 1867.
West Stockwell Street, St. Martin, aged 102 years. — "Interments at Colchester Cemetery During the Week ending Sept. 20, 1867" in The Essex Standard, and Eastern Counties Advertiser, 20 Sep 1867
DEATHS. | RUMSEY.—At St. Martin's, Colchester, Ann Rumsey, aged 102. | The Essex County Standard, 18 Sep 1867
DEATH OF THE DAUGHTER OF CAPTAIN COOK.—Our obituary records the death of Mrs. Rumsey, daughter of the celebrated Capt. Cook. The London Standard, in noticing the death, says—A death is announced which would seem, at a first rumor of it, to touch no memory of the living generation. It is that of Mrs. Ann Rumsey, widow, of the parish of St. Martin, Colchester. She was in her hundred and fourth year. She was, moreover, daughter of Captain Cook, the circumnavigator of the world, slain by the savages of Owhyhee among the South Sea Islands [14th February 1779], and she was born not long after the accession of the third King George to the throne of Great Britain [25 October 1760]. Incidents like these come to us as echoes of a forgotten history; they are glances backwards through the chronicles of the mythical generation; they do, however, serve to connect, in sympathy, one long stretch ... Singularly enough the death of Captain Cook's daughter happened within a few hours of the anniversary distinguished by the discovery of the Southern Ocean. In our days, full of pride about our gallant navigation, the fearless command we hold over the seas, and our well-marked ways of coming and going, the achievements of the haberdasher's apprentice, nooked in a mean shop not far from Whitby, are apt to be passed over; but when we reflect upon all that was done for the world by that young collier's boy, that sailor before the mast, that able seaman in a man of war, who struggled so long for even a master's warrant, we cannot help signalising as a circumstance startling in our days the death of his daughter, only this week, in the principal oyster city of England." | The Essex Chronicle, 27 Sep 1867.
DEATHS. | RUMSEY.—At St. Martin's, Colchester, Ann Rumsey, aged 102. | The Essex County Standard, 18 Sep 1867
DEATH OF THE DAUGHTER OF CAPTAIN COOK.—Our obituary records the death of Mrs. Rumsey, daughter of the celebrated Capt. Cook. The London Standard, in noticing the death, says—A death is announced which would seem, at a first rumor of it, to touch no memory of the living generation. It is that of Mrs. Ann Rumsey, widow, of the parish of St. Martin, Colchester. She was in her hundred and fourth year. She was, moreover, daughter of Captain Cook, the circumnavigator of the world, slain by the savages of Owhyhee among the South Sea Islands [14th February 1779], and she was born not long after the accession of the third King George to the throne of Great Britain [25 October 1760]. Incidents like these come to us as echoes of a forgotten history; they are glances backwards through the chronicles of the mythical generation; they do, however, serve to connect, in sympathy, one long stretch ... Singularly enough the death of Captain Cook's daughter happened within a few hours of the anniversary distinguished by the discovery of the Southern Ocean. In our days, full of pride about our gallant navigation, the fearless command we hold over the seas, and our well-marked ways of coming and going, the achievements of the haberdasher's apprentice, nooked in a mean shop not far from Whitby, are apt to be passed over; but when we reflect upon all that was done for the world by that young collier's boy, that sailor before the mast, that able seaman in a man of war, who struggled so long for even a master's warrant, we cannot help signalising as a circumstance startling in our days the death of his daughter, only this week, in the principal oyster city of England." | The Essex Chronicle, 27 Sep 1867.
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