Death Notice for John Butcher, Windermere, Westmorland, England, 1838

Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 24 Feb 1838, page 3

(The family paid for a black border around the announcement. This is the first time I've ever seen this. They must have been very sad. Christened on 31 Jan 1820, parents: William Wain & Alice Butcher.)

DEATHS
On the 20th instant, at his father's residence, Windermere, of consumption, brought on by too close application to study at the Royal Naval School, Camberwell, John Butcher, aged 18 years, eldest surviving son of William W. Butcher, Esq., and grandson of the late Rev. William Barton, Rector of Windermere, Westmorland.