Gravestone 42
Surnames: Lobnitz

Gravestone Inscription

In Loving Memory
of
HENRY C. LOBNITZ

BORN AT FREDERICIA, DENMARK
ON THE 25TH NOVEMBER 1831
DIED AT RENFREW
ON THE 18TH DECEMBER 1896

THY WILL BE DONE

 
The cross lay in the grass for 40 years
The Lobnitz Cross lifted and set against the wall
Base of Cross
Base Stones

Additional information

Henry C. Lobnitz was born in Denmark. He served on a Royal Navy ship as an engineer during the Crimean War. He joined the Renfrew yard of James Henderson in 1857, but by 1894 was the owner of the yard, now Lobnitz & Co. The Lobnitz yard built a wide variety of ships but was best known for dredgers.