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
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.