Birth: 1845 in Wieleń, Poland
According to the Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry, he was born about 1845, in Filene, Prussia. This town, whose name in German was actually ‘Filehne’, is now known by the Polish name ‘Wielen’.
Death: April 14, 1887 in Victoria, B.C.
Plot: Row D – Plot 39
Inscription:
פ נ
[unclear]
נולד ביום א ניסן תרמ׳ה
ונפטר ביום כ׳ ניסן תרמ׳ז
ת׳נ׳צ׳ב׳ה
In Memory of
HENRY MORRIS
Of Filene, Prussia
Aged 42 Years
Died
14 April 1887 – 5647
Translation of inscription:
פ נ (Abbreviation of Hebrew: “Buried here”)
[unclear]
נולד ביום א ניסן תר׳ה (Hebrew: Born on the date 1 Nisan 5605)
ונפטר ביום כ׳ ניסן תרמ׳ז (Hebrew: and passed away on the date 20 Nisan 5647)
ת׳נ׳צ׳ב׳ה (Abbreviation of Hebrew: “May his/her soul be bound with the bond of life.”)
In Memory of Henry Morris of Filene, Prussia, Aged 42 Years
Died 14 April 1887 – 5647
Transcription of his weathered marker was only possible because of the University of Victoria Digital Documentation of Monuments project: https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/cemeteriesinpictures/contact/
Biography:
Henry had been sick in hospital for some time before he died. The pallbearers were: E J Salmon, George Powell, W Gregory, Morris Moss and two other men from the Order of Chosen Friends.
Additional Images:
The Jewish Cemetery of Victoria, British Columbia 