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Unknown location, Falklands / Malvinas [?]
Fell--MacCall Family

Inscription   In Loving Memory of DUNCAN FRASER FELL the dearly beloved son of JAMES and AGNES FELL, who died at North Arm, January 31st 1900 aged 4 years and 6 months. Deeply mourned Tender shepherd Thou has still'd Now Thy little lamb's brief weeping Oh how peaceful, pale and mild In its narrow bed 'tis sleeping And no sick or anguish sore Heaves that little bosom more.

DISCUSSION: This photograph appears in an old album of the RUDD family, Río Gallegos. It is annotated simply "Falkland Islands". However, the place of death (North Arm) is ambiguous, because that name is associated with the FELL family both in the Falklands and in Magallanes, Chile [known locally as Brazo Norte]. Since the FELLs moved to the Mainland in 1901, while this child died in 1900, it is believed that this memorial is located somewhere in the Islands.

NOTE: The verse is adapted from Catherine Winkworth's poem "On the death of a LIttle Child".

Photograph: courtesy of John Rudd (III-2012)
Created: 13-III-2012
Last updated: 14-III-2012