Stephen Nathaniel Harrison - Glen Mona, Isle of Man - Citizen Memorials on Waymarking.com

A memorial tablet in Christ Church, The Dhoon, Glen Mona, Isle of Man.

This rather simple rectangular brass tablet is affixed to the northern interior wall of the church and is inscribed in black-lettering with the following dedication:
“IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
STEPHEN NATHANIEL HARRISON
CANON OF S. COLUMBIA
INCUMENT OF THIS PLACE
1873 - 1889
BORN AT MAUGHOLD VICARAGE 1836.
DIED AT SOUTH RAMSEY VICARAGE 1925.
“THOUGH HIS BODY NOW IS SLEEPING
LIVES HIS SPIRIT IN THY KEEPING””

That Stephen Nathaniel was incumbent of Christ Church is verified by the Census records from 1881 which shows that Stephen N Harrison was residing at Dhoon Parsonage in Maughold with his wife, Mary Ann E (33) and their son Mark W (3).

Stephen’s wife Mary Ann E may be the same woman that has a tablet in the Church and died in 1886 (Marianne E Harrison).

Mark Wilks was in adult life also a clergyman and served as the vicar of St. Paul’s Church in Ramsey between 1911 and 1946.

Isabella Quillin (18) who later married Thomas Corteen was a domestic servant (cook) in the Parsonage at the time of the 1881 Census and is remembered in one of the stained-glass windows in the Church along with her husband.

Stephen Nathaniel also has a memorial plaque in St. Paul's Church, in Ramsey.

Christ Church was built as a chapel-of-ease to Maughold but is now in shared Anglican and Methodist use.

The foundation stone of Christ Church was laid in June 1854 and the Church was consecrated in December 1855. The Church was built by Callow and Looney to a design by Ewan Christian of London, it cost £730. Architecturally is a reworking Christians style if Romanesque and so the windows and door openings are round headed not pointed. The interior is still largely unchanged from the original. The funds were largely provided by Mrs Saltmarshe and her daughters (Mr Saltmarshe had been the largest contributor to St. Thomas's Church Douglas.

The original 'Dhoon Church' was built around 1836 at the Dhoon Bridge which is about a mile to the south - and the name was transferred to the new church at Glen Mona (which has caused confusion ever since).

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source: Churches of Man by Jonathan Kewley (ISBN 978-1-899602-82-7)

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Location: Christ Church, The Dhoon, Glen Mona, Isle of Man Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: Not listed

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