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This small Portland stone memorial, comprising a central pillar originally containing a drinking fountain surrounded by six outer columns supporting a canopy, is situated on Western Esplanade near the south-west angle of the town walls.

Mary ann rogers wikipedia Mary was born in about Mary Ann Ro d gers was convicted for Larceny in At Windsor in she married Joseph Davis. She passed away in Mary Ann Rogers age 19 was tried at the Lent Assizes, Dorchester on Thursday 12th of March, , charged with stealing money from the house of John Parker of Chickerell - notes and bills to the value of nineteen pounds, twelve shillings and six-pence - Warrant dated 27th September

It commemorates Mary Ann Rogers, a stewardess on the passenger ship Stella which sank in off the Channel Islands with the loss of people. Many of the survivors praised the heroism of Mary Ann who made sure that all the women and children were placed in the lifeboats. She refused a place in the boats herself and gave her lifejacket to a young girl.

She remained on board and was one of those drowned when the ship sank.

Mary ann rogers buffalo Mary Ann was born in She is the daughter of Giles Rogers and Rachel Eastham. She passed away in Rogers : some of the descendants of Giles Rogers, an immigrant to Virginia in , including descendants of William Rogers - see in images:. Note: Further research is required to locate primary documents to satisfy Wikitree source standards for this info from MyHeritage.

Her heroism caught the public imagination and funds were raised by public subscription for a monument. It was designed by Herbert Bryans and unveiled by Lady Emma Crichton in The monument, also known as the Stella Memorial, is Grade II listed.

The ship was sailing from Southampton to Guernsey and it is likely that many Southampton people were aboard.

Jake Simpson's article on the disaster gives the addresses of the passengers who survived.

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Further reading:
Southampton Memorials of Care for Man and Beast, by A. G. K. Leonard, p (HS/k)
Buildings of England: Hampshire and the I.O.W., by Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd, p (H/i)
Building Stones of Southampton, by Anthony Wadham, p (HS/i)
‘Mrs Mary Ann Rogers: Heroic Stewardess of the S.S.

Stella Wrecked Years Ago’, by A. G. K. Leonard, in Hampshire, Vol. 39, No. 5, March , p (HS/y)

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