There is an inscription on a family grave which intrigues us:


Also JOHN THOMAS DERBYSHIRE
Drowned, aged 25 years August 8, 1890/3/6/8 (date difficult to read)
Interred at Oak Grove Cemetery, Falls River, USA.

Could anyone give us more information about this death, or what he was doing in the USA so long ago? All the family were cotton workers and I understand a lot of Lancashire people migrated to this area around this time.