Recently found on the edge of the lake at Tissamaharama two stones as detailed;-
1.H.M. PARKER aged 9 months 1883.
2. H.M. Parker died of Malaria whose father Mr Henry Parker Englishman appointed as an irrigation officer to Sri Lanka on 22nd June 1873 later on assumed duties as Irrigation Engineer in charge of the Southern Province where malaria epidemic was severely spread in that region. He rendered yeoman service in rehabilitation at old irrigation scheme in this area.
So pleased that the tombstone was found for the infant H. M. Parker. His mother was my great-grand aunt.
Hi, I am looking for a little more information about his father, Henry Parker. Do you know if he had any more children, his wife’s name, did he continue to live in Sri Lanka or did he go to England or when he died. Any data would be good for me, because I found very little.