Category:Grave Kirsten/Fontenay at Friedhof Ohlsdorf

Grave area for members of H. F. Kirsten/John Fontenay shipowner families at Hamburg cemetary Friedhof Ohlsdorf, located Z 11 (Norderstraße, west of Nordteich), consisting of:
* Shell-marble gravewall established there in 1924/25, the middle part of 1866 and bones including those of John Fontenay (1835) came from the ancient burial ground St. Michaelis (part of the old Hamburg “ Dammtorfriedhöfe”).
* Sandstone postament with big urn from first half of 19th century.
Details see Barbara Leisner, Heiko K. L. Schulze, Ellen Thormann: Der Hamburger Hauptfriedhof Ohlsdorf. Geschichte und Grabmäler, Verlag Hans Christians, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-7672-1060-6, page 30, Kat. 123, as well as fredriks.de.