Hi. Everyone,
I am interested in trying to discover the existence of possibly 3 WETHERED family gravestones on the island of Tenerife in the Canaries. My great-grandmother's father-in-law Owen Peel Wethered built a substantial villa called El Robado in the Puerto de la Cruz area, started in 1887; it still stands, if somewhat reduced and modified now. The family were then a wealthy brewing family from Bucks, England, and Owen Peel Wethered was also one of the main contributors towards the building of an Anglican Church and rectory in Parque Taoro nearby. The villa El Robado became their holiday home in the sun, and was built at the start of the era when Tenerife became a winter tourist destination for the British amongst others.
However, Owen Peel Wethered (d.1908), and two of his sons, Thomas Arthur Wethered (d.1906), and Francis Owen Wethered (d.1922) all succumbed to TB on the island, and so I believe are buried there, possibly in the Anglican church graveyard.
Do I need to check burial records with the Spanish authorities, or is there a database somewhere else that I could study. Of course, if there is anyone associated with Rootschat who just happens to be on holiday in the Puerto de la Cruz of Tenerife, has a digital camera at the ready, and stumbles across headstones bearing the Wethered family name in a far-distant Anglican Churchyard, I would of course be delighted to hear from you!
Very best wishes,
Keith Sherwood (living in Cambridge, England)
