John Benjamin DIKE

1856 - 1897  (41 years)

• Name	John Benjamin DIKE
  Birth	1856	Margate, Kent   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Dec 1897	Lost at Sea off Margate, Kent   [2, 3]
  Burial	8 Dec 1897	St John, Margate, Kent   [2]
  Person ID	I04097	GhentGoodFamilyTree
  Last Modified	8 May 2025

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Albert Edward DIKE,   b. 1884, Margate, Kent d. 1885, Margate, Kent (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Living   5. Florence Mabel DIKE,   b. 1889, Margate, Kent d. 1889, Margate, Kent (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Living   7. Living   8. Living
  Family ID	F1190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2025

  
  

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• Notes

  Benjamin drowned with eight other men when the Surfboat 'Friend To All Nations' he was in capsized in a stormy sea going to the rescue of a stricken ship. http://www.margatehandbook.co.uk/?page=articles&article=107

  
  

• Sources

  [S006631] England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, 2a, 573 4th Qtr 1856. Thanet, Kent [S006362] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991. [S006635] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, 2a, 534 4th Qtr 1897. Thanet, Kent