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South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 3 [Holmes and Co]
| Description | Transcribed from Bengal Obituary. A compilation of tablets and monumental Inscriptions from various parts of Bengal and Agra Presidencies. By Holmes and Co., printed by W Thacker and Co 1851. | | Date transcribed | 2012-08-01 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | South Park Street Burial Ground begins on page 106 of the book and ends on page 176 - listing all inscriptions found in that cemetery as at 1851. |
| | Surname | Leycester | | | Forename(s) | Alicia | | | Year of Death | 1821 | | | Inscription | Sacred to the Memory of Alicia, wife of William Leycester, Esq., of the Civil Service. Her many virtues, her sense of relgion; her practical devotion; the sympathy she ever felt in the sorrows of others; her exertions to soothe and relieve them; the deep regret of her many valued friends and relatives; her exemplary conduct in every vicissitude of life; the kindness of her domestic habits; her unceasing maternal vigilence; the unshaken confidence and affection which ever united her to the bosom of a grieving husband, afford him the strongest hope, under heaven, that thro' the mediation of our blessed Saviour and Redeemer, she may be received into bliss eternal and happiness for ever. Amen. Born 2d Sept. 1784; Died 23d Sept. 1821, aged 37 years. |
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Transcribed from Holmes and Co - Bengal Obituary, and photographs of headstones at South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta.
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