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South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 5 [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 | 2014-00-00 | | 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. |
| | Cemetery | South Park Street | | | Surname | Kerr (Alias Moira) | | | Forename(s) | Isabella Elizabeth | | | Year of Death | 1832 | | | Inscription | Isabella Elizabeth Kerr, Alias Moira, A Native Christian, who was early brought to the knowledge of the truth and enabled to sow the seeds of practical piety in the minds of her children. These, in committing her dear remains to the earth on this spot, recorded their gratitude to God for the comforts and priviledges she enjoyed during an extended pilgrimmage of near 70 years, and for the remarkable serenity of mind experienced by her in the hour of dissolution. Obit. 6th August 1832. ""Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God"" - Acts, Chap. xv. 4. |
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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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