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South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 1 [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 | 2009-08-22 | 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.
Records transcribed to date are from the establishment up to 1799 inclusive. |
| Surname | Powney | | First Name(s) | Thomas | | Year | 1782 | | Inscription | To the Memory of Thomas Powney, Esq., who departed this life the 10th November 1782, aged 61 years. Here lies the tenderest husband, father, friend; His life with goodness mark'd with grief his end; His mind was calm, oh may his soul have rest And he who others bless'd himself be bless'd. He gave to every Christian virtue scope, And what his practicee was, is now his hope. |
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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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