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 South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 1 [Holmes and Co]

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DescriptionTranscribed 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 transcribed2009-08-22
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentSouth 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  Loftie    
First Name(s)  Charlotte    
Year  1789    
Inscription  Here resteth the remains of Charlotte Loftie, The daughter of the Rev. John Loftie, A.M., Rector of Saint Dunstan's, Canterbury; and one of the Chaplains of the Bengal Establishment. Obiit 1st of February 1789, aged 18 years. Also of his eldest daughter, Mary Garstin, who was for near twenty-two years the highly esteemed and well beloved wife of Major General John Garstin, Engineer and Surveyor General; she departed this life after a long and painful illness which she bore with fortitude and resignation, on the 28th of July 1811, and only grieved her husband when she died. Aged 42 years, leaving issue seven children to lament their loss. These sisters were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death were not divided.    
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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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