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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 | Jackson | | | First Name(s) | Margaret Charlotte | | | Year | 1793 | | | Inscription | Sacred to the Memory of Miss Margaret Charlotte Jackson, who arrived in Calcutta on the 10th day of September in the year 1793, and whom it pleaed Almightly God to release from a long, lingering and painful illness, on the 19th of the same month; at the age of 16 years and 9 months. This Monument is erected by her affectionate and afflicted father. Sleep soft in dust, await the Almighty's will, Then rise unchang'd and be an Angel still. |
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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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