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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 | Udny | | | First Name(s) | Robert | | | Year | 1794 | | | Inscription | Here lie interred the bodies of Robert Udny, and of Ann, his wife, who, on the 3d of January 1794, were overset in a boat, as they were crossing the river opposite to Calcutta, and perished. He, aged 31, she aged 26 years. ""They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided."" 2 Saml. 1,23 ""Prisoners of Hope."" - Zach. 9, 12.. |
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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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