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South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 2 [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 | 2010-08-01 | 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 1800 onwards. These are not in date sequence and so this Part 2 is the first part of subsequent records. Further records will be transcribed and included in Part 3, etc. until all are completed up to 1851. |
| Surname | Andrews | | Forename(s) | Henry | | Year of Death | 1809 | | Inscription | Sacred to the Memory of Mr. Thomas Andrews, late Post Master of Diamond Harbour, who departed this life 3d July 1809. With Boreas blasts and stormy winds, I was tossed to and fro; By God's decree from danger free I'm harbour'd here below, Where at an anchor I do ride With numbers of the fleet, Until again I do set sail My admiral Christ to meet. Also one daughter and two sons of the above; viz. Catharine, Obit. 16th Sept. 1804, Aet. 8 months. William, Obit 20th Oct. 1806, Aet 6 days. Henry, Obit. 9th January 1809, Aet. 5 days. |
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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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