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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 | Saxon | | Forename(s) | George | | Year of Death | 1810 | | Inscription | Sacred to the Memory of George Saxon, born at Bartypoorah on the 13th Sept. 1796 and departed this life in Calcutta the 3rd Oct. 1810 aged 24 years and 20 days. (sic). ""I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord; he that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live; And whoseoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die."" |
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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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