Saturday, June 14, 2014

Cecilia Josephine D'Rozario died 1900



Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow
     Sacred To The Memory
                  of
MRS CECELIA JOSEPHINE D'ROZARIO
WHO EXPIRED ON 29TH JANUARY 1900
AFTER LEAVING AN IMPRESSION TO HER DISCONSOLATE HUSBAND AND SONS AND OTHER RELATIVES OF HER CHRISTIAN LIFE AND GOODNESS FOR THE PERIOD OF 50 YEARS

                         *  *  *
Hold short sweet rose have all thy beauties bee
An hour they bloomed and now no more are seen
So human grandeur fades and dies away
Beauty and wealth remain but for a day
But virtue remains for ever in the mind
In her alone true happiness we find
The perfume slays although the rose be dead
So virtue lives when every grace is fled

BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD
THE REST FROM THEIR LABOURS AND THEIR
WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM.

(Scrubbed the distorted, lead-filled lettering with a wire brush to be able to read it. Hope I got it right!)



Friday, June 13, 2014

Mary Middleton died 1904


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In Loving Memory
            of
       MARY
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
G.R. MIDDLETON
DIED 2ND JUNE 1904
AGED 26 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS

James Andrew Tole died 1907

JAMES ANDREW TOLE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 28TH JUNE 1907
AGED 57 YEARS & 7 MONTHS

(I think its very noticeable that most of the old graves are incomplete, crosses, angels and cherubs or some decoration has been stolen. Then, one might ask: How does it matter when not before long there will be no grave at all?)

Caroline O'Donnell died 1914







Nishatganj Cemetery
Sacred To The Memory
               of
CAROLINE O'DONNELL
WIFE OF CONDUCTOR
TIMOTHY O'DONNELL
AGED 82 YEARS
DIED 6 MAY 1914

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Anita Cole died 1904


                                             IN 
                                    Loving Memory of
                                          ANITA
                   WIFE OF GEORGE SC COLE D.S.PAND
                               DAUGHTER OF THE
                   LATE GEORGE CAVENDISH-TAYLOR,
                        DIED 13TH DECEMBER 1904.
               
         (Is this the George Cavendish-Taylor who authored
a book titled 'Journal with the British Army)


         
                 

Irene Shepherd died 2012

Harold Melville

IRENE SHEPHERD
nee MACFARLANE
WIFE OF HAROLD MELVILLE SHEPHERD
ENGINE DRIVER, NER
DIED 2012.
She was survived by her daughter, Joan, son, Stanley and four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Harold Melville who retired as a driver from the North-Eastern Railway, was
the son of George and Mabel Shepherd. He was born in 1915, died 26th November 1999 almost three months after his younger brother, Ivan
 passed away.
 Harold's body was recovered from the railway tracks at platform No. 1 at Lucknow's Charbagh Station and disposed of as unidentified. He was identified from GRP photographs three days later when the body had already been confined to the Gomti river at Pipra Ghat. It was after his younger brother's death that he said he suffered from a ringing in his years that could drive him to suicide. The Tinnitus-like symptoms were never checked. 
Irene was from the MacFarlane family of Hubli, south India. 

Kathleen Marchant died 1901


IN LOVING MEMORY
               OF
       KATHLEEN
WIFE OF WILLIAM MARCHANT
CIVIL SURGEON PILIBHIT
WHO DIED ON THE 
26TH  DECEMBER 1901
AGED 39 YEARS
DEEPLY MOURNED BY HER
HUSBAND AND CHILDREN

William Sherd 1832-1903


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In Loving Memory
           of
MY BELOVED HUSBAND
     WILLIAM SHERD
BORN 9TH MARCH 1832 DIED 19TH FEBRUARY 1903
DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS SORROWING WIFE AND CHILDREN
              -----//-----
A LIGHT HAS FROM OUR HOUSEHOLD GONE,
A VOICE WE LOVE IS STILL'D,
A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HEARTS,
WHICH NAUGHT ON EARTH CAN FILL.