Thursday, March 31, 2016

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Victoria Hemlata Wheeler died 1963, James Eric Gabriel

In Loving Memory of
MY BELOVED GRANDMOTHER
VICTORIA HEMLATA WHEELER
DIED 3 March 1963
REST IN PEACE
God blessed the people
who patiently endure testing

James 1:12
JAMES ERIC GABRIEL

Monday, March 28, 2016

Ivy Prudence De Souza died cir 1961, IMC Bhattacharya 1883-1971, Vincent Benjamin 'Dada'

VINCENT BENJAMIN
DADA
IVY PRUDENCE DE SOUZA
Died cir 1961
wife of Raymond De Souza
Died cir 1968
Parents of Joseph (Joe) De Souza
Died 1991
In Loving Memory
of
I.M.C. BHATTACHARYA
BORN 31-10-1883
DIED 16-3-1971



Thursday, March 24, 2016

Lily Grey, Victor Joseph, Samuel Edwards, Louisa D Singh, Mary Susan Chiene

LILY GREY
VICTOR JOSEPH
SAMUEL EDWARDS
LOUISA D SINGH

MARY SUSAN CHIENE
(Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow)

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Fanny Laura Charles 18801968

In Loving Memory of
FANNY LAURA CHARLES
*
Rest comes at length,
though life be long and dreary;
the day must dawn, and darksome
night be past;
all journeys end in welcomes
to the weary,
and heaven, the heart's true home,
will come at last
*
Farewell mother dear till we meet again
BORN 6 May 1880
DIED on 10 December 1968
Loved ones





Monday, March 21, 2016

Chander Liela Akram 1912-1965 and Angelina Elizabeth Wesley

ANGELINA ELIZABETH WESLEY
CHANDER LIELA AKRAM
BORN SEPTEMBER 10 1912
DIED MAY 10 1965

(Nishatganj Cem., Lucknow)

Friday, March 18, 2016

Ravi Vincent Clifford March 18 2016

The funeral of RAVI VINCENT CLIFFORD,
Aged 63 at the Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow
on Friday March 18 2016 

*
(Blogger: A cemetery guy who
knows me because of my visits
to the cemetery told me during the
funeral that three people from Australia
failed to find a grave from the 1960s when
they visited in the morning. He couldn't
however give me a name!)
RAVI VINCENT CLIFFORD

Friday, March 11, 2016

Bessie Elliot died cir 1960

In Loving Memory
of
MISS BESSIE ELLIOT
*
A LIGHT IS FROM OUR HOUSEHOLD GONE
A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILLED...
From
GODCHILD CYNTHIA AND HER HUSBAND GYAN
And their children
TUNNOO, KUKKOO, MEENA, BUNNY AND HONEY
*
(Nishatganj Cem., Lko : Died cir 1960.
No date given)
\

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Elizabeth Rose O'Leary and Henry C. Pereira died cir 1962

ELIZABETH ROSE O'LEARY
HENRY C. PEREIRA
(Nishatganj Cem., Lucknow)


Cyril Malcolm John died early 1960's

CYRIL MALCOLM JOHN
Died early 1960's
Brother of Percival Kenneth John
and Owen John

William Robert Lancaster 1885-1954

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM ROBERT LANCASTER
9TH APRIL 1885 --  18TH NOVEMBER 1954

(This morning, Mon July 11, 2016, I went for a walk to the Botanical Gardens in Lucknow and noticed a covered enclosure for plants called the 'Percy Lancaster House' which prompted me to google Percy Lancaster. From Fibis.org and Wikipedia.org I found that he worked for the Provincial Bank of India. He married Ida Gordon Blunt at Fatehgarh in 1885. He was the Secretary, Agri-Horticultural Society, Alipore (Calcutta) where he died in 1904. His son was Sydney Percy Lancaster who was an apprentice with the Society.
I had photographed the grave of William Robert Lancaster two years ago and wondered whether there was a connection, but found no connection. I also found that I had missed this grave and not uploaded it to my blog. Wikipedia records that Sydney Percy Lancaster spent his last years in Lucknow after returning from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
I wasn't able to get any info on William Robert Lancaster?
Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow 


Monday, March 7, 2016

Julian ON Shukla died 1974 and Myrtle Shukla

MRS MYRTLE SHUKLA
P3  G 469
Graves side by side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MY HUSBAND
JULIAN O.N. SHUKLA
WHO DIED ON OCTOBER 13TH 1974
AGED 78 YEARS
ERECTED BY HIS LOVING WIFE
*
AND I WILL DWELL IN THE
HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER

*
(Nishatganj Cem., Lucknow
There was a Mrs Shukla
living in a bungalow in
Khandari Lane till the early
1980's. She was a Christian but
I never got to know her first name. I
just might have written a similar comment
elsewhere hoping to receive confirmation
in the event a relative sees this post!)

Rev Sister M Edna AC died cir 1960

On July 5, 2016,
some months after clicking
the pic below, I noticed the grave had
been repaired
REV SISTER M. EDNA AC
Died cir 1960

Percival Kenneth John died cir 1965

PERCIVAL KENNETH JOHN
Died cir 1965
Father of (Late) Edith Gomez, Tony,
Bazil and Richard 
Cyril  and Owen John  (Brothers)
Owen settled in Australia

Sunday, March 6, 2016

Sqn.Ldr Darwin Vincent Pepper 1947-1987


IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
My Beloved Father
SQN. LDR. DARWIN VINCENT PEPPER
04 February 1947  --  05 June 1987
*
Monisha Pepper
and 
Family

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Mrs Mavis Savaille died 2008

MRS MAVIS SAVAILLE
Died 14 October 2008

was predeceased by her husband Ronald A Savaille,
mother of David, Trevor, Rosalind Ellis, (Late) Valerie Perry
(Late) Bernard , Joe, Teresa Fernandez, Pattie and Gloria

Vernon Ramon Trutwein, 1 year 2 months

THE BUD JUST OPENS HERE BELOW
THE FLOWER BLOOMS IN PARADISE
*
"SLEEP ON SWEET BABE
AND TAKE THY REST
GOD CALLS THOSE FIRST
THAT HE LOVES BEST"
*
In Loving Memory
of
VERNON RAMON
THE BELOVED CHILD OF SAMUEL
AND GLADYS TRUTWEIN
AGED 1 YEAR AND 2 MONTHS
(No date: Nishatganj Cem., Lucknow)

Vanishing graves!

This plot with plenty empty space has graves from the 1940's '50's, '60's
and a few from the early 1970's. I am a regular visitor here yet I am
  amazed by the way graves just vanish without me evening noticing!
 India, like countries in Europe,
where land is in short supply, no more land is being provided for burials.
The picture has been taken diagonally
so the plot to the left half of the pic, beyond the trees, is the plot
with a few graves from the 1960's, '70's and some from the 1980's.

 I don't remember these black stone graves so I cannot
say whether they are being redone. This plot was filled up
starting from the 1990's replacing those from the 1920's and
there weren't any empty spaces till a few months ago!
 

Infant of John and Margaret Hood, died 1924

OUR PRECIOUS BABY
MARGARET
WHO DIED 21ST MARCH 1924
AGED ONE MONTH
ERECTED BY HER SORROWING FATHER
AND MOTHER JOHN AND MARGARET HOOD
(Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow)