Sidney H Shepherd 1917-1988, Olga Shepherd 1928--2013

Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow

SIDNEY HERBERT LEONARD SHEPHERD
1917-1988
IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE
I WILL DWELL FOREVER MORE
WIFE OLGA (DIED NOV 27, 2013)
CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN

Sidney retired as Superintendent. Northern Rly, Charbagh Station, Lucknow. Earlier he  was Kanpur Station Master.
I only met Mr Shepherd once in the mid-80's but had spoken to him a few years earlier. I remember it was New Year late morning and he must have been surrounded by his family.
A relative passing through Lucknow with bags and baggage  to be weighed meant a long wait on a cold platform. I recall it was an uncomfortably cold winter that year. Lucknow has two railways - North-Eastern Railway and the Northern Railway so the goods had to come from the NER to the NR for weighing etc. That was a big problem! Since Mr Shepherd was not there I approached the Assistant Station Master and told him my name, deceiving him into thinking I was related to his boss. The ASM was happy to help! He picked up the railway phone and dialled the house and said 'talk to your uncle'. Gosh! I felt like a crook! 
So I introduced myself to Mr Shepherd and told him my problem. Without hesitation he said to give the receiver back to the ASM and the job was done. The goods were brought straight to the loading point without any problem. 
I never thanked Mr Shepherd - that is one regret among many that I still harbour!
George Shepherd

OLGA CYNTHIA ANN SHEPHERD
BORN: 14--08--1928
DIED: 27--11--2013

Bradford Browne 1976-1997

BRADFORD BROWNE

BORN 11TH NOVEMBER 1976

DIED 3RD DECEMBER 1997

The son of Deidre Browne nee Gomez

 and grandson of George Gomez died 

mysteriously - alleged suicide!

Courtesy Deidre's FB account

George A. Gomez 1921-1989

Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow

GEORGE ALBERT GOMEZ
BORN 10TH AUGUST 1921
DIED 27TH OCTOBER 1989

Retired driver, Northern Railway, was survived by his wife, Edith nee John who reserved a plot near him but died some years later in Dehra Dun, a son and four daughters and a few grand children. Two of the grandsons died young, perhaps murder and suicide. George after retirement had moved to Rae Bareili where he opened a school which was managed by his wife, a teacher, and their grown up children.

W.E Hearn 1872--1927

W.E. HEARN
LATE P.W. INSPECTOR E. I. RY
BORN 25TH SEPT 1872 
              (at Bareilly)
DIED 12TH JUNE 1927
AGED 54 YEARS 8 MONTHS 17 DAYS.
                         ***
(William Edwin was the son of James Hearn and Caroline Harriet Hague : Details from Lynda Troidl)

This grave was in better condition when I saw it earlier! There was a Charles Hearn, retired N.E.R. foreman, if I remember correctly and I thought he'd be able to tell me who  W.E. was to him but dementia had set in and the next is he shifted to Patna, Bihar where he died not long after getting there. He is survived by two daughters from his first marriage and his son Errol, from a second relationship. His son John from his first wife who had retired from the Indian Army and settled in Gorakhpur died in a scooter on Nov 1, 1994 long before his father. He was buried in the spot that he saw when he visited the cemetery a day earlier!
(Nishatganj Cem., Lucknow)

Beryl Gomes 1942-2000

MRS BERYL MAY GOMES 
BORN 26TH MAY 1942
DIED 22ND MAY 2000
MAY GOD GRANT HER
PEACE AND ETERNAL REST
REMEMBERED BY HER FAMILY

BERYL, DAUGHTER OF MERVYN AITKINS,
WAS THE WIFE OF FREDRICK GOMES AND THE MOTHER OF FREDDY AND ALFRED. FREDDY, A PTI AT LA MARTINIERE COLLEGE, LUCKNOW WAS SHOT DEAD A FEW YEARS EARLIER ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS. BERYL AND FREDRICK WERE ALSO ON THE COLLEGE STAFF AND LIVED ON THE CAMPUS.

Grace Florence Rappa 1861-1913

SACRED TO THE MEMORY
                     OF
MRS GRACE FLORENCE RAPPA
BORN 4TH FEBRUARY 1861
DIED 16TH NOVEMBER 1913

Alice Clara Wragge 1886-1916

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY
              OF
MY DARLING WIFE
ALICE CLARA WRAGGE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 15TH SEPTEMBER 1916
AGED 30 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS
                        **
Fibis.org : Beloved wife of 
William George Wragge

This is one of a few graves that 
survived in a plot that was in use
a century ago. The second round of
burials took place in the 1980's and '90's. The grave at the side has been stripped
of its marble inscription.
Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow

Marie Viegas Jones 1927-1993

Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow

IN LOVING MEMORY
               OF
      OUR MOTHER

MRS MARIE VIEGAS JONES
BORN 10TH JULY 1927
DIED 19TH APRIL 1993

MARIE, WHO WAS PREDECEASED BY HUSBAND JOHN JONES, BELONGED TO THE KEELOR FAMILY, MADE FAMOUS BY HER TWO BROTHERS, DENZIL AND TREVOR, BOTH DECORATED IAF PILOTS. ANOTHER BROTHER, GORDON, WAS A TEACHER, HUSBAND OF FLORENCE KEELOR, ONE-TIME PRINCIPAL OF LA MARTINIERE GIRLS COLLEGE, LUCKNOW. MARIE, MARRIED TWICE, HAD  CHILDREN FROM BOTH MARRIAGES. SHE WAS THE NIECE OF INEZ FANTHOME NEE BUTTERFIELD.

Winnifred Perry 1912-1993

IN LOVING MEMORY
             OF
WINNIFRED PERRY
BORN 22-8-1912
DIED 5-4-1993

THY WILL BE DONE
               RIP

WINNIE PERRY, SISTER TO KEN PERRY, WHO MOVED TO AUSTRALIA IN THE MID 1970'S, AFTER RETIRING AS  A TEACHER FROM ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH  CAME TO LIVE AT THE DOROTHY CROSTHWAITE HOMES, 
LUCKNOW. 
SHE WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER TOILET BY ANOTHER INMATE, APPARENTLY MURDERED BY AN INTRUDER, ACCORDING TO POLICE. THE CASE WAS NEVER SOLVED!
An article in The New York Times by Barbara Crossette,
dated June 1991 mentioned had mentioned Dolly O'Bediah,
Annie Clarke, Elizabeth Young and Marjorie Whitby.

Norbert Anthony Vida 1924-1997

NORBERT ANTHONY VIDA
BORN 20-01-1924
DIED 23-12-1997

JOYCE VIDA
BORN FEB 25, 1933
DIED OCT 10, 2004

THEY WERE SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS EILEEN, DENISE AND TWO 
SONS, ALLAN AND DESMOND WHO PASSED AWAY IN AUSTRALIA SUBSEQUENTLY. AUDREY FANTHOME HAD ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED SUICIDE IN 1993.

Audrey Fanthome nee Vida 1955-1993

AUDREY FANTHOME NEE VIDA
BORN 16TH DECEMBER 1955
DIED 18TH JUNE 1993

***
Audrey is survived by her three children and husband, Peter (former Anglo-Indian MLA).

She was the daughter of NOBERT AND JOYCE VIDA. 

THE AUDREY FANTHOME HALL WAS BUILT ON LAND CARVED OUT FROM THE CROSTHWAITE HOMES CAMPUS IN LUCKNOW IN HER MEMORY.

AMONG FAMILY THAT MOURNED HER LOSS WERE MANY OF THE UNDER-PRIVILEGED TO WHOM SHE EXTENDED A HELPING HAND!

Melville Wilson 1908-2000 and wife, Ray H. Wilson 1915-1991

MRS RAY H. WILSON 
BORN 18-2-1915
DIED 1991
      AND

MELVILLE H. WILSON
BORN 23RD FEBRUARY 1908
DIED 16TH JULY 2000 

Melville, who got a part of his education at La Martiniere College, Lucknow aside from a couple of other schools according to his dad's postings, worked for the P&T till he retired. He made two trips to the UK, one to see his son, Darryl settled in 1955(?) and again after his wife passed away when he went permanently. However, after a short while he decided it wasn't the place for him. Though he had sold everything before leaving he returned, and was given a room in the house that he had left. He had represented the P&T in soccer having played matches abroad. He visited Lawrence Terrace twice daily for years. 
(Pic taken in February 1998 at the Shepherds place
duriing the visit of Hubert Shepherd and his wife, Norma
from the UK)

Dolly O'Bediah

Dolly Obediah - Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow

I was happy to come across Dolly Obediah's grave while searching for another on All Souls Day (Nov 2, 2013).
Dolly was a nurse who spent her last years at the Crosthwaite Homes, Lucknow.  Nearby graves indicate she must have passed away at the beginning of the 1990's.
After an aunt of mine died end of the '80's, Dolly, who had helped prepare many bodies for burial as a professional nurse and continued to do so long after retirement, wondered who would do the same for her!
According to an article by Barbara Crossette in
The New York Times, dated June 20 1991 there
were nine other women at the Crosthwaite Homes in Lucknow when the writer visited, naming only Elizabeth Young, Annie Clarke
and Marjorie Whitby, former vice principal of
La Martiniere Girls' School besides Dolly O'Bediah. Dolly's age was given as 76. Mrs Young later left the homes to live with her daughter in Kanpur.
Not mentioned in the article was Winnifred Perry who was found dead in her room two years later (in 1993).

Hazel Colleen Swift 1923-1928

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY
                     OF
HAZEL COLLEEN
THE ONLY BELOVED DAUGHTER
OF MR AND MRS SWIFT
BORN 17TH JULY 1923
DIED 22ND JULY 1928
AGED 5 YEARS 5 DAYS


WEEP NOT FOR ME MY MOTHER DEAR
I AM NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPING HERE
I WAS NOT YOURS BUT CHRIST'S ALONE
HE LOVED ME BEST AND TOOK ME HOME

Yvonne Iris Grace Teasdale 1925-1926

        IN EVER SAD AND
CHERISHED LOVING MEMORY OF OUR
DEVOTED AND PRECIOUS BABE
YVONNE IRIS GRACE TEASDALE,
BORN 21ST SEPT 1925
CALLED HOME TO JESUS
20TH NOV. 1926
ERECTED BY HER
HEART-BROKEN MUMMY AND DADDY

OUR PRECIOUS LITTLE CUCKOO WAS A JEWEL LENT US
TO SPARKLE IN OUR MIDST AWHILE
THEN GOD CALLED AND TOOK HIS LITTLE ANGEL
ERE SHE KNEW AN EARTHLY GUILE
               -----------------------------
SWEET JESUS IN THY PRECIOUS
KEEPING
WE HAVE LEFT  OUR DARLING ANGEL
SLEEPING
(Nishatganj Cem., Lucknow)
***
The 14-month-old daughter of George Horatio Teasdale, Reserve Inspector of Police, Lucknow and his first wife Kathleen. Inspector Teasdale was awarded the King's Police Medal for arresting Sapper Henry Hart, an army deserter, who in 1946 shot and killed two British Army officers deputed to apprehend him. Teasdale retired in Delhi where he went as Chief Inspector of Police. He later moved to the Portsmouth, UK where he died in 1966, according to Paul Teasdale, his grandson.
Inspector Teasdale's parents George D Teasdale, died 1937 and Adela, died 1942, are buried in the Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow.
                                                                                 ***
 Paul could Lavinia Teasdale, the Principal, La Martiniere Girls School, Lucknow for the year 1907-- 1908 have been George Horatio Teasdale's aunt? I thought I wasn't supposed to post the photos of the three graves you sent me yet every time I see them I wonder why you have sent them to me in the first place?