The cemetery at sundown on April 27, 2015

The Nishatganj cemetery wall
is being carried off brick by brick
in this picture: A highrise apartment
building has come just the other side.
There is one lonely grave near the
tree which I had recorded earlier but
came across this other one from 1897
where the name is missing.
No name
1897
He shall ga(ther the) lambs
with (his arm...) 

Leslie Gomes died cir 1939

LESLIE GOMES
DIED cir 1939

Mrs Victoria Alfred 1928-1986

MRS VICTORIA ALFRED
   BORN 8-7-1928 
   DIED 22-6-1986

Althea Constance Jackson died cir 1939

ALTHEA CONSTANCE JACKSON
DIED cir 1939

Margaret Oliver died 1942

     In ever Loving Memory of
     OUR BELOVED MOTHER
         MARGARET OLIVER
WHO DIED ON THE 27TH JUNE 1942
     AGED 56 YEARS 9 MONTHS

THOU ART GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
NEVER WILL THY MEMORY FADE
SWEETEST THOUGHTS WILL EVER LINGER
AROUND THE SPOT WHERE THOU ART LAID

Mrs F. Peters died cir 1938

MRS F. PETERS

DIED cir 1938

Alfred Sinclair died 1925

   In Loving Memory
               of
    ALFRED SINCLAIR
DIED MARCH 16? 1925


(FIBIS has a Alfred L Sinclair
who was married to 
Isabella Edwards in 1878.)

L.N. Christopher died cir 1938

L.N. CHRISTOPHER
cir 1938

H.W.L cir 1939

Something wrong with the surname
on the grave which was never corrected

H.W. LNKE
cir 1939
was it Luke?

Lazarus Basil Lyall 1879-1925

       In Loving Memory
                  of
 LAZARUS BASIL LYALL
   BORN 17TH SEPT 1879
    DIED 25TH JUNE 1925
                   **
 A precious one from us is gone
   The voice we loved is still
A place is vacant in our home.
Which never can be filled
God in His wisdom has recalled
The boon He once had given
And though his body moulderes here
His soul is safe in Heaven.
                              "Alky"

Phyllis Eileen Barry died 1938

Cleared the plants and grass
and put the pieces together.
The cross must have been
knocked off some time ago!

         OUR BELOVED

 PHYLLIS EILEEN BARRY
       DIED 6TH MAY 1938

PLACED BY THE ALMIGHTY
HIS LOVING ANGEL ON EARTH
YES, HER LOVE AND AFFECTION
LASTED TO THE END
LIPS THAT NEVER SPOKE A HARSH                                                             WORD
IN LOVING MEMORY STILL SHE STAYS
SACRED SWEETEST MEMORIES
TO COMFORT US ON OUR WAY
                           PET JOAN PETER

Dr Alice Elliott died 1939

     In Loving Memory
                  of
   DR ALICE ELLIOTT
     Died 22nd June 1939
         Aged 45 years
                   **
"Faithful to God and Jesus Christ..."
                                           Job 1?
              ERECTED BY HER LOVED ONES

Frederick B. Price 1856-1923

               REV FREDERICK B. PRICE
OCTOBER 26 1856 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY U.S.A.
      OCTOBER 30 1923, LUCKNOW, INDIA
    37 YEARS A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL
              22 YEARS A MISSIONARY
                 IN BURMA AND INDIA


          HE WAS A BROTHER BELOVED
                              *
(Husband of Ellen Perry Price
also a missionary whose death
 was announced  in 
The New York Times in February 1903)

Mrs M Labourne died cir 1990

Mrs M. Labourne (Aunt May)
Died cir 1990
was the wife of Late George Labourne,
the grand parents of Julian Labourne.
They lived at Maqbara, Hazratganj,
 Lucknow. George wasn't a musician
by profession but nephews recall
he played the banjo. 

Danny D'Ravara died 1993

DANNY D'RAVARA
DIED 1993
AFTER BEING
HIT BY A JEEP
ON PARK ROAD,
LUCKNOW
*
Ronald and Danny,
the elder of the five
siblings of the D'Ravara
family studied at
La Martiniere
College, Lucknow

Frederick Charles Sabey 1880-1908

FREDERICK CHARLES SABEY
       BORN AT MADRAS
          15TH FEB 1880
     DIED 5TH JAN 1908
        AGED 28 YEARS

Martha Matilda Thomas, 56 yrs, died 1899

Sacred to the Memory of
MARTHA MATILDA THOMAS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
10TH AUGUST 1899 - AGED 56 YEARS.
ERECTED BY HER LOVING SON
**
O DEATH WHERE IS THY STING
O GRAVE WHERE IS THY VICTORY

THANKS BE TO GOD WHO GIVETH US
THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
**
(Was Charles George Thomas who died aged 62 in 1934
 Martha's son ?)

Manmohini, d/o Rev K.R. Sircar, died 1900

     In Loving Memory of
          MANMOHINI
THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF
     REV K.R. AND TRYPHENA
           R SIRCAR
   WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
             DEC 2ND 1900
  AGED 31 YEARS, 10 MONTHS
           AND 18 DAYS
                      *
            Even so father

Eliza Jane Griffin, 60 years, died 1896

ELIZA JANE
THE MUCH LOVED WIFE OF W. GRIFFIN
ENTERED INTO LIFE MAY 13TH 1896
AGED 60 YEARS

(I just chanced upon this grave buried under
leaves and dry mud unlike the Mullins grave!
I hope to uncover the rest of it one of these days.)
 

Rev Stephen Paul died 1899

        In the Loving Memory
                       of
THE REV'D STEPHEN PAUL 
LATE PRESIDING ELDER OF THE
M.?. CHURCH, PILIBHIT DIST
WHO DIED OF PNEUMONIA ON THE
4TH OCT 1899. AGED 50 YEARS
                        **
WEEP NOT FOR ME MY WIFE SO DEAR
I AM NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPINIG HERE
AND WAIT AWHILE AND YOU SHALL BE
IIN PARADISE ALONG WITH ME
                        **
WHAT ARE THESE WHICH ARE ARRAYED IN
WHITE ROBES...THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
                                                    REV ??

Norah Doris McLeavy, infant, died 1896

        In Loving Memory
                   of
          NORAH DORIS
THE DARLING BABY DAUGHTER 
                  OF
  HUGH AND CHARLOTTE
           MCLEAVY
BORN 25TH JULY 1895
DIED 12TH JAN 1896

IF THOU SHOULDST CALL ME TO RESIGN
WHAT MOST I PRIZED IT NE'ER WAS MINE
I ONLY YIELD THOU WHAT IS THINE

THY WILL BE DONE

Edith Ophelia Moses, 14 years, died 1896

 
       EDITH OPHELIA
        DAUGHTER OF
JOHN AND ELLA MOSES
   BORN 29TH AUG 1881
    DIED 29TH FEB 1896
                   *
  THY WILL BE DONE

Hugh Bartley McLeavy,died 1896

In Loving Memory of
HUGH BARTLEY MCLEAVY
MY DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND WHO FELL
ASLEEP IN JESUS
ON JANUARY 3RD 1896
AGED 66? YEARS, 11 MONTHS
DEARLY MOURNED BY HIS SORROWING WIDOW,
CHILDREN AND A LARGE CIRCLE OF RELATIVES
"PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE
DEATH OF HIS SAINTS".
Psalm ???

Letitia Jane Emmer, relict of John Trower Emmer, died 1895

Sacred
to the Memory of
LETITIA JANE EMMER
RELICT OF THE LATE JOHN TROWER EMMER
DIED 29TH MAY 1895
**
DEEPLY LAMENTED  BY HER RELATIONS AND FRIENDS

Annie Matilda Skeaf died 1901

            Sacred
  To the Loving Memory
                   of
     ANNIE MATILDA
THE DEARLY BELOVED WIFE
                   OF
         W.J. SKEAF
WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
       23RD JUNE 1901
AGED 60 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND
17 DAYS
LEAVING A SORROWINIG HUSBAND
TO BEMOAN HER IRREPARABLE LOSS
                               **
THERE IS A SHORE OF BETTER PROMISE 
AND I KNOW AT LAST
WHEN THE LONG SABBATH OF THE TOMB
IS PAST
WE TWO WILL MEET IN CHRIST TO PART NO MORE
THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY

William Reiney 1843-1895

             In Loving Memory
                         of 
             WILLIAM REINEY
BORN AT MEERUT 21ST NOV 1843
DIED AT LUCKNOW 12TH JUNE 1895
AGED 51 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS
                         **
WE LOVED AND CHERISHED THEE DEAR SON
TO MANHOOD'S PRIME AND BLOOM,
BUT DEATH HAS SNATCHED THEE FROM OUR ARMS
AND LAID THEE IN THE TOMB
WITH BROKEN HEARTS WE GAVE GOD,
THE FLOWER WE THOUGHT OUR OWN
BUT THOU WAST HIS, HE GAVE, HE TOOK
HIS BLESSED WILL BE DONE

Wilton Hugh Rebeiro, 21 years, died 1909

In Loving Memory of
WILTON HUGH REBEIRO
BORN 13TH MAY 1887
DIED 29TH NOVEMBER 1909
BELOVED SON OF
MRS AND MR A.D. REBEIRO
INDIAN TELEPHONES
**
"A LIGHT IS FROM OUR HOUSEHOLD...
NEVER CAN BE FILLED"

Frank Butcher, 25 years, died 1903

In Memory of
FRANK
YOUNGEST SON OF
GEORGE AND ANNIE BUTCHER,
OF IPSWICH, ENGLAND
WHO DIED 18TH JANUARY 1903
AGED 25 YEARS
**
ERECTED BY FRIENDS AND COMRADES
IN MEMORY OF THE GENTLE AND KINDLY VIRTUES
OF A WELL LOVED FELLOW WORKER

Samuel Sinclair Day 1854-1909

 In Sacred and Loving Memory of
    My Beloved husband
SAMUEL SINCLAIR DAY
WHO ENTERED INTO REST
  ON THE 26TH OCT 1909
    BORN 6TH OCT 1854
AGED 55 YEARS AND 21 DAYS
                     **
The Lord giveth thee rest...
(Bottom PIc)
Sacred 
To the Memory of
KAMAL KOOMARI
THE DEARLY LOVED WIFE OF
SAMUEL S. DAY
BORN DEC 18TH 1861
DIED NOV 22ND 1890

(If I have it right, the widowed Samuel Sinclair Day
remarried!!)

Benjamin Mayall died 1904

When I came across the grave of
Isaac Mayall, 1868-1924, son of
George Mayall, 1832-1903, I recalled
seeing a Mayall grave at another
place so when I checked I also found
Benjamin Mayall, 47 yrs, died 1904.

         In Loving Memory
                  of
     MY DEAR HUSBAND
      BENJAMIN MAYALL
WHO LEFT US FOR HIS ETERNAL HOME
ON 8TH AUGUST 1904. AGED 47

Blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord

George Mayall 1832-1903

        In Loving Memory of
     OUR DEAR GRAND FATHER
          GEORGE MAYALL
               BORN 1832
    DIED 25TH AUGUST 1903

WE DO NOT FORGET HIM NOR DO WE INTEND
WE THINK OF HIM DAILY AND WILL TO THE END
GONE AND FORGOTTEN BY SOME HE MAY BE
BUT DEAR TO OUR MEMORIES HE EVER WILL BE
                              **
ERECTED BY HIS GRAND CHILDREN

PDT. K. Benjamin, 81 years, died 1899

Garbage and filth thrown from the boundary wall
in the background!!


      Sacred to the Memory
                    of
        PDT K. BENJAMIN
               OF THE 
  M. PUBLISHING HOUSE
           LUCKNOW
  Who departed this life
   on the 17th July 1899
        Aged 81 years
                   *

He is not dead but sleepeth

Benie Ghose died 1905

In Loving Memory
of
BENIE (A.J.M.)
BELOVED YOUNGEST SON
OF
S.C. GHOSE
BORN 22ND JANUARY 1885
DIED OF CHOLERA AT LUCKNOW
31ST AUGUST 1905

Eliza Bland Wilford Evans died 1911

             In Loving Memory of
           OUR DEAR MOTHER
ELIZA BLAND WILFORD EVANS
WIDOW OF THE LATE THOMAS EVANS
                  MISSIONARY
           NOVEMBER 17TH 1911
                              **
"THEY WHO LOVE JESUS NEVER 
SEE EACH OTHER FOR THE LAST TIME"

Sarah E. Goodburn died 1929

                   In
     Loving Memory of
 SARAH E. GOODBURN
  DIED 8TH MARCH 1929

Margaret Tupper, 60 yrs, died 1932

THE DAY COMETH WHEN WE SHALL MEET
                     MOTHER
           MARGARET TUPPER

  WHO DIED JAN 6 1932 AT THE AGE OF 60 

FAITHFUL MOTHER THY WORKS ALL DONE
      PRECIOUS SOUL INTO GLORY GONE
BEAUTIFUL LIFE WITH ITS CROWN WELL WON
                GOD GIVE THEE REST
                             **
THE PEACE OF GOD WAS ON HER FACE
         ERECTED BY HER SORROWING CHILDREN

Lucy Graves died 1929

SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF
LUCY
THE DEARLY LOVED WIFE OF
JOHN GEORGE GRAVES
OF RIVERDALE SHEFFIELD
DIED FEBRUARY  5TH 1929

Isaac R. Mayall 1868-1924

        In Sacred Memory
                   of
       ISAAC R. MAYALL
  THE SON OF G. MAYALL
     BORN MARCH 5 1868
AND SLEPT PEACEFULLY IN ARMS
   OF THE LOVING SAVIOUR
          ON JULY 18 1924

WE MISS HIM AND MOURN HIM IN SILENCE UNSEEN
AND DWELL IN MEMORIES OF DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN
UNKNOWN TO THE WORLD HE STANDS BY OUR SIDE
AND WHISPERS THESE WORDS DEATH CAN NOT DIVIDE 

Sophia Jessie Nicholls 1866-1942

                       In
       Loviing Memory of
    OUR DEAR MOTHER
SOPHIA JESSIE NICHOLLS
    BORN 29TH MAY 1866
     DIED 11TH JUNE 1942
                      **
NOT TODAY BUT EVERY DAY
IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER

Ruth Cecil and Percival McAuliffe died cir 1941

RUTH CECIL

PERCIVAL MCAULIFFE

DIED cir 1941

Frank Fletcher died 1939

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF
             OUR DADDY
          FRANK FLETCHER
WHO DIED ON 28TH JULY 1939
           AGED 55 YEARS
                        **

YOU ARE STILL IN OUR HEARTS

Victoria Macauliffe, F.O. Simpson and B. Massey died cir 1939

VICTORIA MACAULIFFE

F.O. SIMPSON

B. MASSEY