Thursday, May 7, 2015

Caroline Davis, 46 years, died 1871

       HER LOVING SON
              WILLIAM
   ERECTS THIS MONUMENT
TO THE MEMORY OF HIS DEAR MOTHER
             CAROLINE
       BELOVED WIFE OF
ROBERT DAVIS PENSIONED APOTHECARY
                   MEDL DEPT
(Chiria Jheel Cemetery, Lucknow)
                               **
SHE FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS ON THE
21ST JANUARY 1871 AGED 46 YEARS
SURROUNDED BY HER SORROWING HUSBAND
AND HER 12 CHILDREN LAMENTING HER LOSS
THE LORD HATH CLAIMED HER FOR HIS OWN
AND SENT HER CALM RELEASE
WE WEEP, BUT IT IS WE ALONE
SHE DWELLS IN PERFECT PEACE
                                  ***
Lynda Troidl nee Parnham aka Bayley adds:
Caroline Davis nee Battenburgh was formerly married to Robert Parnham a sergeant in the EIC Artillery. They had three children, one son, John Lawford Parnham and two daughters. Her husband died in Cawnpore in 1846. The fibis.org record shows that a minor daughter, Adelaide Ann C., died at Benares in 1843.
Caroline was the daughter of Gerard Battenburgh and Elizabeth of Agra where she was born.

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