Gonda Cemetery***

Bengal & North-Western Railway
(BNWR 1913)

A century old cemetery with just about half a 
dozen graves in decent condition and a few 
more rectangular holes that must be graves   











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Millicent Norine Cooke, 10 months 26 days, died 1921

Sacred to the Memory of
MILLICENT NORINE
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF
MR & MRS COOKE, GONDA
BORN 19TH MARCH 1920
DIED 13TH FEBRUARY 1921
AGED 10 MONTHS 26 DAYS
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SAFELY, SAFELY GATHERED IN,
FAR FROM SORROW, FAR FROM SIN,
GOD HAS SAVED FROM WEARY STRIFE,
IN ITS DAWN, THIS FRESH YOUNG LIFE
(Gonda Cemetery)
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The Cooke family's connection to Gonda
and the railways goes back 100 years
at the very least. Capt Robert Cooke,
a friend of this blogger, said he wasn't
aware of Millicent but said she must 
have been an elder sibling to his 
father, Henry and brothers Donald 
and Malcolm. Henry a retired NER guard 
died in Lucknow in 1999. Robert also said 
his maternal grandparents, the Ollivers and 
paternal grand parents died in Gonda. Sadly, 
there is no sign of their graves. Robert's  
mother Ida Cooke (nee Olliver) died in
Lucknow in 2003. Ida's mother was 
a De Castro.

Gonda: Allan J D'Cruz died Nov 21, 2017

ALLAN JOSEPH D'CRUZ
Died 21 Nov 2017
Buried 23 Nov 2017  by the side of the
tree in the pic. The smoke is from the burning agarbattis .
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Elder brother
LIONEL DESMOND D'CRUZ
A retired NER driver
Born 23--03--1944
Died 19--05--2010
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Aunt, mother's sister
MRS MAVIS T VAL DEREMAO
(nee Gomez)
BORN 10--10--1933
DIED 12--07--2006
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Mother
MRS MILLICENT C. D'CRUZ
(nee Gomez)
BORN 13--8--1924
DIED 8--3--2012
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Widow of
Anthony Frederick D'Cruz
A boiler Inspector on
the railways posted for
several years in Jamalpur.
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(Gonda Cemetery)

MARION D'CRUZ
WIDOW OF LIONEL D'CRUZ
DIED 11 DEC 2018
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PHILOMENA D'CRUZ
WIDOW OF ALLAN D'CRUZ
DIED 1 APRIL 2018

Doreen Lillian Bickers, 11 yrs, died 1921

In Loving Memory
of
DOREEN LILLIAN BICKERS
BORN 1ST OCTOBER 1910
DIED 21ST DECEMBER 1921
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MOTHER WEEP NOT FATHER GRIEVE NOT...
(Gonda Cemetery)

Charles Ray Augier, 84 years, died 1933

SACRED TO THE
 MEMORY OF
CHARLES RAY AUGIER
WHO PASSED AWAY
AT GONDA ON THE
20TH JANUARY 1933
AGED 84 YEARS
THERE IS A CHAIN
DEATH CANNOT SEVER LOVE
AND REMEMBRANCE
LAST FOR EVER
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According to Fibis.org Charles Ray Augier
married Millicent Harriett Sheen, daughter
of Austin George Sheen at Saharanpore at the
Roman Catholic Church and afterwards at
St Thomas Church
(Gonda Cemetery)

Baby Edith Blanch Margreate De Castro died 1927***

BABY
EDITH BLANCH MARGREATE DE CASTRO
BORN 12 MARCH
EXPIRED 28TH AUGUST 1927
AGE 5 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS
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AN ANGEL TOOK MY FLOWER AWAY
YET WE WILL NOT REPINE
SINCE JESUS ON HIS BOSOM WEARS
THE FLOWER THAT ONCE WAS MINE
(Gonda Cemetery)

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Graves


dying 
The Cooke family's connection to Gonda
and the railways goes back 100 years
at the very least, as the burials in this
cemetery indicate...
... still to check is the relationship
through marriage between
the de Castro family and the Cookes