Monday, December 16, 2013

William Hackett Chase 1849-1903

Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow
       In Loving Memory of

WILLIAM HACKETT CHASE

BORN MARCH 15TH 1849
DIED JANUARY 6TH 1903

(Bad! I got my shadow also!!)
                      **
I found two entries for a WH Chase
on Fibis.org 1. WH Chase who arrived
Bombay on the P&O Co ship Coromandel
from Brindisi, Italy in 1887
William Hackett Chase would have been 38 years old.
2. Passenger on P&O Co ship Arabia - WH Chase with accompanying Mrs (Chase?) Bombay to London
25 Mar 1899

St. George Jackson, M.L.C. died 1931

         In Memory of
ST. GEORGE JACKSON, M.L.C.
WHO DIED ON THE
31ST OF JULY 1931
HE WAS LOVED BY ALL

Isabella A. Jackson 1845-1924

      In Loving Memory
                    of

ISABELLA AGNES JACKSON

BORN 12TH MAY 1845
DIED 4TH NOVEMBER 1924

Eliza Manual died 1879

THE MEMORY OF
ELIZA MANUEL
DIED OCTOBER 6, 1879
ERECTED BY HER ONLY DAUGHTER EDITH


The inscription for those days lacks
details. Perhaps there was a headstone which would have said more about Eliza!

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

James F. Jackson 1845-1927

JAMES FRANCIS JACKSON
SON OF SURGEON JAMES JACKSON
BORN 5 DECEMBER 1845
DIED 26 JANUARY 1927


Thomas T D'Monte Sinaes 1823-1909

Nishatganj Cem
       SACRED
To The Memory
             of
THOMAS THEOPHILUS
D'MONTE SINA ES
BORN 19TH MARCH 1823 (?)
DIED 31ST AUGUST 1909

This stone was just lying in the grass like many headstones...  

(Not familiar with the name after Sina es.)


Monday, December 9, 2013

Margaret D. Cowasji 1930-2011

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MARGARET DORIS COWASJI (NEE ANTUNIS)
BORN NOVEMBER 18, 1930
DIED SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

A retired teacher from Loreto Convent, Lucknow,
Margaret was stabbed to death at her residence
by a mentally disturbed, unmarried woman who
happened to be living with her. Mr SAMMY Cowasji, a railway
official, had died many years before in somewhat mysterious circumstances. Barbara Antunis who died April 22, 2013 was a sister.

Nishatganj Cemetery, Lucknow