Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Denzil D'Gama died 1968

         In Loving Memory
                        of
       Our Darling Brother
          DENZIL D'GAMA
WHO LEFT US FOR HIS HEAVENLY
 HOME ON 22ND APRIL, 1968
JESUS IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING
LEAVE WE NOW OUR LOVED ONE SLEEPING
                            ***

Erected by his sister and
brother-in-law
(After retiring from the railways, Denzil
D'Gama taught 'Manual Training'
at La Martiniere College, Lucknow.
Denzil was married to Nora Shepherd 
(nee Dubois) the widow of George Percival
Shepherd, the eldest son of George Herbert Shepherd)
Nora, Denzil his sister, Muriel Kate George and Nora's
brother Mr Debois

Nora D'Gama nee Dubois died 1965

Nora, a widow, had a daughter from
her marriage to
George Percival Shepherd 
           IN SACRED MEMORY OF 
       NORA MARGUERITE D'GAMA
                 (NEE DUBOIS)
 WHO WAS CALLED TO HER HEAVENLY 
             HOME ON 29TH JUNE 1965
A PURE SWEET KIND AND GENTLE SOUL
WHO LOVED ALL AND WAS LOVED BY ALL
A DEVOTED GRANNY, MOTHER, SISTER
                   AND WIFE
A PRAYER IN THE NAME OF MY SACRED
GIFT FROM GOD BY YOUR HEART-BROKEN HUSBAND DENZIL
NOW FATHER IN THY LOVING CARE A SOUL
            HAS COME TO STAY 
OBEDIENT TO THY SOFT SWEET CALL THY  CHILD WOULD NOT SAY NAY
RELEASED FROM PAIN AND SUFFERING           THOU TOOK AWAY HER CROSS
AN ANGEL FROM THIS EARTH HAS GONE
LORD HELP US BEAR THE LOSS
ERECTED BY HER HEART-BROKEN DAUGHTER, SISTER, BROTHER AND HUSBAND

Monday, December 1, 2014

John H.L. Austin, murdered 1961

     IN EVER-LOVING MEMORY OF
     OUR BELOVED ELDEST SON
      JOHN HENRY LEWIS AUSTIN
           AGED 19 YEARS
WHO WAS, AS SUSPECTED, WANTONLY
      MURDERED ON THE NIGHT OF 
       FEBRUARY 2ND 1961 IN K.G.
    MEDICAL COLLEGE, LUCKNOW
      WHILE A MBBS STUDENT
AN EXCEPTIONALLY BRILLIANT STUDENT,
    VERY CHARITABLE, GENEROUS AND
   GOD-FEARING, VERY HANDSOME AND
          OF A CHARMING DISPOSITION;
   LOVED, MOURNED AND SADLY MISSED
     BY HIS INCONSOLABLE PARENTS
   DR AND DR MRS AUSTIN, MBBS OF
  SAHARANPUR, BROTHERS, SISTERS,
         RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEAR FOR
THEY SHALL SEE GOD

Random shots of the NIshatganj Cemetery, Lucknow

Space created by removing tombstones

These graves from the 1990's replaced graves from the early 20th Century. Feodora Mullin's resting  place was cleared of earth in this plot end of November 2014
Burials that took place in the 1950's and 1960's

All Souls Day, Nov 2, 2014
Most of these graves going back to the early part of the 20th Century will  disappear over the next few years

Walter Newton Greaves 1879-1962

WALTER NEWTON GREAVES
BORN 27TH SEPTEMBER 1879
DIED 27TH FEBRUARY 1962

Charles R. Hollow 1900-1961

MR CHARLES R. HOLLOW
BORN ON 8TH MAY, 1900
DIED ON 3RD OCTOBER , 1961

Florence Augusta Singha nee Hinde 1889-1960

          In Loving Memory of
             OUR MOTHER
    FLORENCE AUGUSTA SINGHA
                  (HINDE)
      BORN DERA ISMAIL KHAN
         9TH MARCH 1889
     WENT TO ETERNAL REST
      ON 16TH MARCH 1960
                     ***
    "Each time we think of you we
         thank our God for all His
               Blessings."
                      ***
  CORRIE, ILA, ENO, ROBIN, INDIRA,
       ANIL, ANAND AND MONA