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South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 3 [Holmes and Co]
| Description | Transcribed from Bengal Obituary. A compilation of tablets and monumental Inscriptions from various parts of Bengal and Agra Presidencies. By Holmes and Co., printed by W Thacker and Co 1851. | | Date transcribed | 2012-08-01 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | South Park Street Burial Ground begins on page 106 of the book and ends on page 176 - listing all inscriptions found in that cemetery as at 1851. |
| | Surname | Wells | | | Forename(s) | Joseph | | | Year of Death | 1823 | | | Inscription | Sacred to the Memory of of Mr. Joseph Wells, Late Branch Pilot in the H.C.o's Marine, who was suddenly snatched from the bosom of his friends after bearing with Christian-like fortitude for seven months, a painful trial of his Maker's will, leaving behind him a disconsolate widow and seven young children to lament his untimely loss. - (Poem) - Died 21st March 1823, aged 42 years and 3 ms. |
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Transcribed from Holmes and Co - Bengal Obituary, and photographs of headstones at South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta.
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