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 South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 1 [Holmes and Co]

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DescriptionTranscribed 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 transcribed2009-08-22
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentSouth 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.

Records transcribed to date are from the establishment up to 1799 inclusive.

Surname  Goodlad    
First Name(s)  Martha    
Year  1785    
Inscription  Here lies the body of Mrs. Martha Goodlad, who departed this life 21st March 1785, aged twenty-three. If ever tears were deservedly shed, If ever grief was due to virtue dead, - To merit, Martha, and thy spotless ways, Claim tears from all, for all allow them praise; Thy strength of mind we scarce shall meet again. Shewn through a long, most agonizing pain: Thy warm affection as a wife or friend. Make all who know you weep your cruel end: Cruel, alas! but this one thing we're sure, Those virtues that you helld in life so pure Will be repaid; this thought and that alone Your friends have lkeft to mitigate their moan, That latest tribute a kind husband gives. Whose heart is torn, is wretched while he lives, And only prays one day to reach that shore To meet his Martha and to part no more.    
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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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