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 Deaths 1849

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Date transcribed2010-09-08
Transcribed byD Edge, J Birtles, M Holmes, R Bird, A Webb, J Adler, D Moore, S Parker, E Nelson, A Goodchild, B Rudder, C Sherwood, M Shepherd, L Fretwell and M Shaw
Comment1015 deaths extracted from the domestic occurrences mentioned in the 1849 'Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce' which was the pre-cursor for the Times of India.

View all other items of "Surname" with value "Scudder" in "Deaths 1849" Surname  Scudder    
Given name(s)  Harriet    
View all other items of "Place" with value "Madras" in "Deaths 1849" Place  Madras    
Year  1849    
month  Nov    
day  19    
Register Entry  At Madras on the 19th November Mrs Harriet Scudder aged 51 years wife of the Revd John Scudder M D of the American Madras Mission By this sudden and unexpected stroke not only the family immediately afflicted but the Mission sustained an irreparable loss Mrs S came to India in 1819 with her husband and three other Mission families and of the eight persons in that company is the fourth that has died Three of the Missionaries are still in the field and one of their wives after a period of thirty years Mrs S went to America in 1842 and returned in 1847 still devoted to the Mission work in which she delighted to the time of her decease She left five sons in America and two daughters and two sons in India the latter engaged as Missionaries after a short but severe illness through which she was entirely calm and self possessed when she found the hand of death upon her she took an affectionate leave of her husband children and friends and expressing her assurance that the precious Saviour was with her she closed her eyes as one falling asleep and ceased to breathe     
Year  1849    
Date  1 Dec    
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Birth, marriages and death entries extracted from the domestic occurrences mentioned in the 'Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce' which was the pre-cursor for the Times of India.
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