Last Name:
Richardson (married name Grierson)
First Name:
Margaret
Grave Plot No.:
692
Spatial:
Date of birth:
1795
year of death:
1827
date of death:
23.05.1827
Ethnicity / Origin:
Scottish
Age at death:
32
Gender:
Female
Relationships:
Daughter of Archibald Richardson. Married James Grierson, army surgeon in the employ of the East India Company, in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 27th April 1821.
Full Epitaph:
To the memory of/ MARGARET RICHARDSON/ wife of James Grierson/ Garrison Surgeon Fort William/ This lady was cut off in the prime of life/ After a few hours illness/ On 23rd May 1827/ Her ingenuous kindness and cheerful disposition/ And above all her tender conjugal affection/ And fervent piety/ Endeared her beyond expression/ to her husband/ While they procured her the highest esteem/ Of an attached circle of friends
Place of birth / origin:
Scotland
Place of death:
Calcutta
Detailed information:
The Calcutta Magazine and Monthly Register records that James Grierson retired on 29th April 1830, leaving John Coulter of the Medical Department to be promoted from Assistant Surgeon to Surgeon.
Tomb placed by:
Stone placed in South Park Street Cemetery by Inchcape and Co., London, and BACSA in 1987; original grave in the Scottish Cemetery, Karaya Road
Notes on burial:
At St. Andrew's Church, Calcutta.
Photo name/s:
This record has been created by::
Shalmi Barman
