Here is an updated list of the European graves identified in the St John's Anglican Cemetery of Thalasserry. Earlier, I had discussed about 72 graves in the cemetery that can be classified as European. Among them, 42 graves are identified and listed [see here and here] and the remaining 30 graves are unidentified due to the absence of regular headstones or lack of legible inscriptions [see here]. After tracing 5 more graves recently [see here], the total number of European tombs identified in the cemetery comes to 47. To sum up, there are at least 77 European graves in the cemetery, of which, 47 are identified and 30 remain anonymous without gravestones or epitaphs. In addition, there are 5 memorial tablets inside the church [see here].
Following is an updated list of graves identified [47 nos] and arranged in ascending chronological order. All the details given below are taken directly from the epitaph on the site unless specified separately. If the names and numbers [dates, age etc.] appear differently in the inventories of: 1] 'List of European &C. Tombs in The Malabar District' [1907], 2] Cotton [1946] and 3] Roberts and Chekkutty [2013], they are given in brackets. For instance, the epitaph [No. 2] reads 'Gaspar Moritz Gleetz' on the actual site, but Roberts and Chekkutty's list [2013] has the name 'Gasper Moritz Cadeetz'. Similarly, the date of his birth is also recorded differently, 10 December, 1730 instead of 16 December, 1730 as inscribed on the epitaph. Only 2 graves out of the 47 do not appear in any of the 3 inventories, they are: 1) David Gallientt (d. 1850, Grave No. 23): and 2) Jean Camille Ferne (d. 1915, Grave No. 44)
Collectorate Press, Calicut [1907]-List of European &C. Tombs in The Malabar District
Cotton, Julian James (1946 ed., Vol. 2)-List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Madras
Roberts, John Cantwell and Chekkutty, N P (2013)-Malabar: Christian Cemeteries and Memorials at Cannanore, Tellicherry and Mahé, 1723-1990
No |
Name |
Date of death |
Date of birth |
Age |
1 |
Hen. [Henry] Johnson |
17 April, 1752 [1759] |
|
23 |
2 |
Gaspar [Gasper] Moritz Gleetz [Cadeetz] |
18 April, 1768 |
16 [10] December, 1730 |
38 |
3 |
George Browne |
27 March, 1792 |
|
32 |
4 |
Mary Disney |
24 March, 1800 |
|
26 |
5 |
Frances Smith |
21 November, 1801 [1802] |
15 June, 1772 |
29 |
6 |
Janet Clephane |
9 April, 1813 [7 or 9 April, 1815] |
|
38 |
7 |
Alfred Puddicombe Wilkins |
19 November, 1819 |
|
36 |
8 |
Henry Harman Spring |
28 September, 1821 |
20 November, 1820 |
10 months |
9 |
Elizabeth Frances [Francis] Schmidt |
25 July, 1823 |
|
10 months & 15 days |
10 |
Clara Maria Schmidt |
26 April, 1824 |
|
28 days |
11 |
James Crawford |
3 August, 1825 |
|
5 months & 16 days |
12 |
James Stevens |
21 January, 1827 |
|
58 |
13 |
Murdoch Brown |
9 January, 1828 |
|
78 |
14 |
J. J. Martins [J. Maria; J. J. Martyns], Rev. |
11 September, 1830 [29 February, 1844] |
|
36 |
15 |
Josepha Freita |
25 July, 1832 |
|
40 |
16 |
Catherine Maitland Vaughan |
23 June, 1833 |
|
NA |
17 |
Cecilia Lavie |
14 November, 1839 |
|
22 |
18 |
Helen Somerville Baber, nee Fearon |
10 April, 1840 |
|
60 |
19 |
Charles Francis Warden |
20 January, 1842 |
|
30 |
20 |
John Sibbald |
11 [14] December, 1843 [1815, 1845] |
|
34 |
21 |
Anthony Charles Purnell [Purntele] |
22 May, 1844 [1817] |
|
23 [28] |
22 |
James Ward [Warden] |
23 [25] January, 1847 |
|
33 [35] |
23 |
David Gallientt |
10 April, 1850 |
|
59 years, 4 months |
24 |
Evan John Edmund Davies [Davis] |
23 December, 1852 |
13 January, 1829 [1839] |
23 [22] |
25 |
Edward Brennen |
2 October, 1859 |
|
75 |
26 |
George Brown |
20 November, 1859 [1850] |
|
66 |
27 |
John Henry |
12 May, 1860 |
|
34 years, 3 [6] months, & 12 days |
28 |
Mary Brown |
19 July, 1867 |
|
33 |
29 |
Augustus William Sullivan |
31 August, 1868 [1858] |
|
45 years & 4 months |
30 |
Francis Paul Pereira |
3 January, 1869 |
31 August, 1807 |
61 |
31 |
Caroline Reid Day |
8 July, 1869 |
|
22 years & 9 months |
32 |
Eliza Wills Crewe |
17 October, 1874 |
|
30 |
33 |
Edmund William Birch Hope |
10 June, 1876 |
|
24 |
34 |
W. F. Stewart [Stuart] |
7 May, 1878 |
|
24 |
35 |
Edwin Flynn |
26 March, 1879 |
|
34 |
36 |
Jessie Alfreda Gover |
10 July, 1879 |
|
8 months |
37 |
Mary Ignatio |
22 May, 1885 |
|
73 |
38 |
Edward Stuart Stafford Thompson |
25 March, 1887 |
11 July, 1839 |
48 |
39 |
Ellen Browne |
10 January, 1906 |
|
NA |
40 |
Jane Brown |
17 October, 1906 |
|
72 |
41 |
Margaret Eleanor John |
29 November, 1911 |
28 November, 1837 |
74 |
42 |
John Brand Burnett |
[17 April, 1912] |
|
[76] |
43 |
Hugh McNaught Lockie |
27 September, 1913 or 1914 |
|
16 days |
44 |
Jean Camille Ferne |
27 July, 1915 |
|
46 |
45 |
Annie Malcolm |
10 March, 1917 |
|
74 |
46 |
Guy Evelyn Turner |
22 March, 1924 |
|
23 |
47 |
Emry C. Stuedle [Stueole] |
16 October, 1953 [1933] |
12 October, 1902 |
51 [29] |