South Park Street Cemetery - "The Great Burial Ground of Chowringhee" - opened on 25 August 1767. She is mentioned on page 88 of Derozario's 1815 book. [Free to download Google Books] Memorial inscription on grave in South Park Street Burial Ground, Calcutta: Here lies the remains of Mrs Catherine Jeykell Browne who departed this life on the 8th day of August 1808, age 38 years. she was an excellent wife, and a most affectionate mother. The age isn't quite correct. She was actually 45. But I can't quibble. There is no other woman this could be. A CERONIO by earlier marriage, with middle name JEKYLL, who was a mother to CERONIOs, not BROWNEs (married 1 year). The only CERONIOs in India had the first names of two of her children. Her name was Catherine. Catherine HICKS' mother was Francina JEKYLL. She disappears from Philadelphia after 1794. Vince

What a long way from Philadelphia to Chowringhee. There is a nice piece about it on Wikipedia with a print done in 1798 which is probably how it looked when Catherine was there. It sounds like Park Street was a main thoroughfare. There are a number of images of the cemetery on the internet and it is certainly different from any in Philadelphia - Frommer's guide even recommends it as part of their tour. There is one here that can be enlarged: http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/cemetery_details.asp?town=Calcutta&cem=South%20Park%20Street%20Cemetery So Catherine was born in or near Philadelphia as a Hicks, married 1st Ceronio, 2nd Serval and 3rd Browne and died in India. That sure beats the Fenimores moving to NJ - Liane

Really cool! Now if I could learn a bit about husband Benjamin Browne! An EIC Cadet, I see him mentioned as Captain Benjamin BROWNE, but the trouble with India is generally first names are uncommon - especially of wives, but of titled individuals as well. Vince On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:01 AM, lfenimore <[email protected]> wrote: > What a long way from Philadelphia to Chowringhee.  There is a nice piece > about it on Wikipedia with a print done in 1798 which is probably how it > looked when Catherine was there.  It sounds like Park Street was a main > thoroughfare. > > There are a number of images of the cemetery on the internet and it is > certainly different from any in Philadelphia - Frommer's guide even > recommends it as part of their tour.  There is one here that can be > enlarged: > http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/cemetery_details.asp?town=Calcutta&cem=South%20Park%20Street%20Cemetery > > So Catherine was born in or near Philadelphia as a Hicks, married 1st > Ceronio, 2nd Serval and 3rd Browne and died in India. > > That sure beats the Fenimores moving to NJ - > > Liane > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- http://www.ehow.com/members/ds_7b3c7914-50da-4602-ad9f-8e0007b16ff9.html http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/333797/vincent_summers.html

Thanks for the link to the South Park Street cemetery pictures.  Reminds me a bit of Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans with all those lovely tombs. Great pic! Alexa --- On Mon, 12/14/09, lfenimore <[email protected]> wrote: There are a number of images of the cemetery on the internet and it is certainly different from any in Philadelphia - Frommer's guide even recommends it as part of their tour.  There is one here that can be enlarged: http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/cemetery_details.asp?town=Calcutta&cem=South%20Park%20Street%20Cemetery Liane