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Thomas Kingsley

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Thomas Kingsley

Birth
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Death
23 Mar 1899 (aged 68)
Gholaghat, Assam, India
Burial
Gholaghat, Assam, India Add to Map
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Thomas was a Tea Planter with a plantation at Golaghat. He died of Typhomalarial Fever. His age at death on his gravestone looks like 71, which would make his birth year 1828. However, gravestones often show a wrong date or age. Thomas Kingsley was born on 1st January 1831 in Cawnpore (now Kanpur), Bengal Presidency, India. Hence, he was 68 when he died, not 71.

He had three wives, the first was -

Charlotte Isabella Stewart (whose marriage was conducted on 4th December 1851 in St. Stephen's, Kidderpur, Calcutta, West Bengal). By her he had James Stewart Kingsley (6th Apr 1853 Kidderpur- 13 Apr 1860 Calcutta); his second wife was -

Emma Grace Norris - married 14th May 1857 in St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta.). By her, he had Mona Margaret (1858-15 Dec 1896 Cawnpore; spouse Armstrong), Florence Emma (ca.1860-1930; spouse Piggott), Gertrude Alice (spouse Leggett), Emily A. Kingsley (c1863; Spouse Smith), and Gerald Norris Kingsley (20 Jul 1864 Assam-19 Jul 1951 Ealing Middlesex; husband of Alice/Alys Walling).His third wife was -

Mary Albertina Wells - married 14th December 1876 in Calcutta. She bore him Frederick Thomas Kingsley (18 Oct 1877 Calcutta-8 Apr 1945 Calcutta) and Edwin St. John Kingsley (2 Jun 1879-01 Jul 1938 Darjeeling).
Thomas was a Tea Planter with a plantation at Golaghat. He died of Typhomalarial Fever. His age at death on his gravestone looks like 71, which would make his birth year 1828. However, gravestones often show a wrong date or age. Thomas Kingsley was born on 1st January 1831 in Cawnpore (now Kanpur), Bengal Presidency, India. Hence, he was 68 when he died, not 71.

He had three wives, the first was -

Charlotte Isabella Stewart (whose marriage was conducted on 4th December 1851 in St. Stephen's, Kidderpur, Calcutta, West Bengal). By her he had James Stewart Kingsley (6th Apr 1853 Kidderpur- 13 Apr 1860 Calcutta); his second wife was -

Emma Grace Norris - married 14th May 1857 in St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta.). By her, he had Mona Margaret (1858-15 Dec 1896 Cawnpore; spouse Armstrong), Florence Emma (ca.1860-1930; spouse Piggott), Gertrude Alice (spouse Leggett), Emily A. Kingsley (c1863; Spouse Smith), and Gerald Norris Kingsley (20 Jul 1864 Assam-19 Jul 1951 Ealing Middlesex; husband of Alice/Alys Walling).His third wife was -

Mary Albertina Wells - married 14th December 1876 in Calcutta. She bore him Frederick Thomas Kingsley (18 Oct 1877 Calcutta-8 Apr 1945 Calcutta) and Edwin St. John Kingsley (2 Jun 1879-01 Jul 1938 Darjeeling).


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