Thomas Godfrey Heathcote b. Feb 1818 Mansfield, NTT, ENG d. 15 Jul 1857 Cawnpore, India

Thomas Godfrey Heathcote

Male 1818 - 1857  (~ 39 years)


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  • Name Thomas Godfrey Heathcote 
    Born Feb 1818  Mansfield, NTT, ENG Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 15 Mar 1818  St Peter, Mansfield, NTT, ENG Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Occupation 1857 
    Surgeon-Major of the 10th Bengal Native Infantry 
    Reference Number ONS010224 
    Died 15 Jul 1857  Cawnpore, India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: killed in massacre of Cawnpore 
    • The Heathcotes had six children, the survivors of whom were presumably in school in England in 1857. -
      Adeline Siddons Heathcote (1844-1893)
      Capt. Henry Fisher Heathcote born 1847
      Annie Heathcote, (1849-1896) who later married Frederick Robertson of Winnipeg, Canada. She lived most of her married life in Manitoba.
      Agnes Elizabeth, born 1851. (Died young?)
      Geoffrey (another source calls him "Godfrey") Swymmer Heathcote (1853-1857), who lost his life along with his parents.
      An infant, of unknown name, who only lived a few days, born during the attempted escape of the Fatehgarh refugees to Kanpur. Dr. Heathcote, his pregnant wife and son Geoffrey were in a group which attempted to escape from Fatehgarh by boat to Kanpur.
    Person ID I8150  Sandham
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2016 

    Family Gertrude Lowther Sandham,   b. 21 Jun 1825, Meerut, West Bengal, India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1857, Cawnpore, India Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married 20 Feb 1844  St Johns Cathedral, Calcutta, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75004-9 System Origin: India-EASy Source Film Number: 498982
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F1242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • L61. Father: Oakley Heathcote, mother: E Swymmer

  • Sources 
    1. [S496] Nottinghamshire Baptisms Index 1538-1917.

    2. [S847] India, Marriages, 1792-1948, India, Marriages, 1792-1948, (via Family Search).

    3. [S1020] Families in British India Society.