Person Sheet


Name Lydia PASCAL, 6299
Birth 28 1 1792, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Death 14 10 1837 Age: 45
Death Memo probably as a result of childbirth
Spouses:
1 Godlieb M VAN SOMEREN, 6298
Birth 8 10 1790, Negapatam, Tanjore District, Tamil Nadu
Death 10 1853, Madras Age: 62
Burial 1853, LMS cemetery, Purusawaulkam, Madras Age: 62
Occupation General Merchant, East India Company
Father Pieter William VAN SOMEREN, 6351 (-1797)
Mother Catherina Dorothea MAR_VAN SOMEREN, 6365
Marriage 15 9 1810, Black Town Chapel, Madras
Children: Arthur Godlieb, 6301 (1811-1811)
Angelica Juliana, 6305 (1812-1859)
Agnes Knell (Died as Child), 6302 (~1813-1819)
Lydia Christiana, 6380 (~1820-~1895)
Catherine (Died as Child), 6303 (~1823-1826)
William Judson, 6307 (1824-1912)
Edward (Died as Infant), 6304 (1826-1826)
Clementina Herklotts, 6375 (~1826-1905)
Mary Crisp, 6309 (1828-1906)
Henrietta Page, 6373 (1830-)
(unknown) (Died as Infant), 6311 (1837-1837)
Charles, 6376
Lydia, 6379
George, 6378 (-1833)
Notes for Lydia PASCAL
Vansom.ged201208. 'Missionsleben' material says that she died in 1833, "auf der Reise Bangalore-Madras." The latter statement identifies her as Godlieb's first wife, but it has her name as Emily.
Notes for Godlieb M (Spouse 1)
Vansom.ged201208. Merchant in Royapuram, Madras. At one time a member of the East India Company. Lived in 'Marble Hall'

On the Madras Religious Tract Society Committe as Asst. Sec. (Madras Almanac 1834) & a member of the L.M.S. Auxiliary Society's committee (Madras Almanac 1846).

Probably became involved with the London Missionary Society through the marriage of his sister Emilia Antoinette in 1814 to Rev. Joseph Taylor, an LMS missionary.
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