Alexander Skene, 1816–1857 (aged 41 years)
- Name
- Alexander /Skene/
- Surname
- Skene
- Given names
- Alexander
- Name prefix
- Captain
| Birth | February 10, 1816
38 |
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| Marriage | Beatrice Marjory Herschel … — View this family |
| Birth of a sister | Harriet Skene August 26, 1818 (aged 2 years) |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Skene November 9, 1818 (aged 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Skene November 14, 1819 (aged 3 years) |
| Death of a mother | Margaret Ann Anderson November 23, 1819 (aged 3 years) |
| Death of a brother | George Skene June 4, 1831 (aged 15 years) |
| Death of a father | Charles Skene June 1844 (aged 28 years) |
| Death of a brother | Andrew Skene January 23, 1846 (aged 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter | Mary Isabella Frances Skene July 29, 1854 (aged 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter | Beatrice Harriet Annie Skene December 11, 1855 (aged 39 years) |
| Death of a wife | Beatrice Marjory Herschel … June 8, 1857 (aged 41 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Isabella Frances Skene June 8, 1857 (aged 41 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Beatrice Harriet Annie Skene June 8, 1857 (aged 41 years) |
| Death | June 8, 1857 (aged 41 years) |
| father |
1777–1844
Christening: July 21, 1777
36
27 — Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland Death: June 1844 |
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| mother | |
| Marriage |
Marriage: June 13, 1808 — St Nickolas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland |
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12 months
elder sister |
1809–1882
Christening: May 25, 1809
31 — St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland Death: May 22, 1882 |
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2 years
elder brother |
1811–1831
Christening: May 8, 1811
33 — St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland Death: June 4, 1831 — Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland |
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17 months
elder brother |
1812–
Christening: October 9, 1812
35 — St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland |
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19 months
elder brother |
1814–1846
Christening: April 22, 1814
36 — St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland Death: January 23, 1846 — Brecon, Wales |
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14 months
elder sister |
1815–1818
Birth: June 23, 1815
37 — Dumbreck, Stirling, Scotland Death: November 9, 1818 |
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8 months
himself |
1816–1857
Birth: February 10, 1816
38 — Dumbreck, Stirling, Scotland Death: June 8, 1857 — India |
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3 years
younger sister |
1818–1866
Birth: August 26, 1818
41 — Dumbreck, Stirling, Scotland Death: October 16, 1866 |
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15 months
younger brother |
1819–1918
Birth: November 14, 1819
42 — Dumbreck, Stirling, Scotland Death: December 3, 1918 — Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland |
| himself |
1816–1857
Birth: February 10, 1816
38 — Dumbreck, Stirling, Scotland Death: June 8, 1857 — India |
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| wife | |
| Marriage |
Marriage: — India |
| daughter |
1854–1857
Birth: July 29, 1854
38 Death: June 8, 1857 — India |
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17 months
daughter |
1855–1857
Birth: December 11, 1855
39 Death: June 8, 1857 — India |
| Note | Was captain in the East India Company's Service, Married in India. Both he and his wife and their two children were killed in the Indian Mutiny. From gravestone: George Skene died 4 June 1831 aged 20 Andrew Skene died 23 Jan 1846 aged 32 Alexander Skene aged 40 Beatrice Margaret Herschal aged 21 murdered 8 June 1857 Mary Isabella Frances murdered 8 June 1857 Beatrice Harriet Annie murdered 8 June 1857 St Nicholas Church: Alexander Skene and his family. This stone tells of the murder of a young mother of only 21 years and her two infant daughters during the Indian mutiny. The young woman was Beatrice Margaret Herschal, wife of Alexander Skene, the Superintendent of the Jhansi Presidedency of Bengal, who himself died at the age of 40. He was also captain of a company in India. Also commemorated by the stone are other children and grandchildren of Dr. Charles Skene, a physician in Aberdeen. They were George Skene, an Ensign in Berhmapore who died in 1831, aged only 20; and Andrew Skene, assistant surgeon, who died in Brecon in 1846 aged 32. |
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