Margaret Maria Moscrop
1799–1804 (age 5)
Biography
Margaret Maria Moscrop was born in 1799 and passed away in 1804 at the tender age of five. Though her time on earth was brief, she was laid to rest in South Park Street Cemetery, a place of quiet remembrance in Calcutta.
Her short life remains a poignant reminder of the fragility of childhood in the early nineteenth century. Margaret Maria is remembered among the many souls interred in this historic cemetery.