20 Mar 2017: Son Robin is in Penang searching for the grave of Daniel Caldwell, his 3x grandfather. He writes of his findings:
So I found him, kind of. On a tip I visited the Northam Road Protestant Cemetary in George Town – final resting place for many of the colonial up and ups.
Scoured the cemetery looking at every gravestone. Many are now illegible, others have wasted away to rubble, still others destroyed during the Japanese bombings and occupation during WWII. Found a few Bruces, Lawrences and Mitchells, but no sign of Daniel.
Next stop was the heritage society. They had a fabulous pictorial encyclopedia on the cemetery, complete with photojournalistic write-ups on all the known quantities there. Still no note of Daniel, but in perusing the appendices I found his name listed in the “additional known burials” section, meaning there was record of his burial but no (legible) grave to speak of.
Cool to know he’s there buried somewhere tho.
Also found an eerie headstone for an R. Bruce (see attached), and Sir Francis Light, the founder of the colony.
6 Attachments (images of the cemetery)