Sophia Carden Bell BLACKALL ¹

  General Notes:

At Barrackpore, the lady of Major R. Blackall, commanding 50th N.I., of a daughter.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/17fbd97b-5442-4791-af90-f7901f45d9c3
Title: NIGHTINGALE, Edward Herbert 1821-1856
Reference: IOR/L/AG/23/10/1 no.3856
Description: Madras Army, b 15 Apr 1821, d 5 May 1856

m Sophia C B 1853 (b 2 Feb 1833, d 27 Apr 1900)

she re-m CARTER 18 Oct 1865

Emily Grace b 27 Jan 1854, m 13 Jul 1876 Gloucester to Edward J CARTER

Mary b 1856, d 1856
Held by: British Library: Asian and African Studies (previously Oriental and India Office Library), not available at The National Archives

Sophia married Capt. Edward Herbert NIGHTINGALE, son of Sir Alexander Malcolm NIGHTINGALE Bart., of Kneasworth Hall, Cambridge and Marianne BEAVER, on 14 Apr 1853 in Trinity Church, Cape Town, South Africa. (Capt. Edward Herbert NIGHTINGALE was born on 15 Apr 1821 in Letcombe Regis, Berksire, England and died on 5 May 1856.)

  Marriage Notes:

Saturday 16 April 1853

MARRIAGE by Special Licence on the 14th April at Trinity Church, Cape Town, by the Rev R.G. Lamb AB, Edward Herbert NIGHTINGALE Esq, 23rd Regt Madras L.I., eldest son of A. NIGHTINGALE Esq, late of HM 23rd Fusiliers, and grandson of the late Sir Edward NIGHTINGALE Bart of Kneasworth Hall, Cambridge, to Sophia Carden Bell, youngest daughter of Colonel R. BLACKALL, Bengal Army.

Sophia next married Lt.-Col. J. W. CARTER on 18 Oct 1865.