Person:Alexandrina Sale (1)

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Alexandrina Sale
b.2 Jan 1823 Calcutta
d.23 Jul 1857 Segowlie
Parents and Siblings
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m. 16 May 1809
  1. Mary Harriet Sale1810 -
  2. George Henry Sale1811 -
  3. Julia Catherine Sale1812 - 1815
  4. Robert Henry Sale1815 - 1876
  5. Caroline Catherine Sale1816 - 1890
  6. Julia Elizabeth Sale1818 - 1843
  7. Henrietta Sarah Sale1820 - 1897
  8. Alexandrina Sale1823 - 1857
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Sturt (add)
  • W.  Alexandrina Sale1823 - 1857
m. 9 Aug 1841
  1. Julia Florentia Sturt1842 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 1852
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Facts and Events
Name Alexandrina Sale
Gender Female
Birth? 2 Jan 1823 Calcutta
Marriage 9 Aug 1841 Kabul, Afghanistanto John Sturt (add)
Marriage 1852 to Major James Garner Holmes
Death? 23 Jul 1857 Segowlie

Extract from RM Martin & E Roberts, The Indian Empire: Vol 2

Alexandrina Sale (Lt. Sturt's Widow) and her husband Major James Garner Holmes were murdered at Segowlie on the 23rd of July 1857. The major and his wife (Lady Sale's daughter) were driving out in the evening when at about two miles from the lines, six 12th Irregulars seized the reins of the horses, and beheaded both the major and Mrs. Holmes : then, proceeding to the house of the assistant- surgeon, they killed him, with his wife and one of their children; and Mr. Bennet, the postmaster. The regiment then rose, and after the usual course of plundering and burning, quitted the station.

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