She is married to Francis James Bernard.
They got married on June 26, 1818 at Calcutta, she was 21 years old.
Child(ren):
"So many pleasant people live in Kampong Glam too -- along the 'Beach Road' as they are now beginning to call it...the Bernards (of the Police. Mrs Bernard is another daughter of Colonel Farquhar)
...They all live in extremely fine houses in that area, each one in a large garden and most of them with their own billiard rooms, either indoors or in an annex." (pg. 66) of "The Traders: A Story of
Britains South-East Asian Commercial Adventure" by Sjovald Cunyngham-Brown (London, Newman Neave, 1971).Deserted by her husband in 1827 (he moved to Batavia, I think)
The Friend of I
ndia, No. 180. Vol. IV, Serampore: Thursday, August 16th. 1838. pg. 466. Deaths. July 14. At Singapore, Mrs. Barnard, after a protracted illness of nearly eleven years.Plaque from original head
stone is embedded in the wall that surrounds the old Fort Canning Park Cemetary:"To the memory of Mrs. Esther Bernard, wife of Francis James Bernard of Singapore. Died on the 14th July. A.D. 18
38 aged 41 years and 10 months. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed by the name of the Lord."
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