The American Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt (partial) File submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Whitaker ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb *********************************************************************** Transcriptions which my husband Chris and I made from tombstones in the American Cemetery in Cairo, Egypt. Although it is called the American Cemetery, we found many other nationalities there including Koreans, South Africans, Germans, Swiss, and Brits. It may have originally been an American Cemetery but at sometime it was changed to include other nationalities. The following are some of the transcriptions we made. I will send more as I find the time. 1. Ralph Fordyce Chesbrough b. Providence, RI July 1, 1885 d. Cairo, Egypt Ausgust 12, 1935 2. Raymond J. Muse/ Power Engineer b. Brooklyn, NY, June 6, 1933 d. Cairo, Egypt Ausugt 15, 1988 3. Mavis Claire Helmy 1882 - 1932 USA 4. Rev. Gulian Lansing, D.D b. USA February 1, 1826 d. Cairo September 12, 1892 Forty one years a devoted missionary of Christ in Syria from 1851 In Egypt from 1856 5. Sarah B. Lansing b. July 20, 1820 d. November 26, 1889 6. Margaret Lansing b. February 14, 1856 d. May 16, 1857 7. Gulianna Lansing b. February 11, 1859 d. November 7, 1860 8. Visscher Lansing b. June 22, 1864 d. July 5, 1865 9. Elmer Lansing b. August 11, 1861 d. June 1, 1893 NOTE: numbers 6-9 are listed as Children of Gulian and Maria Lansing 10. Maria Lansing b. December 6, 1825 d. July 5, 1865 11. Joseph McCarrell Lansing b. Damascus January 31, 1854 d. Cairo June 6, 1905 12. Mary E. Galloway Wife of Rev. John Giffen d. Cairo, Egypt October 16, 1881 13. Eunice Giffen Daughter of Rev. John Giffen and Elizabeth N. Giffen d. Cairo, Egypt November 22, 1893 14. Reverend John Giffen August 1, 1846 - April 4, 1922 American Missionary in Egypt Forty-seven years. 15. Dorothy Lasell Wadsworth b. Troy, NY February 13, 1891 d. cairo, Egypt November 20, 1928 Devoted wife and mother of George Wadsworth, American Consul and their two children George and Caroline. 16. Pearle Bacon Bader Wife of Ralph H. Bader, American Consul b. Hampton, VA November 8, 1888 d. Cairo, Egypt October 7, 1921 17. Samuel Currie Ewing, D.D b. near Iwin, PA April 20, 1831 d. Cairo, Egypt April 3, 1908 Missionary in Egypt for forty-eight years Ella O. Kyle B. Cedarville, Ohio, May 29, 1856 d. Cairo, Egypt June 5, 1912 (founded the American College for Girls in Cairo) Ola Burns, Wife of A. W. Pollock b. West Middletown, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1878 d. Cairo, Egypt May 27, 1915 Rev. Henry Rankin b. Tarkio, Missouri, March 10, 1893 d. Cairo, Egypt September 26, 1920 Eugenia A. Lee b. Stony Point, New York, October 12, 1897 d. Cairo, Egypt December 30, 1920 (Christian teacher at Girls College Cairo) Charles Adams Clarence 1883 - 1948 (missionary, educator, and scholar) Nellie McCauley 1884-1951 (buried at sea; married to Charles Clarence) Marie Eloise Farmer b. Los Angeles, California February 26, 1920 d. Cairo, Egypt April 4, 1954 Rev. Andrew Watson, DD LLD b. February 14, 1834 d. December 9, 1916 ("....preacher, teacher, theological professor, and official representative of the American mission in government circles..." Margaret McVickar Watson b. August 23, 1833 d. January 11, 1929 William Whiting Borden b. Chicago, Illinois November 1, 1887 d. Cairo, Egypt April 9, 1913 (graduated from Yale and Princeton Theological Seminary) Ida Knight Hope b. Brooklyn, New York March 28, 1855 d. Cairo, Egypt April 1, 1930 daughter of Robert Knight, widow of George Herbert Hope) Christopher Thoron 1930-1974 (6th president of the American University in Cairo) Virginia P. Corley b. Silver Spring, Maryland February 10, 1886 d. Cairo, Egypt June 25, 1964 John E. Pierce b. Niagara Fall, New York May 24, 1909 d. May 4, 1965 Judith Omstead Gary, PHD b. Hanover, New Hampshire, July 17, 1941 d. Cairo, Egypt, March 4, 1981 (peace corps volunteer, linguist teacher, professor Ain Shams University, Cairo University)