Birth: 17th February 1845 in West Bengal, India
Death: 5th August 1916 in Rathgar, Dublin
Father: Robert Beresford Gahan, Assistant Surgeon in Army Medical Corps (died on 29. Dec. 1845, severely wounded in the battle of Mudki on 18. Dec.1845; buried in Ferozepore, Punjab, India)
Mother: Anna Mary Osborne (1817–1907)
M.C. Gahan as a young ensign (photo taken from http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/ko0833-01.htm):
Does anyone have information on Colonel M.C. Gahan? He contributed some excellent articles like this to the Christian's Friend in the late 1890's.
Melmoth Caulfield Gahan – 17th February 1845 ~ 5th August 1916.
Birth: West Bengal, India.
Death: Zion Lodge, Rathgar, Dublin South, Ireland.
Burial: Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland.
Father: Robert Beresford Gahan - 1813 ~ 29th Dec. 1845.
Mother: Anna Mary Osborne – 1817 ~ 24th December 1907.
Wife: Charlotte Emily Cambridge - 1841 ~ 20th December 1925.
Children:
Elsie Ernestine M. – 1879 ~
L. Kathleen – 1881 ~
Robert Beresford (D.P. McCreery) – 1881 ~ 12th November 1961.
Siblings:
Beresford Horatio Townsend – 2nd Nov. 1843 ~ 30th Oct. 1939.
Lucinda Mary – 1846 ~ 1907