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Re: Thompson/Cowell/Blackenberg

kcsthompson — 2013-05-17 19:45:00Z

Hi Allaye,

I have just seen your posting about Thompson and connected families. If you can send me a note of your email it will be easier to correspond. I have met your Aunt Desiree and your father in France and his two children that lived there. I have met Desiree and her two daughters in the past. I also have copies of some books by your father and a book about him. I now have a more comprehensive tree about our common ancestors. Please contact me on kcsthompson@gmail.com

Regards,

Chris

Re: Nasse family in Burma

1_jamie65 — 2013-05-15 14:20:08Z

Hi Donell

Sounds Good. I recently joined the Anglo Burmese Library so hopefully I can share the info I gain with you.

I would be interested in seeing what records you have.

If you are Aunty Vivienne's daughter in law that would make you my 2nd cousin (in law). My Dad would be your first cousin (in law).

Regards Jamie

Re: Nasse family in Burma

millymct — 2013-05-15 10:54:18Z

Hi Donell

I have very limited information about my mother's side, Her last name is Tin Tin and she had quite a few brothers. She came to Inda when she was a kid with her brothers, and lived with her aunty who maried a German gentlman and had two boys. My Dad was in the British Army and also lived in India,. My mother's cousin who livied in Inda had a Chinese wife and had boy and girl. His name is Chow Mya. My mother's uncle was a buddiest priest in Panta India. I believe he was quite old and he might have been the head of that Buddiest Monastery. Not sure of that.

I do have pictures of her cousin and his family as well as her uncle, but not of her borthers, I don't remember their names at all.

Maybe, the picutres might help if someone may recongize it. I can send them from my email address. (when my parents were young).

There is a gentlman who visiting his mom in Burma from Here (Canada) and he is trying to help me as well, to locate my mother's family.

Take Care talk to you soon.

chees
Milly
millymct@shaw.ca

Re: Nasse family in Burma

donellholloway — 2013-05-13 09:06:09Z

Hi there, I'm Vivienne's daughter in law. I have a lots of Nasse records, thanks to british colonial record keeping. I have to see Vivienne to make the links between family members.
Keep me posted on how you are going.

We may get somewhere if two of us look into it.

Kind Regards,
Donell
donell.holloway@ecu.edu.au

Re: Anglican Diocesan School Rangoon

millymct — 2013-05-10 12:12:58Z

Hi
No worries I am also not that good as well.
My mother's couins name is Chow Mya< idon't know tha helps you at all. Also, do you have some picutres as well. I have my parent's picuters as well. But I will need you personal email address, Here is my email address millymt@shaw.ca So, that Ihave email you the picuters etc. We can go from there, see if from your side may recognize them. Take Care and have a wonderful day.

Re: Anglican Diocesan School Rangoon

millymct — 2013-05-05 03:52:03Z

Hi
You did not mention your name in the emails as yet? So, what is your name?

I have also got someone else to find my family in Burma as well, I satated this year back. I beleive this gentlman is in Burma visiting his mother.

So you live Rangoon, which area?

also, if we are going check the family out, I will need bit more information as well. I will try to remeber what my mother's stories as well. It has been a long time.

Talk to you soon. Milly

Re: Anglican Diocesan School Rangoon

millymct — 2013-05-04 14:06:49Z

Hi There

I am also on facebook as well, If you are please let me know.
Thanks and have a great day.

Re: Anglican Diocesan School Rangoon

millymct — 2013-05-04 14:02:42Z

Hi There

That is fine I don't have too many as well. Did you have any pictures and also an direct email as well, so we can talk.

My mohter came with her borthers from Buram to Inda to live wth her aunt, She was quite young then. Her aunt was married a Germany gentlman and had two boys.

My mother's madien name was Tin Tin. She did have a cousin who lived in Inda with his chinese wife and two kids, I was about 15/16 years when I met them. Her uncle was a buddiest priest in India (Pana).

Talk to you later take care. Milly

Re: Anglican Diocesan School Rangoon

belbooth — 2013-05-04 05:02:19Z

Hello Milly,

Happy to answer any questions you may have but I'm not very 'up' with specific things about Mum's family...

Re: Anglican Diocesan School Rangoon

millymct — 2013-05-04 02:16:39Z

Oh! where are you living now and your email if possible I would like to know more information.
Thanks Milly

Re: Anglican Diocesan School Rangoon

millymct — 2013-05-04 02:15:30Z

Hi
Can you please email me at this millymct@shaw.ca I would like to talk to you about this, My mother had quite a few brothers.

Thanks Milly

Re: Anglican Diocesan School Rangoon

belbooth — 2013-05-04 01:12:46Z

Thanks for replying.
I mistakenly put Mum's year of birth as 1909; it should have been 1919 - can't have her being 10 years older than she was!

Haven't ever thought of visiting but it sounds like it was a good experience for you.

Take care...

Re: Anglican Diocesan School Rangoon

pea46 — 2013-05-03 19:05:53Z

Hi! It's a small world and sounds as though we may have relatives in common somewhere. We went to Burma just before Christmas and had a wonderful time, it's a beautiful country with lovely people. We were also lucky enough to find the houses my mum & a cousin's mum grew up in in Rangoon, as they were but very dilapidated now. The girls school is no longer and has been demolished, new buildings underway on the former site. The trip to Burma has certainly helped me make sense of my past.

Re: Anglican Diocesan School Rangoon

belbooth — 2013-05-03 09:39:37Z

Hi,
When i read your description of your family, it was almost a mirror image of our family...thru to my paternal army family b/ground. My Mum's name was Constance Sawyer and she did have Rayner cousins, tho I'm not sure of the degree of relationship. She had 3 sisters but we only ever met her sister Rita. Mum's mother's maiden name was Scriven (Miriam). Mum and Rita attended the Diocesan school in Rangoon.
BTW Mum was born in 1909 and she passed away about 8 years ago.
Just wanted to say 'hello'...

Burma Myanmar

millymct — 2013-04-05 13:30:21Z

I am lookig for my mother's side of her family. She has quite few brothers.
Her maiden name is Tin Tin. She came to Inda with her brothers around 1942, she lived with her aunty's family, Her aunty was married to a German gentelman, and they had two boys.

My mother got married and moved to Bangladesh with her husband.

I would love to hear from someone who would know somthing about her family.

Re: Thompson/Cowell/Blackenberg

neilejm112 — 2013-04-02 19:46:21Z

Hi Allaye, thank you so much for posting this information and photos on my discussion thread, wonderful to read about and see JFX's grave, impressive headstone and lovely inscription. I wish I had the knowledge and resources to provide more information about our shared ancestry, I am descended from Edward Thompson, JFX and Anna Marias youngest son and my great grandfather, but I am afraid I can only ride on the coattails of those who have taken the time to find things out so far. Hopefully I might be able to devote more time and resources to this in the future and add to the already wonderful amount of information that has been found about the Thompsons. Thanks again for sharing your findings.

Kind regards, Neil

Re: Thompson/Cowell/Blackenberg

allaye_oconnor — 2013-03-31 11:23:08Z

Dear Janis,
Hello. My name is Allaye O’Connor and I am traveling with my son Owen through Burma with the aim of finding out more about our family. JFX Thompson was my great grandfather. I have very sketchy information and part of a family tree drawn out by Christopher Thompson whom I believe to be a cousin of my father, Philip O’Connor. Armed with this information and old family stories we have managed yesterday to locate St Patrick's church in Moulmein, Burma, where JFX was baptised, married and buried. In spite of the run-down state of the cemetery where many gravestones had been defaced and broken by the military, we were delighted to find JFX Thompson's grave still intact. Please find the photos of the grave site uploaded here (http://flic.kr/p/e7rvGN, http://flic.kr/p/e7kBGk, http://flic.kr/p/e7kBFV, http://flic.kr/p/e7rvHs).

We are continuing our search today. Of particular interest to us is Winifred Marie O’Connor (née Thompson) who was my grandmother and whom appears on Christopher's family tree as one of Ida Dawson's children. Four children are listed, Winifred, Philip, James and Charles. We have always felt that Winifred was something of an outcast and had no particular sympathy with her three supposed brothers. There is also a nine year gap between the birth of Winifred and her first brother, Philip. Even more mysterious, her date of birth (1880) falls within the span of JFX’s first marriage to Anna Maria Cowell who died in 1882, probably in childbirth. Winifred is not listed as one of her children with JFX, nor can we find any record of her so far. I wondered if anyone in your family knows anything about her. My suspicion is that she was in fact half Burmese and not a legitimate child of either Anna Maria Cowell or Ida Dawson. There are many family stories that my father heard to substantiate this.

If we can give you any useful leads, then we would be only too happy and will keep you updated on our search.

Thanking you in advance.

Allaye O’Connor
Owen Gothill

Ellis family in Burma

RosemarySimmons962 — 2013-03-18 01:56:36Z

My great uncle, Charles D. Ellis,(1874-1932)worked for the Burmese Oil Company. He married Irene Sybil Quatros in 1912 in Rangoon. Prior to their marriage he had a daughter, Sophie, who married Harper Raymond Bennett. They came to the U.S. during World War II and remained here. Charles also probably had a son Cyrus and a daughter Viola. Please contact me if anyone can share information about these people. Thank you.

Charles Ziegler and Diocesan School Rangoon

Petrean85 — 2013-03-12 22:01:53Z

I understand that Charles Ziegler may have been headmaster of the Diocesan School in Rangoon sometime around 1900. Can anyone tell me more about him? Thenk you. Matthew

Re: Nasse family in Burma

1_jamie65 — 2013-03-06 14:31:58Z

Hi

I am a grandson of Beryl and have just started working on my family tree. Can you please let me know how your research went?

Thanks

Re: Florey family in Burma

njowett — 2013-02-25 02:42:24Z

hi there wow its great to hear from you that would make you my uncle kevin. i have sent you a message via email, looking ford to hearing back from you.

natasha

Re: Florey family in Burma

kerrjp1 — 2013-02-22 22:22:23Z

Hi Kevin, this has posted on my message board but l have emailed your message on to your brother Brian also with your email address

Re: Florey family in Burma

kpdennis23 — 2013-02-22 18:47:04Z

Hi Natasha,

Well what can I say? Your father and I are half-brothers. My mother was Sheila Irene Florey and my dad was Donald Oswald Dennis.

I can definitely fill you in on a lot more information. I am originally from England and now live in Colorado, USA.

My email is kpdennis@gmail.com so I would welcome hearing from you.

-Kevin

Re: Thompson/Cowell/Blackenberg

janis_myintswe — 2013-02-19 13:04:11Z

Hi Neil,
Thanks for replying.I'm away for a few weeks so please contact me @ jlswe@hotmail.com I'm quite excited to learn more about the missing links.Are you in contact with Chris Thompson from
England.I met him in England and he also visited me in Canada.
Please send me email at the above address and I'll tell you more about our connection.Thanks Janis

Re: Thompson/Cowell/Blackenberg

neilejm112 — 2013-02-18 18:15:05Z

Hi Janis, thank you for getting in touch, I would love to know anything you can tell me about our shared ancestors, do you have any pictures or know what happened to JFX's other children? Do you now the story of how he came to marry Ida Dawson after Anna-Maria? I assumed Anna-Maria maybe died in childbirth. I really only know about the Thompsons what is on my family tree already, and that was mainly taken from other family trees and the research of my uncle Bill Cullen, you say you met Priscilla? There is a story that Richard Thompson came to Burma from Ireland and may have been a Spring-Rice, part of Irish aristocracy, have you heard any similar rumours in your family?

Looking forward to hearing from you,

regards, Neil Messenger

Re: Thompson/Cowell/Blackenberg

neilejm112 — 2013-02-18 18:15:02Z

Re: Thompson/Cowell/Blackenberg

janis_myintswe — 2013-02-17 15:25:45Z

Hi Mark,

I am JFX Thompson's great granddaughter. I was born in Rangoon, Burma but have been living in Canada for 37 yrs.
I'd like to share the family tree with you. Please reply
Janis

Re: Thompson/Cowell/Blackenberg

janis_myintswe — 2013-02-16 15:29:00Z

Hi Neil,
I,ve met Prue Cullen in Toronto a few years ago. She's also the granddaughter of Edward Thompson and Seethamar Shetty.I'm also great granddaughter of JFX Thompson's second marriage to Ida Dawson. My grand father Charles Moric Norbert was one of their sons. He died 1930 in Moulmein, Burma. Willing to share any info on family.
janis

Re: Thompson/Cowell/Blackenberg

janis_myintswe — 2013-02-16 14:18:58Z

Hi Neil,
I'm also a descendant of JFX Thompson's second marriage to Ida Dawson.My grandfather was Charles.We left Burma 37yrs ago and now living in Canada.I've some details of the family tree but not much.Will be glad to share.
Janis

Re: Looking for my fathers parents

emiller520 — 2013-02-12 11:30:50Z

Dear Pat
I have just seen your thread from back in 2010 about your father George, this morning I was trying to look things up for a dear friend of mine and I found that she shares your family tree. Her grandmother was your fathers sister (Sybil), Sybil died in about 2006 and like you Sharon has wanted answers to her family tree, I have told her about you and she has asked if I would pass on her email to you and maybe you could correspond. Her name is Sharon Bainbridge her mother is Sybils daughter. her email is sharonsjb@gmail.com.
many thanks Elaine

She would very much like to hear from you.

Re: Florey family in Burma

kerrjp1 — 2013-01-29 22:33:21Z

Hi James,
I have had contact from a main named Brian Jowett, he was adopted out at the age of 4. His grandfather was also your Grandfather so you are cousins. Not sure if your father and his mother were brother and sister, Her name was Sheila Irene Florey

Re: Florey family in Burma

JimmyJames1973 — 2013-01-29 21:31:06Z

Hello there!

Forgive the long silence - 2012 was a hectic year!

Yes all the factors apply, I've only recently found out that my Dad (Ted) studied and worked in Chelmsford.
I know the family left Burma after independence. The search for how and why they (our ancestors) were there in the first place is murky though. I'm set to go off to the India Records archive at the British Library in a few weeks time to delve some more.
I hope it's not too late to pick up some contact as I'd love to know more on such an intriguing and mysterious story.
I hope this finds you well
Best Wishes
James

Re: Florey family in Burma

JimmyJames1973 — 2013-01-29 21:31:00Z

Burma to Uk travel - late 1800's early 1900's

gibbandy — 2013-01-24 11:55:13Z

Please be patient when reading this as I have to set the background before I ask the question!

My great grandfather, James Gibb was married to Jane Waddell in Rangoon in 1880 ( I have copies of their marraige record) and had four daughters, two of whom were born in Rangoon ( Isabella Gibb in 1881 and Margaret Gibb in 1884), two of his other daughters were born in Polmont, Scotland (Helen in 1882 and Mary in 1886). I know Isabella and Margaret came back to the UK as I have records for their later life.

At some point after Mary's birth the couple split James and Jane having returned to Scotland.

He then met a Jane Younger, and went back to Burma, having my grandad, also James, born there on 27th September 1901. My great grand mother, Jane Younger (known as Gibb but was never married to him as he had never divorced the other Jane!) and my grandad returned to Scotland sometime between 1901 and 1913 but I cant' narrow that down.

My great grandfather, James Gibb died and was buried in Rangoon ( I have copies of his death/burial record), Burma on 8th June 1912.

HERE IS MY PROBLEM: I can find no record of any of them returning to the UK, or indeed any record of any of them going to Burma.

There are many ship journeys that must have been involved in this story and I find it strange that I can not locate ONE ships log for any of them, even those carried out after 1890.

I have posted a query on this site once before and many of you were very helpful, so does anyone know if ships logs for this area exist? What ships took the route? or if not could anyone suggest where I write, or enquire to see if i can get this information?

This whole story has developed from research online about the family, as my own close family never knew that a) my great grandad had not married my grandads mother, or b) that he had infact been married to someone else, and had four girls to them!!!

Families.....who would have them?

All the best

Andy

Re: Towers and Chill Families in India, Burma and Penang.

zchari5 — 2012-11-22 22:33:32Z

Actually ignore the last post. Just spoke to my dad and it was his maternal grandfather who was Edwin Chill and he was born in 1946 and moved to Burma aged 16 on a ship named Rangoon. He did have a bro named Walter who moved to the US.

Re: Towers and Chill Families in India, Burma and Penang.

zchari5 — 2012-11-22 22:22:28Z

I believe my great granddad had the surname Chill. I don't know his first name but he was a policeman and married a Mon (tribe in Burma) woman and had a son named Edwin who was a doctor. I am unaware of any connections to the Towers name but the name Chill can't be very common. Especially in Burma. I can ask my dad though. My dad is in his mid 60s so I'm not sure how much he'll know of much older relations

Re: Claudius

Joyce1591 — 2012-11-16 22:14:16Z

I am also researching Rose Claudius and Frederick Fitzgerald in Rangoon - do you have anything on them.

Re: Claudius

Joyce1591 — 2012-11-12 18:42:01Z

am researching Rose Claudius and Annesley Claudius as well as John Walter Claudius
I have read your website and wonder what nationality the Claudius family were and why they went to India in the first place. do you know what their occupations were in India and Burma.

Re: Davidson, Hutchinson-Lopez families of Yamethin

Mandyclarke7253 — 2012-10-23 11:25:50Z

Hi, I've been googling my father's name and this message showed up- my sister Diane has since passed away, but as far as I can tell from her prior messages, this isn't the right Edmund. I know it's been a while, but I hope this can help someone.
Amanda (mandy) Clarke
(married but kept maiden name)

Re: Anglo-Burmese family research - Dover, Gleeson, Cotton, Andrews

jofry11 — 2012-10-20 22:17:29Z

Hi Sarah

If Charles Frank Fordham was the son of Henry G Fordham and eventually became mayor of Deptford then I have a lot of info about the Fordham/Forder family.

Kind regards

Jo Fryer

Bertie Family in Rangoon 1912 - 1936

chrisjordan1 — 2012-10-02 20:49:21Z

I am researching my wife's Grandfather Thomas Paterson Bertie who went to Rangoon in 1912 as a single man. He married in 1923 at the Scots Church and had a family there, he died in 1936. Any information would be most helpful.

Re: Fredrick Arthur Trutwein

ruthcaris77 — 2012-09-29 16:53:49Z

Do you have any more info on the Cotte side? I am looking for connections to Adele Marie Celeste Cotte born in Taungoo Burma 1934

Re: Rangoon family names

andrewbdwll1 — 2012-09-24 20:33:58Z

Yep,I know who you are!!!!!!

Sybil Ragh (possibly Roberts)

Satarah21 — 2012-09-19 10:29:56Z

My husbands grandmother was call Sybil Maude Ragh, born in Rangoon (as far as we know) around 1904. She married Cyril Cann in 1921. She had 2 sisters Ellen & Margaret (Trixie & Babs)who stayed in Burma. Don't have anything any further back. Family rumour has it that they came from England originally and were called Roberts. There may also be a connection to a diamond mine in Burma. Cyril was a widower when married, so any link to his first marraige would be good, he was a policeman then in the army.

Re: Help with Burmese history needed

c_a_part — 2012-09-03 11:37:40Z

I am related too! My grandmother, Sarah Ann Elizabeth was the daughter of Frederick - son of Sophar.

I am in touch with my cousin's daughter, who is a second cousin to me and my brother and sister.

We are visiting Canada in October - although Ottawa not Vancouver!

My email is c.a.part@btinternet.com

Best
Carol

Re: Help with Burmese history needed

c_a_part — 2012-09-03 11:33:32Z

Have replied this mroning - please give love to Eileen!
C
x

Re: Help with Burmese history needed

AvaChief — 2012-09-03 11:21:13Z

I sent an email last night did you get it?
I' visiting Eileen today, she''ll be so pleased that we're in touch.

Re: Help with Burmese history needed

c_a_part — 2012-09-03 10:59:49Z

Yes of course! Should have realised - I m Carol, brother Dudley, sister Elizabeth.

You have done so much brilliant research into this fascinating history of our family!

May we keep in touch? My email is c.a.part@btinternet.com

Love Carol

Re: Help with Burmese history needed

c_a_part — 2012-09-02 19:38:58Z

Yes - should have realised! I have a drawing of me that your Mum did of me aged three! Dudley, my breather has done some research -but you did most of it!

My e-mail is c.a.part@btinternet.com

Re: Help with Burmese history needed

AvaChief — 2012-09-02 19:12:33Z

Hi, You must be my mum's 1st cousin, do you know Eileen, daughter of Marie (Marion)? I'm her daughter Annette.