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Adams, Court

AFC102 — 2013-05-16 18:20:55Z

Seeking information on the family of George Adams b.1846.He worked for the Bengal Civil Service in 1861 and married Alice Mary Drury Court. The marriage took place in Allahabad,India in Dec. 1871. I do not know where George was born but his father's name was also George.

Re: Surname Kinsville

derekdisson — 2013-05-15 05:20:09Z

I am the daughter of Melville Kinsville; Sybil was his sister. She married Roy Emery in Calcutta, India, and died giving birth to James (Jim). Roy Emery brought James to England when he was about sixteen (along with his second wife, Ruth, and three children from her previous marraiage). Jim joined the Army. My family lost touch after that. I probably have a couple of old photographs if you are interested. Kinsville is an English name, although very rate. There are references to Kinsvilles in the British Library Records Department. Hope this is some help.
Annabelle Disson
If you reply use my husband's email, derekdisson@tiscali.co.uk

touch and m

Re: Marriages in Ceylon c1730

laura_foenander — 2013-05-14 14:15:39Z

hi

johannes everhardus jongbloet or Johannes Everardus Jongbloed of Colombo, foreman of the Armoury and Anna Elisabeth Salden of Kalpitiya married on the 16/05/1756,

johannes remarried after anna's death in 1761

they had 1 child a boy Casparus Jochem

laura

Re: British Raj/ Anglo-Indian food

samuelbenghiat — 2013-05-10 09:00:50Z

Thank you so much for responding - sounds like a fascinating book

Re: British Raj/ Anglo-Indian food

hilwilliams — 2013-05-09 16:31:26Z

Hi. I have a book which belonged to my late grandmother entitled Indian Domestic Economy, 7th edition published Calcutta 1871 which is fascinating. Unfortunately the first few pages which give details of how to treat and what to pay servants are damaged but there are many recipes so if there was anything you were particularly interested in let me know and I shall look it up. The book had previously belonged to a Mrs Garwood, possibly she wore out the pages on servants!

Re: Marjorie Humberstone

sellars148 — 2013-05-06 13:43:20Z

just read this reply we have moved and I had not checked for a long time .thank you for the information.
Joan

Re: McLeod Ganj/Dharamshala History

maureenr5 — 2013-05-04 08:09:21Z

Hello Sophie

Have you seen the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Dharmsala?
http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Dharmsala

There is some information about the 1905 Kangra earthquake.
The link to the Imperial Gazetteer of India, written c 1905 but after the earthquake, mentions the McLeodganj bazar.

Cheers
Maureen

Re: Indian records

evebur — 2013-05-03 22:33:21Z

Thanks a millon!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Indian records

evebur — 2013-05-03 22:32:53Z

Thank You Very Much!!

Re: Indian records

penni999 — 2013-05-03 09:49:47Z

Further to Maureen's reply.

John Kennedy born 1821 (father James) married Isabella Marshall born 1828 (father Mariano S Finland). Date of marriage 16 July 1847 Bombay
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FGV2-3VC

Re: Indian records

maureenr5 — 2013-05-03 05:21:38Z

Here is a possibility from the FamilySearch website index records . Belgaum is situated in the same general area as Poona, and was the location of a cantonment. To obtain a copy of the full record see the FIBIS Fibiwiki page "Family Search Centres".
http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Family_Search_Centres

Other Fibiwiki pages are the "Beginners Guide", and "British Army".
*http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Beginners%27_Guide
*http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=British_Army

Name William Samuel Kennedy
Gender Male
Christening Date 09 Jun 1853
Christening Place Belgaum, Bombay, India
Birth Date 24 May 1853
Father's Name John Kennedy
Mother's Name Isabella
Indexing Project (Batch) NumberC00154-4
System Origin India-EASy
GS Film number 462965
Reference ID v 27 p 86

Cheers
Maureen

Indian records

evebur — 2013-05-02 16:43:50Z

My great-great grandfather, William Kennedy was born in Puna, East India, in 1853. His father was in the British Army and was serving over there at that time. I do not know his father's name and I was wondering would there be anywhere I could look to find it out

India to Mauritius

KevinWarlock396 — 2013-04-29 19:27:21Z

I'm looking for any information on Luc Narainsingh he was born in India to an India father and a French mother. Luc eventually moved to Mauritius and was a Manager at Flacq Fuel Estate.

Please if you have any info let me know.

Thank you

McLeod Ganj/Dharamshala History

sophiejayuk — 2013-04-29 16:01:49Z

Hello,

My name is Sophie Jay and I’m trying to research the history of McLeod Ganj, sometimes called Upper Dharamshala, in Himachal Pradesh.

McLeod Ganj is world famous today as the seat of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan government in exile, and is rapidly developing into one of India’s top tourism hot-spots.

However, whilst quite a bit is known about the town as a Tibetan settlement, very little seems to be known about its life as a British hill station from the mid 19th century onwards. I know that the area was struck by a catastrophic earthquake in 1905, which killed 20,000 people, and that most of the existing buildings were destroyed. A small number of buildings dating back to the 1920s and 30s are still standing, most of which are located within the nearby army cantonment.

What I’m looking for is any information about and photographs of people who lived in McLeod Ganj during any period of its history. Do you have an ancestor who lived there? Did they keep a diary or were any anecdotes handed down? How did people feel about the place? What did they do there?

Any shred of information, no matter how small, would no doubt prove a vital piece in the jigsaw of McLeod Ganj’s largely forgotten past.

I can be contacted on: 07778121382, or at: sophiejayuk@hotmail.com.

Many thanks.

Re: British Raj/ Anglo-Indian food

maureenr5 — 2013-04-25 22:49:12Z

A paragraph about Harvey Day’s cookbooks has been added to the FIBIS Fibiwiki page "Food and Drink". It includes some links to some of his recipes which are available online.

http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Food_and_Drink

Cheers
Maureen

Re: British Raj/ Anglo-Indian food

samuelbenghiat — 2013-04-25 12:58:04Z

Hi Audrey and Maureen,

Thanks very much for responding so quickly - I will follow up on those references!

Re: British Raj/ Anglo-Indian food

maureenr5 — 2013-04-25 08:39:33Z

I found the following website about the books I mentioned previously

http://anglo-indianfood.blogspot.com.au/

Cheers
Maureen

Re: British Raj/ Anglo-Indian food

AudreyvonLintzgy — 2013-04-25 07:40:54Z

Have you copies of Harvey Day's books on Anglo-Indian recipes from India? I think they are still available from secondhand bookshops. I inherited one copy from my aunt May Ewing (nee von Lintzgy) who collaborated with Harvey Day on the book(s).

Audrey von Lintzgy

Re: British Raj/ Anglo-Indian food

maureenr5 — 2013-04-24 22:49:45Z

For published books, the website http://www.anglo-indians.com has a page called Publications
http://www.anglo-indians.com/main.asp?menuID=2&content=1...

If you scroll down there are two items about cook books by Bridget Kumar (bridgetkumar@yahoo.com) called
*Flavours Of The Past
*Anglo-Indian Delicacies
*The Anglo-Indian Festive Hamper
*The Best Of Anglo-Indian Cuisine – A Legacy
*A Collection Of Anglo-Indian Roasts, Casseroles and Bakes

Cheers
Maureen

British Raj/ Anglo-Indian food

samuelbenghiat — 2013-04-24 10:41:09Z

Hello,

I'm interested in making contact with others who have a family connection with the British Raj and have inherited family recipes from that period.

My grandfather was born in Ahmedabad, and through him we have inherited numerous recipes that we enjoy to this day.

We are all familiar with Indian dishes that have been anglicised in the UK in modern times(Chicken Tikka Massala etc.), however, I am fascinated by the recipes that emerged during that earlier phase of anglo-Indian contact on the sub-continent.

The fusion of Indian and British tastes led to the creation of a unique style of cooking that does not seem to be formerly documented anywhere. However, I am sure it is still enjoyed by families across the world and passed down from generation to generation.

My ultimate aim is to document these recipes (with appropriate attribution) before they are lost. I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has recipes to share and would like to participate.

Thanks very much (and apologies if this is unacceptably O/T!)

Re: Dias of South India, Fernandez of Bombay

delgado_denise10 — 2013-04-24 08:29:54Z

hi, i have a distant ancestor in my tree who married albert adolphus john fernandez in trichinopoly.b.1877 his father was adolphus b. 1837. i have others too. - denise delgado

Re: Vanderwall Family in 19th century Bangalore and Madras

laura_foenander — 2013-04-24 01:10:42Z

hi
http://www.dutchburgherunion.org/genealogy.html

here is the site for the ceylon journals

laura

Re: Hunter/ Relf in India Murree

cutesana — 2013-04-17 12:17:14Z

Is there any Murree in India, I never listen this before plz share some photos here

Thanks

Re: Birth records for India

maureenr5 — 2013-04-15 23:30:59Z

Read the FIBIS Fibiwiki “Beginners Guide”
http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Beginners%27_Guide

Although there is some information available online for births after 1910 it is limited, so you may need to look at microfilms available from the LDS at one of its Family Search centres, if you are unable to look at the original records at the British Library. You will need to look at the Beginners Guide and follow the various links to read how to do this.

Cheers
Maureen

Birth records for India

kevinjrstead — 2013-04-15 18:36:02Z

Hi i was wondering if someone can point me in the right direction,i am trying to research my grandmothers ancestry,she was born in Calcutta in 1917 and i am aware that she had older brothers and sisters,what i am wondering is there a website or somewhere i can contact to retrieve this information,i have tried the website India Office Family History but that has not got any matches and it just feels like i coming up against a brick wall.
Any help or information would be greatly appreciated.

Re: SHAJRA-E-SADAAT-E-NEHTOR

czaidi — 2013-04-15 06:02:18Z

Assalamo Alaikum Sayyed Ahmad Sahib,

Thank you for the query.

I am delighted to learn about your grandfather hailing from Nehtor. I am as excited to search for your ancestral link in the Shajra-e-Sadat-Nehtor as you are, if not more. If a linkage is found, I would request you for the details of your family, including your ancestors.

Shajra-e-Sadat-e-Nehtor is on a computer software and can only be browsed when your computer is properly setup to run it. I can send you the necessary instructions and "data" for the software, if a link of your family i located in this Shajra.

To enable me to do the necessary search of your ancestry, kindly "EMAIL" me on the ADDRESS czaidipn@hotmail.com the following data about "ALL" your ancestors that you can get hold of easily. This should include both your "paternal" as well as "maternal" ancestors, with whatever names you could collect of their parents, brothers, sisters, Chachchas, Mamoos etc.

I shall be anxiously for your EMAIL response.

Salaams to all.

Thanking you,

Allah Hafiz,

Syed Mohammad Khurshid Alim Zaidi

EMAIL ADDRESS: czaidipn@hotmail.com

Re: Graham Neale-Smith

sueclaire1 — 2013-04-14 02:39:54Z

Hello Nigel,

I have quite a lot of information on the Smith/Ravenscroft family and am willing to share it with you by sending it to you in Word format.

Please contact me at sue.claire@gmail.com so I can have your personal email to send the information to.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sue

Re: Graham Neale-Smith

sueclaire1 — 2013-04-14 02:38:25Z

I may be able to help you with your query. But I think you may have the year of his death wrong. I believe he died 1917 and his name was simply Neale Smith. His wife was Edith Ravenscroft. If you feel that this could be the same person, please email me.

Re: SHAJRA-E-SADAAT-E-NEHTOR

ahmedzia89 — 2013-04-13 14:48:11Z

dear khurshid,
i am a zaidi sayyed belonging to sambhal. my grandfather shifted here from nehtor a long time ago. can you please mail me the shajrah....may be i'd be able to find my family links
regards,
sayyed ahmed zaidi.

Re: Graham Neale-smith

sheonabeach — 2013-04-13 10:36:39Z

Dear Nigel,

We are related. My father's name is Neale Graham Talbot-Scobie. My grandmother was Phyllis Enid Neale Smith (born 26th August 1906 from Ravenscroft in Calcutta). . My grandfather was Kenneth Guy Talbot-Scobie.

I potentially have a lot of information that I can share with you.

My email is sheonabeach@gmail.com. I look forward to learning as much as I can from you. I sent an email to Sue Claire but it bounced back.

Sheona Beach (nee Talbot-Scobie)

Re: Harriet Jane MacDonald

mizzira56 — 2013-04-12 22:10:07Z

Hi the info that I have may help you i don't have any DOB's

Have a good day

Ian

Vanderwall Family in 19th century Bangalore and Madras

Hudson_Muir — 2013-04-12 14:34:37Z

My ancestor was Arthur Daniel Vanderwall (married Mary Ann Aden) and likely the child of Henry Charles Vandewall and Marion Mendes of Madras. Arthur's siblings were likely Georgiana Sophia and Andrew Davis. Arthur's daughter Ethel Maud (born 1886 Bangalore) was my great-grandmother. His other daughter was Matilda Beatrice who married Alexander Allen. Looking for any information about the Vanderwalls including other relations and their origins in either Madras or potentially Sri Lanka (though their links to the Dutch Burghers of the same name is not easily determined).

Re: Harriet Jane MacDonald

mizzira56 — 2013-04-12 13:38:46Z

Sorry I have posted the wrong info pls ref to the correct info
Ian

Re: British Army in Pune (Poona) in late 1930's/1940's

rosali40 — 2013-04-10 10:49:12Z

Hi my father was in Pune at the end of the war. He had been in Burma but I have no idea how he got to India. He never talked about it. I wish I had found out more when he was alive. He was in the RASC.

RAYNEY, 1800s

MajellaP — 2013-04-08 10:29:19Z

I'm hoping for a connection with the siblings and antecedents of Jane Adelaide RAYNEY, born in Coimbatore, India, in 1880. She died in Calcutta, India in 1921.

Jane's father was Patrick (or Thomas) RAYNEY, of the Royal Garrison Army (RGA). Possibly 9th Company, Heavy Battery, Western Division as she married her first husband (Samuel George HORTON) at the Trimulgherry (Madras) station in 1899, and the certificate is from its register. Her first husband was with the 72nd Company RGA Heavy Battery, and died at the Nowgong station in 1903.

I've found possible RAYNEY uncles and aunts via Family Search, but not her birth record, her mother's name, nor any siblings. If I'm correct, her father was born in the Madras Presidency in 1860 (or 1861 if Patrick William), and died before 1904, or at latest by 1911. I have tried the London Gazette, 1911 British census (in which Jane appears) and FIBIS. Unless a divorce may have occurred and Patrick married again in 1901... however, I understood that Jane's mother lived with her in the first decade of the 1900s.

Surname spelled 6 known ways on Family Search including RAINEY, RAINY, REYNEY, REINY.

Any help welcome. Thanks.

Re: BIRTH OF HERBERT BENNETT

maureenr5 — 2013-04-08 05:25:48Z

Kathryn, you can access the index record you are interested in through the website Familyrelatives.com (for free) or through FindMyPast (pay site) and possibly some other pay sites. The link for Familyrelatives.com is on the FIBIS Fibiwiki page “Chaplains Returns” previously quoted
http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Chaplains_Returns

You can buy a copy of the full record from the GRO. The link to buy records online from the GRO is on the Fibiwiki page “Chaplains Returns”

Cheers
Maureen

Looking for a relative.

v69swhs — 2013-04-08 03:25:24Z

I am interested in information on a child born during World War II. All I know is she was the child of Warren Hughes, United States Army,stationed in or near the Shillong Province and either her name or her mother's name was Lucy.

Re: BIRTH OF HERBERT BENNETT

KathrynBryant1 — 2013-04-07 13:28:46Z

Hello Maureen, thank you so much for this information. I have looked at the Chaplains Returns to see if I can see Herbert's birth details but not sure if I am looking in the right place. Probably having a blonde day. Could you please tell me where exactly I can see this information. You say it is on page 182. Thank you again for your time and help.

Kind regards

Kathryn

Re: BIRTH OF HERBERT BENNETT

maureenr5 — 2013-04-07 13:23:35Z

Kathryn, in the Overseas GRO Army Birth Indexes, there is an entry for a Herbert D Bennett born Agra 1925
(page 182?- hard to read.)
See the FIBIS Fibiwiki page "Chaplains Returns" for information about these records
http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Chaplains_Returns

Cheers
Maureen

BIRTH OF HERBERT BENNETT

KathrynBryant1 — 2013-04-07 11:27:24Z

Hello, I have Herbert Arthur Bennett born 1889 and his wife Annie Grace Bennett born 1884 nee Browne or Brown. Herbert was in the Army and have been told that he was in the Army in India somewhere between 1920 and 1930, a long shot I know. They had various children born in England but Herbert Jnr was born in India. Is anyone able to help in finding his birth please? I am not sure what part of India Herbert Snr would have been stationed though.

Kind regards

Kathryn

Re: C Troop Madras Horse Brigade/Artillery

MajellaP — 2013-04-06 02:15:41Z

Thanks Maureen.

Re: British Army in Pune (Poona) in late 1930's/1940's

baldheadedpriest — 2013-04-05 18:04:00Z

Seeking information about people in photo

Re: Death/Burial Record 1920s and Passenger Arrival Record

Brain_Martin — 2013-04-03 04:27:09Z

Hi David,

That's ok, thanks for having a look. I was thinking they may have travelled under a different name if they didn't travel on a troop ship. Either way, I think I will have to wait for the army service record of George Collis in India to unlock some answers.

Cheers,

Martin

Re: Death/Burial Record 1920s and Passenger Arrival Record

railtond — 2013-04-02 11:57:46Z

Hello Martin,
Unfortunately they don't appear in the outward passenger lists from England.
David

Margaret F. Neat

oatie2 — 2013-04-02 03:43:51Z

My mother was born in Bareilly in 1919. We have been trying to locate her family in India. Her mother and sister returned to India after a marriage breakup. My mother stayed in England with her father and my grandmother and my mother's sister returned to India. Her name was Florence M. Neat, and my aunt's name was Jose. G. Neat. Any information would be of great help.

Re: Thomas Buckshi ram, b. in India > Australia in the late 1800's

bgparker153 — 2013-04-02 00:01:15Z

Hi Delece

you may never receive this but I'm interested in tracing the history of Thomas Buckshi ram of Karuah and would like to hear from you

Benita

Re: C Troop Madras Horse Brigade/Artillery

maureenr5 — 2013-04-01 12:42:42Z

Majella, the FIBIS Fibiwiki has a page Madras Army, which has a section on records
http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Madras_Army

I suggest you look at the “Registers of Madras Army European Soldiers IOR/L/MIL/11/101-108” which are also available on LDS microfilm.

If you want to know where Thomas CRONAN was posted, you could also look at the muster records, also available on LDS microfilm.

As he left the Madras Army in 1858 there may be a record for him in the “Discharge Papers of Madras Army European Soldiers IOR/L/MIL/11/277-282”. AS far as I am aware, these latter records have not been filmed by the LDS, so you would need a researcher to look at them at the British Library.

There is also a FIBIS Fibiwiki page Madras Horse Artillery
http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Madras_Horse_Artillery

Cheers
Maureen

Re: Death/Burial Record 1920s and Passenger Arrival Record

Brain_Martin — 2013-03-31 13:31:22Z

Hi David,

That will be great if you could find anything on them, thanks. The family is George Collis (born 1890 in Cadnam, Hampshire, England), Catherine Collis nee Murphy (born 1892 in Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland), George Collis (born 1914 in Ballincollig, Cork, Ireland), Margaret Collis (born 1919 in Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland) and Elizabeth Collis (born 1920 in Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland).

I hope that you will have some luck in finding anything on them.

Cheers,

Martin

Re: Lieutenant Francois Pictet (1831-1895)

ejh1_1 — 2013-03-30 19:58:25Z

Did you ever get replies to your question? One of his children is described on the following site -
www.launcestonfamilyalbum.org.au/detail/.../francis-stuart-p...

C Troop Madras Horse Brigade/Artillery

MajellaP — 2013-03-30 01:24:52Z

Greetings from Australia. Does anyone have access to 1) a history of the above, and/or 2) records for the above?

A 2002 post shows that there are records held by the community (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2002-09/...)

I know from research (on the web and via print books) that C Troop formed in 1805 as the Rocket Troop Madras Horse Artillery. Also, that it saw time in China during the Opium Wars, and the second Burma War.

Gaps in my ancestor’s 10 child timeline (as built from Family Search data) suggest that he saw time in both arenas; possibly also in the Sikh wars of 1845-49, and the second war in China (1856-59). It also appears he left the service after the Mutiny and the restructure of the armies in 1858.

My ancestor is Thomas CRONAN. I found a FIBIS record showing his marriage in 1839 at St Thomas Mount, Madras. He died in 1875 in Madras.

My goal is to learn more about C Troop, and to determine where in Ireland Thomas CRONAN came from.

If no-one can assist, I understand my best course of action is to access documents at the National Archives in Kew, and the British Library (India Office) in London.

All advice welcome. Thank you, Majella