I am trying to get info on my Father - Christian Louis Melosch - Born in 1890 at Moulmein, Burma. He had 3 sisters - Dorothea, Constance and Katherine. His Father's name was also Christian Louis Melosch and his Mother's name was Kitty Grasemann. I hope someone can help me as I am desperate to find out more about them for family reasons.

I have a great-grandfather whose name is Louis Melosch. He had seven children in Moulmein, Burma. Their names were Georg (I believe), Thea, Constance, Ella, Louis (I believe), and Victoria. My grandmother, Constance moved to the U.S. when she married. I have pictures of Louis Melosch (the father). He married a lady name Kitty Graceman.

I have just joined Ancestry.com, and have discovered a Christian Louis Melosch who married a Kitty Grasemann. I suspect the spelling of "Kitty Graceman" is incorrect based on my discoveries at Ancestry.com. Kitty Grasemann (presumably my Kitty Graceman) was supposedly of dark complexion. The research on Ancestry.com of the mother of Kitty Grasemann states a "Mah Tsee". The one picture I have of our "Kitty Graceman" shows a lady suggesting Asian ancestry. I am sure it is the same lady.

I have a picture of the several of the Melosch children. One shows my grandmother, Constance, and a younger brother, who has a dark complexion. There is some confusion among my relative as to whether his name is Georg or Louis. I would think Louis would be the first son and Georg the younger son. My grandmother Constance was born in Moulmein, Burma in 1887. Her younger brother could be 3 years younger, based on the picture.

If you think our families are the same or related, let me know.

From the books Old Moulmein 875-1890 by R. R. Langham-Carter published by Mountain Sun Press 1947 and Birma zwischen unabhangigkeit zuerst, by Hans-Bernd Zollner-Burma-2000. Christain Louis Melosch senior was born in Bremen Germany in 1849 and died in Moulmein in 1928. He had a company called Melosch-Hollmann & Company that exported rice to Bremen. A listing of these books can be found on google books. However the full text is not available for Old Moulmein just a snippet. The german book only has his birth and death year and where he was born and died. Hope this helps.

Thank you for the information, Kent. Are you a descendant of the Melosch family?

No, I'm not a descendant. I'm the one who tried to help at the family history library. I like to to work on genealogies that are harder to find information on and have a great story. And your Melosch family was that. I'll keep checking when I can, and pass on information to you if I find anything more.

You wrote, that Christian Louis was born 1949 in Bremen/ Germany.
Is that right?
Could it be, that he maybe was born in Hamburg?
In Hamburg was born in 1950 a Ludwig Adolf Melosch, son of Christian Ludwig Melosch, born 1823 in Altona/Hamburg.
Christian Ludwig died 1871 in Calkutta/India and had a company in Old Moulmein/Birma.
See Melosch here:
http://www.genealogy-sh.de/selken/index.htm

Hi there. I found your original post today and wonder how you are going? If you haven't already been to the site you may find lots of info on BMDs of your family on the British Library India Office Family History online search here: http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx

I typed in the name Christian Louis Melosch and got plenty of hits immediately such as his birth on 8 April 1890, baptism on 14 May 1890 - both at St Matthew's C.of.E. in Moulmein.

There's also all the dates of marriage of his father and Kitty, births of Constance, Dorothea and Katherine, etc but I don't want to take away the thrill of finding this all for yourself so - go to the site, enjoy the discovery and have fun!

Cheers for now,
Marty