Hi Judy, Thought I could add from our record, as exchanged with AEHE, but some corrections could go either way. David 1874; married Georgina Harriet Wakefield, dau of John McCombie, which is why our tree shows the McC name as it was unclear if 'Wakefield' was a married name, was she a widow? David is listed as proprietor of Ibex Lodge Coffee and Tea estates. Resident at Ibex Lodge Coonoor S. India. Retired to12 South Eaton Place London. No Issue. David's nephew; Laurence Garret, born Jan 15, 1896 Educated Bromsgrove and RN college Dartmouth, retired from Navy and became Mgr of Nilgiri Tea estates S. India. Rejoined Navy 1939 and invalided served Scotland and Iceland, Lt. Commander Married Phyllis Vans-Agnew 14 Jan 1925, in India. In 1954 they were living in Exmouth. Laurence and Phyllis eldest David Hyla b. Aug 31 1926, Bedford school, Elec Engineer. Married in Durban, returned to Eng, and subsequently they moved to Argentina, having 5 shildren between Eng and Argentina. (Rochford Essex, Gillingham Kent) So, some differences and / or additions to information. Laurence birth definitely shown here as 1896. regards, JR -----Original Message----- From: elkington-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:elkington-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of JJupar@aol.com Sent: August 20, 2011 4:43 AM To: ELKINGTON@rootsweb.com Subject: [ELKINGTON] India and the Orange Pekoe Tea Hi, Thought I would just pass on this rather small piece of information. George Richards Elkington who was renowned worldwide for his silver had a grandson DAVID 1874 ELKINGTON WARWICKS INDIA, b. 02 Sep 1874, Dell Cottage, Northfield, Birmingham; d. 12 Dec 1939, Bournemouth buried at Boscombe; m. GEORGINA WAKEFIELD WARWICKS?, 27 Nov 1901, St.Paul's. Milagroyn, Ceylon; b. Warwicks?; d. 11 Mar 1945, 40 Roland Gardens, London SW7. More About DAVID 1874 ELKINGTON Warwicks / INDIA: Christening: 30 Sep 1874, St. Mary's, Selly Oak, Bmghm Education: Radley Occupation: Tea & Rubber Planter on the River Nilgris, S. India. at Ibex Lodge [Orange Pekoe]. Director of the Nonsuch Tea Estates. Also another Elkington, a gt. grandson, was out there and all his children were born there. 1. LAURENCE GARRETT [SAM] 1895 ELKINGTON11 COMMANDER (HYLA GARRETT 186710 ELKINGTON WARWICKS, HYLA 18399, GEORGE RICHARDS 18018 ELKINGTON WARWICKS., JAMES 17707 ELKINGTON WARWICKS, JOSEPH 17406, JOSEPH 16975, JAMES 16564, ZACHARIAS 16043 ELKINGTON OXON, RICHARD 15532, RICHARD 15051) was born 15 Jan 1895 in King's Norton, and died 19 Nov 1964 in Exmouth. He married PHYLLIS VAN CA 1895 AGNEW 14 Jan 1925 in India, daughter of MAJOR AGNEW and AMY CLARKE. She was born 11 Nov 1902. More About LAURENCE GARRETT [SAM] 1895 ELKINGTON COMMANDER: Education: R.N. College at Keyham 1914 from Windlesham Public School. Occupation: Navy in WW2 but had a breakdown. Manager of Nilgris, India, Tea Estates in 1954. _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tea_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tea) Does this help those who are asking. Regards JUDY ELKINGTON _www.elkingtonfamily.com_ (http://www.elkingtonfamily.com/) _Elkington@rootsweb.com_ (http://www.elkingtonfamily.com/) www.elkingtonfamily.com http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ELKINGTON ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ELKINGTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message