This chap lived in my house, here in Edinburgh, with his parents and aunts, from 1897-1906, at least. The Wikipedia article contains a lot of info but does anyone know more about him - who he married and was there a child? Did he just live in India or, as some suggest, he lived in London? I've been all over Ancestry, Scotland's People, and the internet and I've sent an email to the current Director of the Geological Survey of India. But chums here often have a clever idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Heron Geoff

On 06/01/2015 10:48, Geoff Pearson wrote: > This chap lived in my house, here in Edinburgh, with his parents and > aunts, from 1897-1906, at > least. The Wikipedia article contains a lot of info but does anyone know > more about him - who he married and was there a child? Did he just live in > India or, as some suggest, he lived in London? > > I've been all over Ancestry, Scotland's People, and the internet and > I've sent an email to the current Director of the Geological Survey of > India. But chums here often have a clever idea. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Heron > > Geoff > > Have you tried FIBIS for the Indian connection?

On 06/01/2015 10:48, Geoff Pearson via wrote: > This chap lived in my house, here in Edinburgh, with his parents and aunts, > from 1897-1906, at > least. The Wikipedia article contains a lot of info but does anyone know > more about him - who he married and was there a child? Did he just live in > India or, as some suggest, he lived in London? > > I've been all over Ancestry, Scotland's People, and the internet and I've > sent an email to the current Director of the Geological Survey of India. > But chums here often have a clever idea. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Heron > > Geoff > There is a death notice in the Times, 10 feb 1971 p.24: "On January 29th, 1971, in Coonoor, Nilgiris, India, Alexander Macmillan Heron, aged 86, late Geological Survey of India, much loved husband of Margaret and father of Marjorie." Chris Pitt Lewis --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

"Geoff Pearson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > This chap lived in my house, here in Edinburgh, with his parents and > aunts, from 1897-1906, at > least. The Wikipedia article contains a lot of info but does anyone know > more about him - who he married and was there a child? Did he just live > in > India or, as some suggest, he lived in London? > > I've been all over Ancestry, Scotland's People, and the internet and I've > sent an email to the current Director of the Geological Survey of India. > But chums here often have a clever idea. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Heron > > Geoff > > I now have his marriage certificate - in Southampton in July 1911. His wife, I suspect, left with him to go back to India after this, although she seems to be on a boat to Calcutta in 1912. (Her father was at the wedding so they didn't elope). Their only child was born in 1915 (Margaret). I can see some voyages to India - does anyone see a trip soon after the wedding?