This looks like him on a passenger list: First name(s) THOS AMBROSE Last name CAMPDEN Gender Male Age 26 Birth year 1898 Occupation IRON WORKER Departure year 1924 Departure day 8 Departure month 8 Departure port LONDON Destination port BOMBAY Destination BOMBAY Country INDIA Destination country INDIA Ship name MACEDONIA Ship official number 116012 Ship master's first name C M Ship master's last name REDHEAD Shipping line PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO City LONDON Ship destination port BOMBAY Ship destination country INDIA Ship registered tonnage 5650.17 Number of passengers 326His last address in the UK: 6 Sealand Avenue ,Queensferry There is also a marriage in Calcutta in 1825 for a man of the same name. First name(s) Thomas Ambrose Last name Campden Marriage year 1925 Marriage date 14 Feb 1925 Spouse's first name Doris Spouse's last name Edwards Place Calcutta Presidency Bengal Groom's age 26 Bride's age 22 Groom's father's first name Thomas Groom's father's last name Campden Bride's father's first name Thomas Bride's father's last name Edwards Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal, : 1713-1948 Archive reference N-1-483 Folio number 12Records all available on Findmypast. On 21 February 2015 at 07:23, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com < gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: lmgibbons > Surnames: Campden > Classification: lookup > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2913/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hi, I am researching a story about 66 English Steel workers who arrived in > India in August 1924. One was called Thomas Ambrose Campden. I noted that > there is a record in Select Marriage (India) 1792-1948 but I do not have > access to this database. > > Thomas was born in Coseley, Staffordshire about 1898 - could some one > possibly have a looke at this record for me? > > I would be very grateful, many thanks in advance. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > <br> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- *Sylvia* Sylvia C M Murphy PO Box 2379 Carlingford Court NSW 2118 email: sylcec@gmail.com mob: 0430 011 855

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lmgibbons Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2913.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you - never thought of findmypast - upto my neck in steelworkers..... Thank you for such a quick response. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

Lady Dufferin Hospital for Women in Nagpur: This is in response to Bosham's post in Issue 29. The photo you describe is shown on the Christie’s website at http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx?intObjectID=2534764 <http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx?intObjectID=2534764>. A Google search reveals photos claimed to be of the hospital in modern times.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sylcec Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2913.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This looks like him on a passenger list: First name(s) THOS AMBROSE Last name CAMPDEN Gender Male Age 26 Birth year 1898 Occupation IRON WORKER Departure year 1924 Departure day 8 Departure month 8 Departure port LONDON Destination port BOMBAY Destination BOMBAY Country INDIA Destination country INDIA Ship name MACEDONIA Ship official number 116012 Ship master's first name C M Ship master's last name REDHEAD Shipping line PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO City LONDON Ship destination port BOMBAY Ship destination country INDIA Ship registered tonnage 5650.17 Number of passengers 326 His last address in the UK: 6 Sealand Avenue ,Queensferry There is also a marriage in Calcutta in 1825 for a man of the same name. First name(s) Thomas Ambrose Last name Campden Marriage year 1925 Marriage date 14 Feb 1925 Spouse's first name Doris Spouse's last name Edwards Place Calcutta Presidency Bengal Groom's age 26 Bride's age 22 Groom's father's first name Thomas Groom's father's last name Campden Bride's father's first name Thomas Bride's father's last name Edwards Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal, : 1713-1948 Archive reference N-1-483 Folio number 12 Yes - definitely the same man - occupation: ironworker Records all available on Findmypast. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

Somebody recently sent me the scan of an image dated 1888 taken at the time of the opening of the Lady Dufferin Hospital for Women in Nagpur (Central India). It shows a European man (could be the in-charge doctor) along with an Indian man (may be one of the two native philanthropists who had donated large sums of money for the hospital) and a group of Indian women who I presume were the midwives/nurses working there. No details are given. I am trying to establish the identity of the two gentlemen. Are there any records available showing the names of the European medical practitioners in Nagpur around that time or specifically of those who were working for the Dufferin Hospital? Can any other details be obtained? I am not sure whether the hospital still exists - but even if it does, it has been renamed since then, as there is no Lady Dufferin Hospital in present-day Nagpur. Thanks and regards, ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lmgibbons Surnames: Campden Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2913/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I am researching a story about 66 English Steel workers who arrived in India in August 1924. One was called Thomas Ambrose Campden. I noted that there is a record in Select Marriage (India) 1792-1948 but I do not have access to this database. Thomas was born in Coseley, Staffordshire about 1898 - could some one possibly have a looke at this record for me? I would be very grateful, many thanks in advance. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dmgill5143 Surnames: Flanagan/Tomkinson/Seaman/Harrington Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2599.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi John in Sydney Sophia Ann Tomkinson was my 2nd great grand aunt, and there is some more about the family on my tree. Are we related? Deborah Gill in London Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

I would have like the first episode of any story, fiction or non-fiction, to be so interesting so that I am disappointed when it ends and hate the idea of waiting a week before the next one comes around. This was a mishmash of too many characters. It would have been better to have started with fewer characters and a little more interesting history added so as to make an impact on the viewers. Then in the next episode the other characters could have gradually been added to the story. Let's hope it gets better and more interesting. My AI family are all born in India since the 1700s. I was born in Calcutta in 1930 and lived during the Raj Era and the struggle for Indian Independence. Joyce Munro

John, Have you checked "The Bengal Obituary" ? There are memorial inscriptions for Jos.P.D.St.Pourcain and Lt.CoL. T.S.Oliver. Can send if required. brinds

Unashamedly, I enjoyed 'Indian Summers' and am slightly bemused by the criticism herein. It's a work of fiction and by definition, not a factual documentary. It is also the writing of one person and one person's research, who may or may not nod to physical, social and political history. It is Rutman's opinion and given the historical reality of Britain's colonial tenure in India, Rutman is relatively mild in his implied criticism of the Raj. Decadence was a reality (perhaps not as pervasive as suggested in the first episode?) in British India and the wider empire, as was racism in all of its historical forms. My own Calcutta born father was guilty of this: most people were! As the curious son of a Raj born imperialist, I will take any form of representation of this fascinating time in British history, but I will cherry pick the things I believe and put them in the context of wider reading and research. Can't wait for next Sunday. Angus (Still researching Ferguson, Unger, O'Brien, Whybrow, Price and other associated names in Bengal). Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone ____________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of INDIA Digest, Vol 10, Issue 27 > *************************************

Hi All, My scepticism was justified, it seems! I did not even bother to watch Indian Summers, guessing it would be the usual revisionist anti-British stuff. Still struggling to researching NORRIS, D’SILVA, SYME, St. POURCAIN, OLIVER and PLUNKETT from mid 19th century in India. Best wishes, John

Very very disappointing !!    Heard familiar birdsong on two occasions - and having visited Simla three or four times in the mid-fifties - no scenery - I am sure Penang is very beautiful -but it is not Simla and India !!   Hope it improves - Thelma Cramb.

I agree - it was pretty dreadful. One review I read said it does get better so will give it another chance. Marion On 16 February 2015 at 07:22, <rftaylor40@gmail.com> wrote: > Watched Indian Summers last night, very disappointed is the best I can > say! It doesn’t even resemble Simla in the setting. The characters are > polarised - Indian women are all doe eyed and vulnerable, British women are > hard nosed, spiteful bitches. > > If the next part is along the same lines, I won’t bother to see the rest. > > Rosemary > > > Sent from Windows Mail > > *From:* India List <india@rootsweb.com> > *Sent:* ‎Sunday‎, ‎15‎ ‎February‎ ‎2015 ‎18‎:‎04 > *To:* India List <india@rootsweb.com> > > For UK TV viewers - tonight at 9pm on Channel 4 a new drama series in 10 > parts called India Summers written by Paul Rutman. > > According to the Radio Times " set during summer of 1932 telling the > story of the decline of the British Empire". > > Regards > Marion Meppen-Walter > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Watched Indian Summers last night, very disappointed is the best I can say! It doesn’t even resemble Simla in the setting. The characters are polarised - Indian women are all doe eyed and vulnerable, British women are hard nosed, spiteful bitches. If the next part is along the same lines, I won’t bother to see the rest. Rosemary Sent from Windows Mail From: India List Sent: ‎Sunday‎, ‎15‎ ‎February‎ ‎2015 ‎18‎:‎04 To: India List For UK TV viewers - tonight at 9pm on Channel 4 a new drama series in 10 parts called India Summers written by Paul Rutman. According to the Radio Times " set during summer of 1932 telling the story of the decline of the British Empire". Regards Marion Meppen-Walter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A huge disappointment for those of us who were in Simla! This programme was filmed in Penang because it has more colonial buildings!!!! Shirley West

For UK TV viewers - tonight at 9pm on Channel 4 a new drama series in 10 parts called India Summers written by Paul Rutman. According to the Radio Times " set during summer of 1932 telling the story of the decline of the British Empire". Regards Marion Meppen-Walter

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Hello List Further to my email below, it is very likely that some of the references on the Maritime Memorials website which refer to entries from an edition of Notes and Queries, and quote Volume 176 (1936) are partially incorrect, in that the correct reference probably should be Volume 170 (1936: January-June) (these entries are copied on my first email from January 2014 below) Cheers Maureen Begin forwarded message: > From: Maureen Evers via <india@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [INDIA] Maritime cemetery entries from National Maritime Museum website: Maritime Memorials > Date: 11 February 2015 8:43:22 PM AEDT > To: "india@rootsweb.com" <INDIA@rootsweb.com> > Reply-To: Maureen Evers <maureen.evers@bigpond.com>, india@rootsweb.com > > Hello List > > In January 2014 I sent the following emails which listed out some of the maritime deaths relating to India on the website Maritime Memorials. > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2014-01/1388885968 or http://tinyurl.com/l3psta2 > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2014-01/1388887096 or http://tinyurl.com/prfx2d4 > > I was looking at this website recently. The website URL is now http://blogs.rmg.co.uk/memorials > > Previously there was a category Rest of World, which now seems to have disappeared. You can however, search by name, or location. There are also some records for China, Singapore etc > > The records I mentioned in my previous posts still appear to have the same Memorial number, and the URLs are now of the form > > http://blogs.rmg.co.uk/memorials/m5190/ (record for William R.H. YOUNG Dutch Cemetery, Bheemunipatnam) > > > > Cheers > > Maureen >

Hello List In January 2014 I sent the following emails which listed out some of the maritime deaths relating to India on the website Maritime Memorials. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2014-01/1388885968 or http://tinyurl.com/l3psta2 http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2014-01/1388887096 or http://tinyurl.com/prfx2d4 I was looking at this website recently. The website URL is now http://blogs.rmg.co.uk/memorials Previously there was a category Rest of World, which now seems to have disappeared. You can however, search by name, or location. There are also some records for China, Singapore etc The records I mentioned in my previous posts still appear to have the same Memorial number, and the URLs are now of the form http://blogs.rmg.co.uk/memorials/m5190/ (record for William R.H. YOUNG Dutch Cemetery, Bheemunipatnam) Cheers Maureen