Hello List Nick, for general background you could read the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Jute Growing http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Jute_Growing You may find some mention of Peter Suttie in editions of Thacker's Indian Directory, There are some editions available online- for the time frame you interested in 1908, 1915, 1920, 1925. See the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Directories online, and select "Thacker's Indian Directory" http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Directories_online or http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Directories_online#Thacker.27s_Indian_Directory Cheers Maureen On 07/02/2015, at 9:04 AM, Nicholas Wilson via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am hoping to learn something of Peter Suttie from Fifeshire, who went > out to India before the turn of the century. He is described as a Jute > Merchant in the Ancestry UK records I have seen and I believe lived in > Calcutta until about 1925 when he retired. to NZ and then later Jersey, > C.I. His wife was Nellie Reid Methven and they had one daughter Dorothy > Methven Suttie born in India c.1900. > > Thanks for any help you can give me > > Nick >

Hello List Regarding my email dated 6 February 2015 below, Noel Clark has kindly advised me that I read the discharge date incorrectly, it was in fact 1934. However, for this date, my reply will still be correct as Deacon's records will still be with the Ministry of Defence Noel advised: "Deacon was discharged from the army on 2nd November 1934. I’m not sure about that date that appears to read “28” – it’s in the column marked “attestation or transfer, and might be “08” for attestation?? His army number on discharge was as you have it, 1045965. In the far right-hand column you can just make out his previous number, which was 49514. Using the latter on ancestry I found that he was awarded the 1914 Star with clasp and roses, and the British War and Victory medals. He went overseas with 44th Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery. The medal card for the Star confirms his new number 1045965. His address in Plymouth is also shown. He served in France. The new information, especially the previous number, might help dig up some more information". Cheers Maureen Begin forwarded message: > From: Maureen Evers via <india@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [INDIA] William Henry Deacon > Date: 6 February 2015 5:17:39 PM AEDT > To: ozpug <ozpug@optusnet.com.au>, india@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: Maureen Evers <maureen.evers@bigpond.com>, india@rootsweb.com > > Hello List > Gaye, I see from the marriage image on findmypast that the groom was a Sergeant RFA (Royal Field Artillery) > > You may be able to find out more about him through military records > > He appears on the findmypast listing of Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942 . Unfortunately I can hardly read it, it is so faint, but I think it says he was discharged in 1928. His (new) Army number was 1034965 (subject to my eyesight) > > As he served to 1928, his records will be with the Ministry of Defence > See the FIBIS Fibiwiki page British Army, section Records > http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/British_Army#Records, and scroll to section 4.7 Army personnel serving after January 1921 > > Cheers > Maureen > On 06/02/2015, at 9:36 AM, ozpug via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> I am stuck on finding information on a William Henry Deacon who was >> born in Plymouth unsure of birthdate. He had a son named William Henry >> Deacon born 1888 in England he married Rosamond Gertrude Crell/Croll >> in 1919 in Belgaum,Bombay, India. Can anyone help me on finding >> information on any of these people. Would really appreciate it very >> much;. >> >> Regards >> >> Gaye Stephenson >> > >

Hello List Gaye, I see from the marriage image on findmypast that the groom was a Sergeant RFA (Royal Field Artillery) You may be able to find out more about him through military records He appears on the findmypast listing of Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942 . Unfortunately I can hardly read it, it is so faint, but I think it says he was discharged in 1928. His (new) Army number was 1034965 (subject to my eyesight) As he served to 1928, his records will be with the Ministry of Defence See the FIBIS Fibiwiki page British Army, section Records http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/British_Army#Records, and scroll to section 4.7 Army personnel serving after January 1921 Cheers Maureen On 06/02/2015, at 9:36 AM, ozpug via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Hi > > I am stuck on finding information on a William Henry Deacon who was > born in Plymouth unsure of birthdate. He had a son named William Henry > Deacon born 1888 in England he married Rosamond Gertrude Crell/Croll > in 1919 in Belgaum,Bombay, India. Can anyone help me on finding > information on any of these people. Would really appreciate it very > much;. > > Regards > > Gaye Stephenson >

Hello, I am hoping to learn something of Peter Suttie from Fifeshire, who went out to India before the turn of the century. He is described as a Jute Merchant in the Ancestry UK records I have seen and I believe lived in Calcutta until about 1925 when he retired. to NZ and then later Jersey, C.I. His wife was Nellie Reid Methven and they had one daughter Dorothy Methven Suttie born in India c.1900. Thanks for any help you can give me Nick

Hi I am stuck on finding information on a William Henry Deacon who was born in Plymouth unsure of birthdate. He had a son named William Henry Deacon born 1888 in England he married Rosamond Gertrude Crell/Croll in 1919 in Belgaum,Bombay, India. Can anyone help me on finding information on any of these people. Would really appreciate it very much;. Regards Gaye Stephenson ------------------------- Email sent using Optus Webmail

Hi Gaye;Would he be any relation to Lt Colonel William Edward Durand DEACON, born in Colombo in 1827?   He had two sons and two daughters between 1857 and 1874, but not a William Henry that I know of .... but there was enough scandal in the family for it to be a possibility. Regards;Cam Ford  Cam and Diana Ford Cinemagic Animated Films Pty. Ltd., 42 Valetta St., Moss Vale, NSW 2577 AUSTRALIA (02) 4868 2378 From: ozpug via <india@rootsweb.com> To: india@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 9:36 AM Subject: [INDIA] William Henry Deacon     Hi     I am stuck on finding information on a William Henry Deacon who was born in Plymouth unsure of birthdate. He had a son named William Henry Deacon born 1888 in England he married Rosamond Gertrude Crell/Croll in 1919 in Belgaum,Bombay, India. Can anyone help me on finding information on any of these people. Would really appreciate it very much;.     Regards     Gaye Stephenson ------------------------- Email sent using Optus Webmail ------------------------------- 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

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kemp336 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2912/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am currently researching my family history and specifically details of the Knolles family's history in India especially in the Calcutta Area. Any help would be appreciated 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: MarMnkly Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2703.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Messrs Massey and Co also manufactured ploughs and postboxes (Google Antique Postbox, Perumbavoor, Kerala, India) 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: maureenr5 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2703.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: sakthi velu, if you are resident in India (or North America), you may possibly be able to access the following book on the Hathi Trust Digital Library, which I think has at least some information about the company (However I can't access the book due to copyright restrictions) "Southern India, its history, people, commerce, and industrial resources", comp. by Somerset Playne, assisted by J. W. Bond, ed. by Arnold Wright. (1914-1915) http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100500603 Cheers Maureen 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: pauper_woody Surnames: Woodward Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2096.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hey, Thank you so much. where did you pull these records up from?? Is there a Film / record number and somewhere / some church i could find these same records? 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: jfmiller199 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2703.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ambrose Shere Massey was the founder and owner of the company you have mentioned.He died in England in October 1896. He was a relative on my wife's side of the family.We do not have any photographs. Hope this helps 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: greenplanetmnr Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2703.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, An iron bridge was built in Munnar, in Kerala State of South India. An inscription was found on one of the iron bars as M/s. Massey & Co., LTd., Madras. I want to whether the company was ran by one of your family members or not. If so, what was his name? pls provide with photographs who operated the company from Madras (Chennai) 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>

Hello Mary, Re your email . I have three members of my family namely my Mother, Aunt and their cousin in a Lahore orphanage / school I have a few photographs of the orphans, do you have photographs of those that you are looking for? Well I may be able to help you if you have and could identify the face! The time period that the photos cover would be 1900 to 1925. Regards Bill B-B

The following announcement appeared in the West Briton newspaper, Truro, Cornwall, UK on 5 November 1858 and is forwarded from the CORNISH-GEN List. I have no further information, nor any interest in the family. I purely forward it to the List in the hope that it's of use to someone. Best wishes, Tom Thompson, St Agnes, Cornwall. ---0--- West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser - 5 November 1858 Deaths After a few hours' illness, on the 31st ult., at his residence, Blacklands, Devon, William BRADDON, Esq., late of the Bengal Civil Service, and of Skisdon Lodge, in this county, aged 71 years, deeply and deservedly lamented.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Gillian662 Surnames: Wright, Walker, Williams Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2911/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Panacea Museum Trust, Bedford, UK has a large collection of family (legal and other) documents from England, going back to the 17th century. They are believed to have belonged to Frederick Wright who appears to have spent his life in India. We seek descendants with an interest in family history who would find the collection extremely interesting. Frederick married Frances Louisa Goodhall. Their children were Gerald Goodhall and Dorothy May Vernon. Grandchildren were Charles Henry Edmund and Francis Gerald Gribble Wright, and Rosabel Georgina Frances Walker (who married a Williams). A greatgrandchild was Sylvia Dorothy Wright, born about 1929. Some descendants are believed to have gone to Kenya / Ethiopia. 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>

Hello listers, I have listed the surnames who I have listed over the years, and maybe a couple of others, because I have changed our email address. It is now kwljb@xtra.co.nz . Thanks, Len Buchanan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: firimar Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2096.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It would help if you gave us what you know. When was George born? Does he appear in England on any censuses? Anything else that you know . . . (Be forewarned -- the fact that they baptized the second son at the Wesleyan Chapel may indicate that they were Methodists, and Methodist records are not always easy to find. Do you know if they were Methodists? What was George's occupation?) SOURCE: British India Office Ecclesiastical Records (Madras) BIRTHS Eardley Vernon Woodward Baptized: 17 Sep 1911 at Bellary, Madras, India Born: 21 Aug 1911 Parents: George Thomas & Mabel Rowland Woodward Alfred Collen Eughert Woodward Same parents as Eardley Baptized: 24 Nov 1907 in Egmore, Madras, India Born: 23 Oct 1907 Abode: Royapuram 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>

Thanks for that Ann. Much appreciated. Susan -----Original Message----- From: india-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ann Chidley via Sent: Tuesday, 27 January 2015 3:50 a.m. To: india Subject: [INDIA] Army/navy meaning of phrase in a Baptismal record The Bomb b probably means Bombardier B Company of the Rocket Corps. ------------------------------- 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

Good morning Cheryl and thank you very much for your assistance with finding my Carroll/Simmons roots. The first marriage you have noted below is in fact my great grandparents Joseph Samuel Carroll to Agnes Simmons, however, the second marriage you have noted of Joseph Carroll to Victoria Ammaye was Joseph Samuel's and Agnes' eldest son who was also named Joseph, my grandmother Briget's brother. The youngest of Joseph and Agnes' children was Philomena who married an Oswald Whitby and I believe my great grandfather Joseph Samuel was living with her when he passed away though I can't be 100% sure of this as I haven't been able to find a Burial record for him. >From anecdotal history, Joseph Samuel Carroll's second marriage was to a Maud Calvert - I recognized the names of two of their sons when searching the LDS site - Donald and Jerald because I remember my father speaking about them and I understand they were twins although I will need to check this out. I am still unsure whether Joseph Samuel Carrol's father's name was Joseph or Thomas because I have seen records that have used both names. I still have a lot of searching to do, but once again many, many thanks for your assistance. Kind regards, Sandra Ackoy -----Original Message----- From: india-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of india-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 25 January 2015 4:01 PM To: india@rootsweb.com Subject: INDIA Digest, Vol 10, Issue 12 The mail mode option is working again. If you prefer that, rather than digests, let me know at: india-admin@rootsweb.com with a note thats says "list mode" Today's Topics: 1. Re: Carroll-Simmons (louliefamily@virginmedia.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 09:16:46 +0000 From: <louliefamily@virginmedia.com> Subject: Re: [INDIA] Carroll-Simmons To: " 'Sandra Ackoy' " <sandra.ackoy@wa.uca.org.au>, India mailinglist <india@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <201501240935.t0O9Zaim027256@mail.rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Sandra, I have the details that your require. 1st marriage CARROLL Joseph aged 20 -m- SIMMONS Agnes aged 18 Both single Occup Fireman SIR in 1890 Catholic Cathedral, Trichonopoly by License Parents: Joseph Carroll & John Simmons Wits: William & Maud BATTENSLY (not sure if that is an s) 2nd marriage CARROLL Joseph aged 28 -m- AMMAYE Victoria aged 27 in 1924 Occup Fireman. he is single His father is Joseph Carroll (not put full details here as I have the copies and will send them to you direct) neither of the above stat a middle name of Samuel. CARROLL Joseph Samuel -m- CALVERT Maude in 1908 Joseph aged 40 widower so born c1868 Father: Thomas Carroll I will also send the bap for Bridget. This will be pm UK time. Regards Cheryl Sent from Windows Mail ------------------------------ To contact the INDIA list administrator, send an email to INDIA-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the INDIA mailing list, send an email to INDIA@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ 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 12 *************************************

This is rather difficult to work out - initial temptation is that Bom is for Bombay; but more likely it is abbreviation for rank of Bombardier (which is like a gunner and is a rank in the Artillery). However what the Rack or Rock Corps is I don't know - there is no other similar designation on the same page, and not something I have come across before. I wonder if it could have been one of the irregular cavalry corps. *Sylvia* Sylvia C M Murphy PO Box 2379 Carlingford Court NSW 2118 email: sylcec@gmail.com mob: 0430 011 855 On 26 January 2015 at 15:23, Susan Simmons via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I have the Baptismal record of 2xgreat grandfather Francis HUGHES who was > baptised in Meerut in 1823. His parents are recorded as Rob & Elizabeth > Hughes. There is a heading "Fathers Rank" and it has as Rob Hughes' rank > the phrase which looks like "Bom b Rock Corps". > > > > Can anyone help me with this - what regiment would this be? What rank? Any > help would be appreciated. > > > > Thank you > > Regards to the list > > Susan > > New Zealand > > greenleas@xtra.co.nz > > Families in India: Wright, Kellett, Hughes, d'Ortez > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >