This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cjk32 Surnames: Kennedy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2556/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for John Clarence Kennedy,my Gfather, born in Calcutta India in 1850. He had a son in 1887 named, Percival Claud(e) Kennedy. His wife was called Agnes, born in 1855 in 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cjk32 Surnames: Kennedy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2555.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Emma: I am looking for John Clarence Kennedy,my Gfather, born in India in 1850. What do you know about your John Kennedy?. Please respond. Thank you. My E-mail is : cjk@uwindsor.ca. John Kennedy University of Windsor 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.

The following announcement appeared in the West Briton newspaper, Truro, Cornwall, UK on 30 July 1852. 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 - 30 July 1852 Births At Waltair, in the East Indies, on the 15th of April last, at the house of her father-in-law, Brigadier General J. P. JAMES, formerly of Helston, commanding the Northern Division, the wife of Capt. G. L. JAMES, 5th Regiment M. N. I., a son.

The following announcement appeared in the West Briton newspaper, Truro, Cornwall, UK on 30 July 1852. I have no further information, nor any interest in the family. Given the interest in Regiments, 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 - 30 July 1852 Births At Malta, on the 28th ult., the wife of Major FENWICK, of H. M. 76th Regiment, a daughter.

Hello, A lot of children were sent back to England at this period by their parents. These children were often taken by another older Lady returning to England. Officer and officials wives could rarely go home until their husbands had completed 25 years service, and most children were born perhaps 5 to 7 years into this service, and would go home in the 14 to 18th year of service. If you look into the shipping records of the period this is quite common. Mrs Helen Baber took children from other families in 1815. I don't have a transcript, but in Warren Hasting's letters I found a fascinating letter from another official written in London following a voyage home. He describes how the ships travelling in convoy would occasional come close enough together and would be travelling so slowly in the Doldrums that all the women would be rowed to the largest vessel for a dance, and then return to their ships. Of course much time was spent getting very cold and wet, but these voyages often had more pleasant moments. I wish that letters had survived from children, because several of my ancestors travelled home from India as 5 to 7 year olds to go to school in England, a land they had never been to before. Nick Balmer ----- Original Message ----- From: <fbsingh1947@aol.com> To: <india@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 5:21 PM Subject: [INDIA] life on board an EIC ship from the passenger's perspective > > Hello Listers, > > Has anyone on the list ever come across an account, diary, memoir, even a > historical novel, that describes what people did during those long > voyages? I am particularly interested in the period 1790-1810, and to be > very precise, would like to know what children did on their way to England > to pass the time. But any tip will be useful. > > Thanks again, > > Frances > > > > > > > > > > ===== India Mailing List ===== > > Families in British India Society: http://www.fibis.org > > > Archives for this list can be found at: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=INDIA > and at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/INDIA > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hello Listers, Has anyone on the list ever come across an account, diary, memoir, even a historical novel, that describes what people did during those long voyages? I am particularly interested in the period 1790-1810, and to be very precise, would like to know what children did on their way to England to pass the time. But any tip will be useful. Thanks again, Frances

Please contact me off list. Thanks. patrace@telus.net -----Original Message----- From: india-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 2:35 PM To: INDIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [INDIA] Williams in India This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: emmahudson28 Surnames: Williams Kennedy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2555/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Trying to find out about Sarah Williams (Anglo-Indian)she married John Kennedy 21/7/1840 in Secunderabad Andhra Pradesh.,and died approx Feb 1851. 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. ===== India Mailing List ===== Families in British India Society: http://www.fibis.org Archives for this list can be found at: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=INDIA and at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/INDIA ------------------------------- 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: gtsaviel Surnames: Saviel, Hay ,Hart. Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2552.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear Eleanortriggs, I would like to know if you have information on Louia Hay who was married in 1905 to George Saviel in India and her father was Willam Hart. She married first to some one named Hay before 1905 in India.I donot know of the mother of Margaret Sussanah Sewell. Yoursfaithfully, George T Saviel 22 November 2010 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: emmahudson28 Surnames: Williams Kennedy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2555/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Trying to find out about Sarah Williams (Anglo-Indian)she married John Kennedy 21/7/1840 in Secunderabad Andhra Pradesh.,and died approx Feb 1851. 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: archdoodler Surnames: Tennent, Goodman Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2553/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hey all, Wondering if anyone can help. My late grandmother's maiden name was Tennent, and was in some way connected to the Scottish brewer of the same name. However, the exact connection has been lost to the mists of time. I know for a fact in the 60's she was entitled to a lump sum from the brewery for one reason or another. Her name was Kathleen Tennent, born in Jalrapet, India, and her father was Joseph Tennent, who died in 1929, who married Kathleen Goodman, born 1 December 1888, died 27 November 1928. This is all I know. Any help would be greatly 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: eleanortriggs Surnames: HAY, SEWELL, CLARKE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2552/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Searching for diary, biography, any letters or correspondence, notes on family books, bibles, or family connexions or personal facts of the above people who lived in India in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, in West Bengal, India and other places. Margaret Susannah Hay born Cawnpore, West Bengal, India, 22 July 1811 of unknown mother and Patrick Martin Hay, born 1786. Would like to find name of birth mother and/or any other info re: this lady. Patrick Martin Hay married Mary Susan Clarke and had four children, half-siblings of Margaret Susannah Hay/Sewell. Husband of Thomas Sewell born 1798 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.

The following announcement appeared in the West Briton newspaper, Truro, Cornwall, UK on 23 July 1852. 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 - 23 July 1852 Deaths At Moulmein, in the East Indies, Mr. NICHOLAS JAMES, carpenter of the ship "Mary Lee," late of Newlyn West, in this county.

The following announcement appeared in the West Briton newspaper, Truro, Cornwall, UK on 23 July 1852. 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 - 23 July 1852 At 14 Bark Place, Bayswater, on Sunday last, the wife of J. J. COLE, Esq., H. E. I. C. S., a daughter.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mgh511 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2457.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, one of my wife's ancestors was George DURAND, married in 1880 to Alice Stella PERRY (b.1862 in India).Parents of Alice were Charles PERRY, b. 1.04.1816 in Madras, India, d. 19.6.1884 in Vizagapatam, India, married 15.5.1839 to Grace LEIPENSTEIN, b 1824 in Pallaveram, India, d. 1877 in Vizagapatam, 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: goodya1 Surnames: Rencontre Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2547.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Suzanne, I have lots of information on Rencontre family in India,Burma from early 1700's. My email address goodya@icenet.com.au Alan 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: goodya1 Surnames: Rencontre Rodriguez Herry Henry Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2457.1.1.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi there Dave, my wife is Camille Rencontre a direct descendant of Frederick Rencontre. I have spent some years researching this very interesting family and have got quite a lot of information on the family in Pondicherry, India and Burma. Virginia Rencontre (Chr Mary Virginia Rencontre) was born in 1842 and was one of 8 children born to Francis Rencontre and Mary Eleanor Lewis. Virginia Rencontre married Alexander Brockman in 1860. The G G grandmother you are probably referring to is actually Adelaide Rodriguez Francis Rencontre's 1st wife who had 3 children. Frederick b1823 Pondicherry married Julie Henry (I have proved that the surname is actually Henry not Herry which was probably just an old typo) Frederick had 2 sisters - Charlotte and Clara. My email address is goodya@icenet.com.au Alan 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.

Hello List Diana said: Some of my military relatives are proving to be a bit confusing. In 1808 Stephen PARISH was a Matross (?) in Captain Taylor's Company 2nd Battalion in Trichinopoly according to his son's baptism - N/ 2/3/264. Stephen arrived in 1800 aged 23 according to the 1808 muster roll. James RICHARDSON No. 1930 (Stephen's son in law) was a Gunner in the Right Wing Carnatic European Veterans Battalion (Muster Roll 1824) he arrived in 1808 aged 34. A Matross was a private in the Artillery, an early term that was replaced by the word Gunner. Assuming that the muster rolls are for the East India Company Madras Army, then this company would be part of the Madras Artillery. There is a FIBIS Fibiwiki page "Madras Artillery" http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Madras_Artillery with a link to the Madras European Foot Artillery where I suspect Captain Taylor's Regiment belongs. The FIBIS Database called "A List Of The Officers Who Have Served In The Madras Artillery" gives the following record for a Captain Robert Taylor who seems to be a Captain at the right period: First Names Robert Surname Taylor Corps Artillery Presidency Madras Captain May 11, 1806 Regarding the Carnatic European Veteran Battalion refer this archived India List thread http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-04/1177314048 which refers to a link in Cathy Day's site. This site is now archived and the link is http://web.archive.org/web/20040407165055/members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/bull .htm or http://tinyurl.com/3y467ss The relevant wording is: William BULL joined the Carnatic European Veteran Battalion, a unit of the Madras Army - i.e. part of the East India Company, not the British Army. This battalion had been formed in 1811 out of European invalids. That is, European men who had been soldiers in the British Army in India but were now too old or infirm to perform the duties of an active soldier. The battalion was mainly involved in garrison work, that is, guarding the garrison of East India Company units to free up the young and fit men for active duty. William BULL joined the Carnatic European Veteran Battalion on 26th February, 1819 and received a splendid new red uniform with grey facings and silver lace. He left the service for a pension on 31st December of the following year and died in Madras less than six months later. Cheers Maureen (Sydney)

I cannot find anyone matching this description in the Soldiers' Discharge Papers on FMP. Looking at the 1861 and 1871 censuses I see that John was actually born in Bermuda. In 1871 John had left the army and was living in Islington. The eldest child with him was Elena? Aged 9, who was born in Aldershot, and the next child was aged 6 and born in Islington. This suggests to me that John left the army some time between 1862 and 1865. It's important to realise that if the soldier was not discharged to pension (that is if he died, or otherwise did not serve long enough to qualify for a pension - 12 years unless wounded) then his service papers will not be found in the WO series on FMP. My guess is that John FRASER did not serve the full 12 years. Noel

Dear Listers Some of my military relatives are proving to be a bit confusing. In 1808 Stephen PARISH was a Matross (?) in Captain Taylor's Company 2nd Battalion in Trichinopoly according to his son's baptism - N/ 2/3/264. Stephen arrived in 1800 aged 23 according to the 1808 muster roll. Stephen married Susannah MASON in 1802. Their child Susannah PARISH was born in 1809 in Vizagapatam. I can't seem to find any information on the Company that he was in and I would like to trace his career and perhaps even find his death record. James RICHARDSON No. 1930 (Stephen's son in law) was a Gunner in the Right Wing Carnatic European Veterans Battalion (Muster Roll 1824) he arrived in 1808 aged 34. He married Susannah PARISH in 1820 Vizagapatam and it seems she was only 11 years old at the time. Apparently James died sometime around 1828 as his wife Susannah remarried in 1829 in Vizagapatam, their child Maria RICHARDSON was born in 1824 in Vizagapatam. I have googled the Carnatic European Veterans Battalion but can't seem to find much information on them at all. I have found no death record for James. Thomas GASKELL (GASKILL/GASCALL) No. 2/28 or 2000 arrived in 1823 aged 38 as a Gunner for the 2nd Battalion (?) Must Roll 1842 and Madras Register of European Soldiers L/MIL/11/101, apparently Thomas was invalided in 1839 (same reference) and in 1840 was a Private in CEOB (?) in 1842 Thomas married Maria RICHARDSON in Madras at that time he was a Gunner in European Veterans Comp. Artillery. I was wondering whether Thomas was transferred to the EVCA due to his being invalided (?) and whether this was the same company as the Carnatic battalion that his father in law was in. Thomas died in 1859 according to the Casualty Rolls L/MIL/11/232. I would be grateful for any information or advice relating to researching further these battalions and their movements. Diane Hansen Perth Western Australia Research Names in India and Burma, SAVAGE, REYNOLDS, DUCKWORTH, ANDREWS, GASKELL, PARISH, ANDREWS, CARPENTER, PERRY, MASON, RICHARDSON, ETHCES, JOHNSON, RESLEY

Hello List Daniel said: Is there a list somewhere of those who died in the Indian Mutiny? Does it include an Esther FRASER, wife of John FRASER, a private in the 12th Lancers? The reason I ask is as follows: John FRASER married Esther STANBRIDGE in Canterbury registration district in the 3rd quarter of 1856. In August 1856, the 12th Lancers set off for foreign service, stationed at Secunderabad. A daughter, Esther Elizabeth, was born at sea on 18 Sep 1856 and baptized in Bangalore on 3 Feb 1857. A second daughter, Jane, was born in Secunderabad in 1857 or 1858 (aged 3 in the 1861 census). Presumably Esther died in 1857-1860, although I have not found a record of this. In the 4th quarter of 1860, John was back in England marrying Esther's sister Lemery (in Leeds registration district). In the 1861 census, John, Lemery, and the two girls were living with the 12th Lancers in barracks in Leeds. The FIBIS database has transcriptions from the London Gazette. The description of the records says "Throughout the later stages of the Indian Mutiny, the Military Authorities were required to issue returns, generally Area by Area, of all Europeans who were killed or wounded by disaffected soldiers or local residents, from the beginning of the uprising. These returns were published in a number of Supplements to the London Gazette, generally throughout the year 1858.This list is a transcription of many of these records". http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_compo nents&id=493&s_id=103 or http://tinyurl.com/33m2o8f However I didn't find an Esther Fraser. If John Fraser was discharged from the Army, i.e. he didn't die in the Army, his records may be in the WO 97 records on Findmypast. (charge applies for record, free search) These records often include information about marriages , births and deaths. For more details see FIBIS Fibiwiki "British Army" http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=British_Army. Section 4.1.2 "Service and pension records" details WO 97 records. The FIBIS Fibiwiki "Chaplains Returns" http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Chaplains_Returns has information about BMD in the British Army. Cheers Maureen (Sydney)