Greetings to all I was researching a twig on the family tree (brother to my husband's 2 x great grandfather) who I discovered entered the service of the HEIC Madras army in 1839, then aged 15 years. His record in the Madras Register of the European Soldiers shows that he was a QMS to the 47th Native Infantry "remanded to the Artillery in 1854 as Gunner" The record further states that he was in the 3rd Battalion Artillery, and invalided out in October 1856. >From baptismal records of his children he is shown to be serving in various regiments: Corporal, Madras 3rd Battalion Artillery (1843) QMS, 1st Native Light Cavalry (August 1852) Gunner, 4th Battalion Artillery (October 1854) What manner of misconduct would warrant the "remanded to..." and the demotion? Would this have been the subjected of a Court Martial, and are there likely to be any records available? Or will we just have to speculate and wonder??? Regards Ainslie Sharpe

I have read a few snippets about a military Brigade set up by Resident Russell, around 1800. It had European officers, both from the HEIC and HM forces. Unfortunately, there is not much I have been able to find. In particular, I would like to see rosters of those involved. It was in the Madras Presidency, but might have had soldiers from other locations. If anyone has any suggestions where to look for more information, I would be most appreciative. Ed of Falcon

The following announcement appeared in the West Briton newspaper, Truro, Cornwall, UK on 7 January 1859 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 - 7 January 1859 . Marriages . At Chinsurah, Bengal, on the 28th October, Skipwith H.C. TAYLER, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, to Harriet Philippa, daughter of the late Capt. Robert J. EDMONDS, H.M. 9th Regiment.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rubetty Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2483.5.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hiya Cynth, It's been a long time. I'm sorry about being really lazy with writing. I dropped the whole "research" thing for a while and only just picked it up again this month. It's incredible to think that the thread I posted so long ago (5 years, wow!) has suddenly got revived. I'm glad - it means we can catch up. I'll write to you separately - hope you haven't changed your email. Love Betty 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/1025.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Further to the above post, the following link is about the Phaskowa Tea estate on the fringe of Buxa Tiger Reserve along the Rydak River bordering Bhutan, started by the British Duncan Brothers in 1897. You can now stay there in a bungalow built in the colonial era. http://www.east-himalaya.com/offbeat/tea_tourism/phaskowa.htm 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>

Hello List Noel, I wrote a previous post about how to reply to Message Board posts in 2010, when I first registered. I image the procedure is still the same. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2010-12/1291695361 However, since I have registered, I am automatically logged in to reply to Message Board posts, so I can't say exactly what the current procedure is. However, if you are an Ancestry subscriber, you use the same User name as you have for Ancestry. This is the Message Boards page http://boards.rootsweb.com/?o_iid=33216&o_lid=33216&o_sch=Web+Property There is probably a button which says Register, (but I can't see this as I am logged in) Why don't you try again, and see if it works this time. Cheers Maureen On 28/03/2015, at 10:00 AM, Noel Clark via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I note the gatewayed post to the list looking for an Ian And Isabebell > JOHNSTON. I've never been successful in replying to an Ancestry Rootsweb > board - I must be doing something wrong - so I am replying here. > > The enquirer might like to contact http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx, a > site dedicated to tea planters and plantations. I checked the Assam Tea > Directory for 1949 and there is an entry for an "I. Johnston" at the > Phaskowa Tea Plantation at Hatipotha (Hatipota). > > Other India Listers might be interested in the Koi-Hai website anyway. > >

I note the gatewayed post to the list looking for an Ian And Isabebell JOHNSTON. I've never been successful in replying to an Ancestry Rootsweb board - I must be doing something wrong - so I am replying here. The enquirer might like to contact http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx, a site dedicated to tea planters and plantations. I checked the Assam Tea Directory for 1949 and there is an entry for an "I. Johnston" at the Phaskowa Tea Plantation at Hatipotha (Hatipota). Other India Listers might be interested in the Koi-Hai website anyway.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: nhclark Surnames: JOHNSTON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/1025.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You like to contact http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx, a site dedicated to tea planters and plantations. I checked the Assam Tea Directory for 1949 and there is an entry for an "I. Johnston" at the Phaskowa Tea Plantation at Hatipotha (Hatipota). 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 was trying to do this on Rootsweb too but too complicated for my bird brain. The guys at Koi -Hai are brilliant. I contacted them ages ago about my uncle who crashed his plane at the Dooars plantation where he worked in 1946 and they came up with all sorts - they knew people who remembered the incident. I can't recommend them highly enough. Joss

Hi There is an entry in the Assam Directory of 1949 that shows that I. Johnston was on a Duncan Brothers garden called Phaskowa Tea Estate in the Eastern Dooars district of West Bengal. I have requested further information from contacts that are retired tea planters from NE India. I suggest that you also look at www.koi-hai.com website. Regards Alan Lane ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 18:21:33 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [INDIA] Tea Plantations in Assam To: <INDIA-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1427394099.142024@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: payneM66 Surnames: ian & isabell johnston Classification: queries ------------------------------ 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 58 *************************************

As far as I am aware, wives and families would follow the men around.  At least that was expected in the days of the HEIC, I am not 100 percent sure after they lost the army. My great grandparents ran an Hotel, but after he retired from the army.  Someone might have reference to Thackers. ________________________________ From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: INDIA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 27 March 2015, 11:17 Subject: [INDIA] Lodging house keepers in India This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: FJPettitt Surnames: Westbeare, Meyrick Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2922/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Can anyone help me locate my great x3 aunt Elizabeth Henrietta Westbeare during the period 1851-1870.  She was born in Exeter in 1833 (although later censuses show her d.o.b. as 1837 or 1844) and married James Joseph Meyrick in London in 1881.  He was an army vet attached to the R.A. and served in India 1868-1880, a part of that time being Superintendent of Horse-breeding Operations in the Punjab.  I can't find any reference to my great x3 aunt in the 1851 and 1861 UK censuses and wonder whether she might have gone to seek her fortune in India, where she might have met Mr Meyrick.  My reason for thinking she might have been a lodging house keeper in India is that London Post Office directories from the mid-70s and the 1881 census show her as having a lodging house in Upper Baker Street so if she were in India, maybe she was running one there too.  Has anyone come across her in their research?  Can anyone direct me to resources that might be useful? Thank you for your help FionaP 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

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: FJPettitt Surnames: Westbeare, Meyrick Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2922/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Can anyone help me locate my great x3 aunt Elizabeth Henrietta Westbeare during the period 1851-1870. She was born in Exeter in 1833 (although later censuses show her d.o.b. as 1837 or 1844) and married James Joseph Meyrick in London in 1881. He was an army vet attached to the R.A. and served in India 1868-1880, a part of that time being Superintendent of Horse-breeding Operations in the Punjab. I can't find any reference to my great x3 aunt in the 1851 and 1861 UK censuses and wonder whether she might have gone to seek her fortune in India, where she might have met Mr Meyrick. My reason for thinking she might have been a lodging house keeper in India is that London Post Office directories from the mid-70s and the 1881 census show her as having a lodging house in Upper Baker Street so if she were in India, maybe she was running one there too. Has anyone come across her in their research? Can anyone direct me to resources that might be useful? Thank you for your help FionaP 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: payneM66 Surnames: ian & isabell johnston Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/1025.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hell, i am looking for information on ian & isabell johnston who worked on a tea plantation either in assam or local to assam ,they married in india i think pre 1948. they also had a son called colin who i think was born abt 1948.can anyone please help with this query please. 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: deborah_clark26 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2921/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to find out where his father originated from. Prussia? 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: friaz_t Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2920/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello all, I have names and areas and rough dates of when my family lived in India. I wondered if there were any census documents available online that I could search through? Specifically Alwar/Tonk/Pataudi. Would they have had them by area/state? I'm not really sure on how to go about it. I've only just recently started researching my family tree. 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>

Sue, These may be complete red herrings, but would seem to me to be worth investigating. 1. A Margaret Robinson, daughter of John Robinson, Pte. Royal Scots and Elizabeth a native woman, was born on 24th December 1818 and baptised at Secunderabad 27th May 1819. 2. William Henry Wilson, bachelor, Pte. Sappers and Miners married Margaret Robinson, spinster, Indo-Briton, at Bangalore 30th June 1834. 3. Margaret Wilson, 8 months, daughter of William Henry Wilson, Sergeant Sappers and Miners, was buried at Belgaum on 24th November 1838. 4. Henry George Wilcox, Corporal, Bombay Engineers, married Margaret Wilson, widow, at Belgaum on 21st January 1839. I don't have a death of William Henry Wilson, but the above may be worthy of further research. Even if they can all be discounted in the end!

Where would I find the birth record of someone born in the Eden Hospital Calcutta in 1927? Marion

Sue, From the marriages I have looked at in this period fathers names are not given and the same is said for this marriage. The two witnesses to this marriage  R  Foreman and D Fowler have you already tried to cross reference these names with Wilcox  and Wilson marriages. As well as sponsors at baptisms. She could well turn up with her previous husband as wits  or sponsors. Cheryl Sent from Samsung Mobile

Sue, From the marriages I have looked at in this period fathers names are not given and the same is said for this marriage. The two witnesses to this marriage  R  Foreman and D Fowler have you already tried to cross reference these names with Wilcox  and Wilson marriages. As well as sponsors at baptisms. She could well turn up with her previous husband as wits  or sponsors. Cheryl Sent from Samsung Mobile <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Ann Chidley via <india@rootsweb.com> </div><div>Date:25/03/2015 19:00 (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: Sue Gutheridge <suegutheridge@hotmail.co.uk>, india@rootsweb.com </div><div>Subject: Re: [INDIA] Maiden or Married Name? </div><div> </div>

I think her name was Wilson not Wilcox. The marriage certificate should have her father's name.  If it is not Wilson, then there has been at least one marriage. One of mine used her Maiden Name, stated widow, she was in fact divorced. If you do need to check for prior marriages, look first at the dates close to her marriage.  Frequently if a husband was killed whilst serving in the army, the widow remarried within weeks.  It was a matter of survival. ________________________________ From: Sue Gutheridge via <india@rootsweb.com> To: "india-l@rootsweb.com" <india-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, 25 March 2015, 16:08 Subject: [INDIA] Maiden or Married Name? Hi Everyone, I think I have asked this before a long time ago when I was first starting this incredible journey, but cannot remember the answer. Could anyone tell me if a woman would use her birth name or married name if she became a widow and remarried. I can not find any info on my Gt x 3 Grandmother apart from she is named as  Margaret Wilcox (widow) on the marriage certificate to Henry George Wilcox, Corporal Engineer Belgaum 1839 she was born 1819 died 1880 Baroda. Any idea how I can find more info. Thanks so much Sue                         ------------------------------- 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