Hello Folks Needing some little help.. I am looking for the ship that Elizabeth Nelson b 1842  with her Mother to India  some times between 1850 to 1856. The information I have to date is .. Her parent is John Nelson ( we know her father name from her marriage certificate ) and Margaret  ( a mystery ) they also had a son James S Nelson b 1850/1 Cork Ireland.  Then John Nelson join the 74th Highlander and he came to India. The question is did his wife and 2 kids come on a separate boat or with him and the army?  I have Elizabeth Nelson marriage cert she married Joseph Harper b 1830 from the same regiment as her father. John and Margaret had 3 more children in India, Margaret Renwick 1855 m Norman Mc Kinnon ,  William Henry 1857 - 1859  last child Alexander born 1858 - 1863 at Bellery India. John Nelson died in Scotland 1869 as pauper and widow.  We don't know what happened to wife Margaret Nelson. What ship did John Nelson , Margaret ( if she didnt die in India ) and daughter Margaret Renwick go on in returning to Scotland? If anyone is able to find anything on these it be knocking down a massive brick wall! Many thanks in Advance Regards Tony ThompsonAustralia

Hello List Tony, from a regimental history, the 74th Regiment sailed for India from Cape Town on 25 November 1853, on the freightship Queen. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/638/mode/2up, or http://tinyurl.com/q3scr7n Unless your man was a later draft, he would have sailed then, and it is very likely his family would have sailed in the same ship. You may be able to confirm whether John Nelson was with the the regiment in South Africa from the muster rolls at the National Archived Kew, where a personal visit, or a researcher is required. As they would have sailed on a troopship, I do not think you will find any of their names on a passenger list , either going to India, or returning to Britain. The regiment left Madras March 1964. As the daughter Margaret Renwick returned to Britain, I think it is more likely that his wife was alive at this point , and also returned. If his wife had died in India, perhaps the daughter may have been placed in an orphanage in India. Another possibility is that the wife had died in India, but Margaret Renwick was in the care of her elder sister Elizabeth, There are some images of church records for the Madras Diocese on FamilySearch, unindexed, and Bellary records may POSSIBLY be included I don't know whether they are or not) They are divided into baptisms, marriages and burials, and then subdivided by years, so you could try looking for a relevant burial. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2174941 Cheers Maureen On 30/06/2015, at 7:03 PM, Tony Thompson via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hello Folks > Needing some little help.. > I am looking for the ship that Elizabeth Nelson b 1842 with her Mother to India some times between 1850 to 1856. > The information I have to date is .. Her parent is John Nelson ( we know her father name from her marriage certificate ) and Margaret ( a mystery ) they also had a son James S Nelson b 1850/1 Cork Ireland. Then John Nelson join the 74th Highlander and he came to India. The question is did his wife and 2 kids come on a separate boat or with him and the army? > I have Elizabeth Nelson marriage cert she married Joseph Harper b 1830 from the same regiment as her father. > John and Margaret had 3 more children in India, Margaret Renwick 1855 m Norman Mc Kinnon , William Henry 1857 - 1859 last child Alexander born 1858 - 1863 at Bellery India. John Nelson died in Scotland 1869 as pauper and widow. We don't know what happened to wife Margaret Nelson. > What ship did John Nelson , Margaret ( if she didnt die in India ) and daughter Margaret Renwick go on in returning to Scotland? > If anyone is able to find anything on these it be knocking down a massive brick wall! > Many thanks in Advance > Regards > Tony ThompsonAustralia