Surnames from Madras, Bangalore and Kolar in my tree - period 1880-1920: Allen, Anthony, Campbell, Cooke, De Silva (D'Silva), D'Conncicao, D'Rosario (Rosario), D'Souza, Fernandez, Ford, Gilbert, Harrison, Joseph, Lansdowne, Palmer, Pereira, Rogers, Smith, Taylor, Thompson, Wheeler I would be interested to hear from anyone who has a match in their tree especially for a combination of any of these names. David Railton

Hello David, Not long ago I came across the marriage of an ancestor, Lydia Thorpe who married Thomas Dias/z 8 April 1880 at St Marys Basilica, Secunderabad and the witnesses were Mr DeSouza and Mrs Rozario. I know both those names are like Smith in Australia and I don't have any Christian names for either, but have you come across the name Dias/z or Thorpe in your family trees. Thomas was a Guard on the GIP Railway at Shahabad and both he and Lydia were living in Shahabad as shown on their marriage record. Thomas' father's name was Francis and Lydia's father's name was John. Lydia was shown as a widow on her marriage record to Thomas but shown as Thorpe, her maiden name, however her 1st marriage name was Sims/Syms. Hope to hear from you Joan in NSW Surnames from Madras, Bangalore and Kolar in my tree - period 1880-1920: Allen, Anthony, Campbell, Cooke, De Silva (D'Silva), D'Conncicao, D'Rosario (Rosario), D'Souza, Fernandez, Ford, Gilbert, Harrison, Joseph, Lansdowne, Palmer, Pereira, Rogers, Smith, Taylor, Thompson, Wheeler I would be interested to hear from anyone who has a match in their tree especially for a combination of any of these names. David Railton --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com