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 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 >