This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: krisduf70 Surnames: HALLIFAX, COX. Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2831/mb.ashx Message Board Post: On 20th October 1860, Benjamin Wilson Hallifax and Mary Ann Cox were married at the Church of St. John, Calcutta. How did they get to India? Which boat and when? Together or separately? Did they elope? Where did they meet? I need to know! We know Benjamin, born 1833, came from Islington, London and Mary Ann, born 1836, was from Tiverton, Devon. Benjamin got a job as Assistant to the Bengal Secretariat sometime during the 1850s after he arrived in India. He later became a prosperous proprietor of a 400-acre tea plantation and all his children were born in Darjeeling. We know nothing of Mary Ann, apart from living with her family in Tiverton and becoming a pupil teacher at a local infant school. The 1851 census is the last we see of her before she returns from India later on. Can anyone do a look-up for me on the relevant 1850s passenger lists to India or give me the names of sites so I can do the researching myself? Any other information will be gratefully received. Chris 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.