Sorry David I hit the wrong key and sent the message before finishing. Joan Hi David Although a few years later than you have mentioned, on the FIBIS site there is a birth/baptism of a son to a Jacob SASSOON in 1885 shown in the Times of India as follows, plus a few other entries all in the T/India if helpful. Entry from Births 1885 Surname Sassoon Son or daughter son Gender m Place Byculla Year 1885 month Dec day 14 Exact Entry Dec 14 at Braganza Hall Victoria Rd Byculla the wife of Jacob E Sassoon Esq of a son Edition Year 1885 Edition Date 15 Dec Just in case Jacob E is the father of your Jacob, here is his marriage of Jacob in 1880 Entry from Marriages 1 January 1880 to 22 May 1880 Grooms Surname Sassoon Grooms First names Jacob Brides Surname Isaac Brides First names Rachel Place Byculla Year 1880 month Mar day 7 Register Entry March 7th at Braganza Hall Byculla by the Rev M Gindii Jacob the eldest son of Elias David Sassoon to Rachel the youngest daughter of Simon Hyam Isaac of Calcutta Edition Year 1880 Edition Date 10 Mar ALSO here is the death of the Jacob E SASSOON Esq in 1916 Entry from Deaths 1916 click to find all other "Surname"s with value "Sassoon" in "Deaths 1916" Surname Sassoon Given name(s) Jacob Place Bombay click to find all other "Year"s with value "1916" in "Deaths 1916" Year 1916 month Oct day 22 Register Entry Sir Jacob Sassoon Baronet died at his residence Braganza Hall Victoria Road on Sunday 22nd October 1916 Edition Year 1916 Edition Date 23 Oct You will find more information on the www.fibis.org site if the above fits with your SASSOON family. The person I am interested in is Jacob Ezekiel Ezra SASSOON born 1881/2. He was a Bombay based merchant. His wife's name was Annie and she was born in 1890/91. They had a daughter born about 1929 whose name was either Dorothy or Florence. That is all I have other than that like other Sassoons he appears to have been very wealthy. David Railton