Hi I am researching a family member, Dr E.J.Lazarus ( 1825 - ?1909) of Benares. Dr Lazarus M.D., J.P.was a well known Baptist convert and also a publisher of Sanskrit, Christian and other texts. He was agent for several Rajah's in Benares. His family was also well known in Calcutta. I have been unable to find his date of death or an obituary for him ( have asked the Angus Library in Oxford where the Baptist records are kept and they have nothing) and wonder if anyone knows of a newspaper from Benares or Calcutta which might have published such an obituary, and also kept newspaper archives - its a long shot but all I can think of right now. He was described in a publication in 1909 as being " the late Dr. Lazarus" - and described as if still active in another publication in 1908. Any advice welcome! if there was a Who was Who for India at that time he may appear in it - but I don't have access to a copy. Ceri Harris

Ceri, You mentioned that Dr E.J.Lazarus was a publisher of Sanskrit texts. This attracted my attention. You have obviously consulted books.google.com, as your posting shows. I found the following further snippets about him, in case you do not already have them. <We were met at the station by two daughters of Dr. EJ Lazarus, who took us in a fine private carnage to their almost palatial home, in which missionaries of ...> >From "From the Himalayas to the Equator" by Cyrus David Foss, published 1899 <We were beautifully entertained in the home of Dr. EJ Lazarus in the Cantonments, the pleasantest part of Benares. Dr. Lazarus has been for many years an earnest Christian worker in Benaras.> From "Twenty Years in Assam, Or, Leaves from my journal" by PH Moore <25 Calcutta, Harriett the wife of Dr E J Lazarus of the late Mr J Athanas> From http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/INDIA/2001-09/1000033193 <Occasionally, apprentices were themselves practitioners of indigenous medicine. At the beginning of 1845, for instance, we learn from Sub-Assistant Surgeon E.J. Lazarus of Dhaka that, of the four persons who had applied for an apprenticeship, one was an elderly man who had been practising as a native Cabrauz [sic] [Kaviraj- a term used in Bengal to refer to practitioners of Ayurvedic medicine] for many years.> >From http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/hah/9.1/mukharji.html <Hilda Lazarus, born in Vizagapatnam (now in Andhra Pradesh) in 1890, was one of the most successful Indian Christian doctors. Her grandparents, both from high-ranking Brahmin families, had converted to christianity long before Hilda was born..> From "Women in Modern India" Dr. Hilda Lazarus appears in several links in Gooogle as also in books.google.com. Arvind Kolhatkar, Toronto, January 28, 2008.

dear Ceri, I suggest looking in the 'Bengal Gazette' in Asia & Africa Library at St.Pancras, London Neville Ceridwen Harris <cmharris@rogers.com> wrote: Hi I am researching a family member, Dr E.J.Lazarus ( 1825 - ?1909) of Benares. Dr Lazarus M.D., J.P.was a well known Baptist convert and also a publisher of Sanskrit, Christian and other texts. He was agent for several Rajah's in Benares. His family was also well known in Calcutta. I have been unable to find his date of death or an obituary for him ( have asked the Angus Library in Oxford where the Baptist records are kept and they have nothing) and wonder if anyone knows of a newspaper from Benares or Calcutta which might have published such an obituary, and also kept newspaper archives - its a long shot but all I can think of right now. He was described in a publication in 1909 as being " the late Dr. Lazarus" - and described as if still active in another publication in 1908. Any advice welcome! if there was a Who was Who for India at that time he may appear in it - but I don't have access to a copy. Ceri Harris ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Many thanks Neville -most useful. ( I assume thats part of the British Library?) will visit when I am next in Uk. kind regards Ceri Harris At 06:19 PM 28/01/2008, you wrote: >dear Ceri, > I suggest looking in the 'Bengal Gazette' in Asia & Africa > Library at St.Pancras, London > > Neville > >Ceridwen Harris <cmharris@rogers.com> wrote: > Hi >I am researching a family member, Dr E.J.Lazarus ( 1825 - ?1909) of >Benares. Dr Lazarus M.D., J.P.was a well known Baptist convert and >also a publisher of Sanskrit, Christian and other texts. He was agent >for several Rajah's in Benares. His family was also well known in >Calcutta. I have been unable to find his date of death or an >obituary for him ( have asked the Angus Library in Oxford where the >Baptist records are kept and they have nothing) and wonder if >anyone knows of a newspaper from Benares or Calcutta which might >have published such an obituary, and also kept newspaper archives - >its a long shot but all I can think of right now. He was described in >a publication in 1909 as being " the late Dr. Lazarus" - and >described as if still active in another publication in 1908. Any >advice welcome! if there was a Who was Who for India at that time he >may appear in it - but I don't have access to a copy. >Ceri Harris > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message