Stephen CERONIO left for the East Indies--taking at least some of his sons, and probably all alive--with him. This was 1793. In 1794, Catherine Hicks CERONIO remarried to Jacques SERVAL, a physician aboard a French frigate. For a bit of background, Catherine's mom was maiden-named Francina JEKYLL. I was able to trace tie-ins in New South Wales and Fiji, but most of all in India. Then things began to slow down considerably. I was getting figgety and frustrated. I visited the FIBIS website and found what I could find, as well as the Australia newspapers and the convict website. Great finds, but I hadn't cracked the nut. The nut? To find Stephen and trace the family from there. I had not found Stephen. Had he lived? What? Then yesterday I found a provision to broaden the search to sound-alikes. I put it into effect. Here is what I found: Marriage Date 16 - Jul Marriage Year 1807 Husband First Names B. Husband Surname Browne Wife Surname Ceronia IOR Reference None Source Year 1809 Source Edition 1 Source Presidency Bengal Source Event Marriage Entry B. Browne, Esq., to Mrs. Ceronio Whoa! 1807. With the exception of two of Stephen's sons being found--one as early as 1800--this was my earliest info. Certainly it was my earliest MARRIAGE info. Notice the marriage was to MRS. C, not Miss C! This was a second marriage--hence one with an adult probably not too young. It just didn't fit the sons, as they would not marry a Mrs. CERONIO, but a Miss SOMEONE ELSE. So I tried the Familysearch.org website. Sometimes their info isn't too hot, but it seldom is totally incorrect. So I checked, and here's what I got: Benjamin BROWN Catharine Jeqkill Cernio July 16, 1807 Calcutta, West Bengal, India Batch NO. M750022 Source Call NO. 0498609 Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal, 1713-1948 India. Office of the Registrar General A genuine database, and not a personal submission! Now the woman's middle name was CERONIO! This ***can only refer to Catharine Hicks Ceronio SERVAL.*** I think what happened is her 2nd husband died, whether of Yellow Fever or of something else, and her sons brought her to India! I had wondered why I could not find her in Philadelphia, nor her husband. There she remarried one Benjamin BROWNE! Now I have the drive to go on from there. Vince

Vince -- Loved reading about your genealogical adventure. Gives me hope! Susan > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:01:54 -0500 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: [Phly-Rts] CERONIO -- Possibly my biggest find... > > Stephen CERONIO left for the East Indies--taking at least some of his > sons, and probably all alive--with him. This was 1793. In 1794, > Catherine Hicks CERONIO remarried to Jacques SERVAL, a physician > aboard a French frigate. > > For a bit of background, Catherine's mom was maiden-named Francina JEKYLL. > > I was able to trace tie-ins in New South Wales and Fiji, but most of > all in India. > > Then things began to slow down considerably. I was getting figgety > and frustrated. I visited the FIBIS website and found what I could > find, as well as the Australia newspapers and the convict website. > Great finds, but I hadn't cracked the nut. > > The nut? To find Stephen and trace the family from there. I had not > found Stephen. Had he lived? What? > > Then yesterday I found a provision to broaden the search to > sound-alikes. I put it into effect. Here is what I found: > > Marriage Date 16 - Jul > Marriage Year 1807 > Husband First Names B. > Husband Surname Browne > Wife Surname Ceronia > IOR Reference None > Source Year 1809 > Source Edition 1 > Source Presidency Bengal > Source Event Marriage > Entry B. Browne, Esq., to Mrs. Ceronio > > Whoa! 1807. With the exception of two of Stephen's sons being > found--one as early as 1800--this was my earliest info. Certainly it > was my earliest MARRIAGE info. > > Notice the marriage was to MRS. C, not Miss C! > > This was a second marriage--hence one with an adult probably not too > young. It just didn't fit the sons, as they would not marry a Mrs. > CERONIO, but a Miss SOMEONE ELSE. > > So I tried the Familysearch.org website. Sometimes their info isn't > too hot, but it seldom is totally incorrect. So I checked, and here's > what I got: > > Benjamin BROWN > Catharine Jeqkill Cernio > July 16, 1807 > Calcutta, West Bengal, India > Batch NO. M750022 > Source Call NO. 0498609 > Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal, 1713-1948 > India. Office of the Registrar General > > A genuine database, and not a personal submission! > > Now the woman's middle name was CERONIO! This ***can only refer to > Catharine Hicks Ceronio SERVAL.*** > > I think what happened is her 2nd husband died, whether of Yellow Fever > or of something else, and her sons brought her to India! I had > wondered why I could not find her in Philadelphia, nor her husband. > There she remarried one Benjamin BROWNE! Now I have the drive to go > on from there. > > Vince > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/