Hi Ed: I have looked for Rowlands in http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/ceylondatabase/military.html a database of the regiments in Ceylon run by Kyle Joustra but no name is listed. Nor in the Tombs and Monuments book. Georgina (I have a Welsh Rowlands connection, so far virtually unresearched!)

Hi Georgina, The Rowlands family that we are researching at present starts with a William Rowlands of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment. A letter from the PRO of data taken from the Muster Books and Pay Lists of the CRR (W.O.12/10601-10626) indicates that he enlisted in Ceylon, on 1.4.1826 and was discharged on 31.7.1850. The other important information is that his place of birth was recorded as Colombo, there was no reference to his age, but he would have to have been born sometime after 1800. We are therefore trying to find the names of his parents who may have come with the East India Company or the British armed forces to Ceylon sometime after 1796. No luck to date. Ed.Rowlands. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgina Watkins" <gewatkins@web.de> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5:52 PM Subject: [SRILANKA] ROWLANDS > Hi Ed: > I have looked for Rowlands in > http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/ceylondatabase/military.html a database of > the regiments in Ceylon run by Kyle Joustra but no name is listed. Nor in > the Tombs and Monuments book. > > Georgina > (I have a Welsh Rowlands connection, so far virtually unresearched!) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >