Dear Larry and Coreen, I was very interested when I saw your message on the Sri Lanka Roots web website as my G.G.Gd-father French Gray married a Dutch Lady (Ursula Mooyaart) there in 1807 and most of his descendants were born there or in Asia until after WWII. Their children Basil (1809), Humphrey (1811), French (My G.Gd-father_1813), Eliza (1815), Sarah (1816) and Caroline (1817) were all born during the period you mention. Although I have dates for them, they are from various sources and there are a few contradictions and I'm not sure whether they are actually dates of birth or Baptism's, so would appreciate any information you may be able to kindly provide. Basil never married. Humphrey (who married Louisa Scarman) had 4 x daughters, Christine (1840), Louisa (?), Eliza (1842) and Eleanor (1844) but I think that they were all born in India. French (2nd) married Susan J Warburton and they had 10 children French W (1841), William (1843-44), William C (1844), Basil (1845), Humphrey (1846), Jane F* (1850), Susan F* (1850), Richard (1851), Cosby W (1853) and James P (My Gd-father_1855). Unfortunately these births are outside the dates you quote, but perhaps somebody else might be kind enough to provide any additional information. * Jane and Susan were twins. Eliza married Major Samuel A Rehe and they had Samuel B E (1834), Eliza A (1834) and Adolphus H J (1838) _ I believe Samuel was born in India. Sarah married Robert Russell MD (1 Feb 1826) and they had four boys Robert W, Thomas O, Frederic C, and George B. But I have no dates for these. Caroline married Henry Smith (A serving Officer on 10th Jan 1833) they had a son Henry B (1835) Any additional information you may be able to provide will be very much appreciated, Many Thanks Richard and Colleen Gray Swansea, S Wales, UK. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry & Coreen Andresen" <larry@qldnet.com.au> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 12:32 AM Subject: [SRILANKA] British Ceylon christening records in The Hague >A number of microfiche with christenings from 1804 to 1840 are located > in the Dutch Genealogy Research library room. > Finding these British era records in Holland, was the jewel in the crown > of a round the world research trip that took in > 1. LDS records and Library in Salt Lake City. > 2. The Dutch Archives and Genealogy library in The Hague. > 3. The India Office Records, British Library, Newspaper Library, > National Archives, and the Society of Genealogists library in England > 4. St Stephen's Church, Negombo, and numerous other derelict churches > and desecrated cemeteries on the west coast of > Sri Lanka. > The English/Dutch records showed 2 entries for Anderson, which is our > primary research target. > One record is directly connected to our family... Captain James Thomas > Anderson and Adriana Gertruijda Toussaint. > The record is in Dutch, but the following information is clearly > decipherable. > the child James Robbert ) born 1 month > son of James Thomas Anderson and Adriana Gertruijda Toussaint > Godparents John Frederick Toussaint , Bernard Hendrik Toussaint, > Elisabeth Robertino vander Sprinkel and .........Willemsz > Jaffanapatnam Sun 22nd March 1810 > Minister signature. J B Palm > There was a report of 4 daughters and 2 sons in the Anderson family in > Lewis's book, but DBU records only ever showed 1 son. > > The second Anderson record is for Sophia, daughter of Jame and Susanna > Anderson born 2nd Nov 1806. > God parents John Prior and Mary Edwards Minister signature ... > Cadenski. Trincomale..10 Nov 1806 > > The records seem to be in a church circuit book which has entries for > Jaffna and Trincomale only > 1806 records > 2 Meeawald > 1 Trip > 1 Anderson > 1807 > 1 Gilbert > 1810 > 1 Anderson > 1814 > 1 von Conrady > 1 Wiltig > 1de Silva > 1 Stomp > 1 van den Driesen > 1 Aldons > We are willing to do lookups and share information with fellow > researchers, and will post further names to the list each week. > Larry & Coreen Andresen (nee Anderson) > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.29/607 - Release Date: 28/12/2006 > >