Dear Glen Thanks very much for your mails: Captain Roberts was buried in Tangalle in 1816, which explains his absence in the 1825 directory. I have had some amazing pointers this week from people with the J. Penry Lewis "Tombstones and monuments in Ceylon book", in case you are also personally interested. I have the whole family of six daughters and son, and his wife's details - all in one fell swoop! A great leap forward. Georgina Hamburg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Hodgins" <glen.hodgins@sympatico.ca> To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] ROBERTS 2nd Ceylon Regiment >I have found a subsequent reference from the 1815 Calendar. In amongst the >section of military out-stations is listed > > Mahagampattoo (which I believe is an extremely tiny place in the S/E of > the island) > - Commandant: Major D. McDonald, 19th (1st York Riding) Regiment > - District Staff Officer: Captain (local rank) C.W. Roberts, 2nd Ceylon > Regiment > > Glen Hodgins, > Ottawa, Canada > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glen Hodgins" <glen.hodgins@sympatico.ca> > To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 8:00 AM > Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] ROBERTS 2nd Ceylon Regiment > > >>I have the "Ceylon Calendar" of 1815 (a directory-cum-civil/military list) >>which shows a 1st Lieut C.W. Roberts, 2nd Ceylon Regt, seniority of (ie., >>date of promotion to 1st Lieut) 17 March 1811. >> >> I also have the 1925 directory, in which I can find no mention of him. >> >> Glen Hodgins >> Canada >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Georgina Watkins" <gewatkins@web.de> >> To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 5:21 AM >> Subject: [SRILANKA] ROBERTS 2nd Ceylon Regiment >> >> >>> Dear Listers: >>> >>> I am looking for information on Captain Charles William Lewis ROBERTS, >>> who was with the 2nd Ceylon Regiment ("Ramsay's" present on the island >>> from 1802-1821) . He was in Point de Galle in 1808, when his daughter >>> Georgiana was born. However, I think he may also have died there, since >>> the Times death notice of his second daughter Jane Matilda Roberts, >>> published 80 years later, calls him the late Captain Roberts of Point de >>> Galle i.e. no promotion and he never left. Could have retired there >>> though. >>> >>> Otherwise all I have on him is that daughters Nancy Sophia and Jane >>> Matilda were both baptised in Portsmouth in 1802, a sign that the family >>> had been in a posting somewhere else perhaps, and postponed the >>> christenings for a home leave. >>> >>> His wife was called Nancy, otherwise no info. >>> >>> I have a feeling that the Roberts may have come from Dublin/near Dublin, >>> since daughter Georgiana subsequently married there in 1848, and >>> unmarried Jane may have been a governess in the city. >>> >>> I am not sure how to continue. I was hoping that there are church >>> records / official records that could be consulted. Best of all would be >>> army records, but where? And what? Ceylon seems to be a case apart and >>> not included in India records. We do have an LDS branch here. Can anyone >>> give me a push in the right direction? Even advise who I might approach >>> to look into it professionally for me - I live in Germany, so London >>> records are out. >>> >>> Georgina >>> >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >>> >> >> >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > ______________________________