Hi Mike try Ed Rowlands E-mail Address(es): edrowlan@bigpond.net.au by the way are you a Murray from the British Raj India Era ..? or from Ceylon As I have some relatrions who were from the British Era and they went to Burma ,,Anglo - indians .any fed backs will help another set were the Johnson,.. Malcolm ´s email add is down for the moment but will call him to empty his box as I will send your reply to him..he might be interested. Regards Nina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Murray" <mdmurray@bigpond.net.au> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 5:46 AM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Rowland...for Maryjane > Hi Maryjane > > As you're 'doing some work on the Rowland family' I'd be very > grateful if you could keep an eye out for: > > Alice Emily ROWLAND (b. ca 1857), who married Daniel McMillan (b. ca > 1846), a clothier, in Christ Church, Mutwai, Colombo on 7 Dec 1876. > > Malcolm Jansze found this information for me some years ago...through > this list (thanks again, Malcolm) > > We've since found out a little about Daniel McMillan (largely through > the Ferguson Directories) ...he ran a tailor's establishment in > Colombo, spent some time working as a cutter for Cargills, died > around the turn of the century, and his widow, Alice Emily lived in > various addresses in Colombo before moving to Nurawa Eliya, which was > her address in 1915, when her son Sydney joined the AIF. > > But we know nothing of her origins, nor of Daniel McMillan's. > > Repeated faxes, emails and letters to the Sri Lanka authorities over > the years have been unanswered, and any thing you can turn up in your > research into the Rowland family which might be a connection would be > of great help to my friend Doug McMillan, the only surviving grandson > of Daniel and Alice Emily. > > Cheers > > Mike Murray > Fremantle, Oz > >> ************************************** > > > ------------------------------- > 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