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Mars Barr
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I am trying to discover more information about my gt uncle GEORGE NELSON GRANT, he was with the army until 1920 in Bombay India.
I have a photo of him with his family take in India,obviously after 1920 which shows a young child not mentioned in the army record, this could signify that he had remarried (his wife had died previous to 1920 according to the army record)
I have obtained the birth cert of the eldest son, which shows that his mother Mary Jane, nee McCarthy orMcGuinness, was born in Malta.I may have difficulty in obtaining her birth cert as I do not know her m other`s name.
I know that the British library may have info about them and my son will be visiting there in January, being disabled I am unableto travel there myself, but in the meantime I would welcome any advice on anywhere else I could find information.
I know so far that he worked for the Central railway in Bombay, in the audit office, perhaps his son also worked there? his name was also George Nelson, he was in the army for a very brief period in 1915, from June until Sept when he was discharged ( I wonder why?, he was not wounded, I have his army record but it does not explain why he was discharged)
Two sets of twins were in the family, one of girls and one of boys (twins do run in my family)
I would dearly love to know if there are any descendants.
My gt uncle is on a passenger list for 1929 travelling back to Bombay after having been in England,
perhaps he had gone to visit family?
Possibly he remained in India and died there, but when? where else can I check for information about this?
Sadly my mother would never answer any questions about the family, and there are no living relatives now who may have known the answers, my only hope is in finding any descendants
Iam keeping my fingers crossed!
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silvery
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Did you try the families in India site ?
http://www.fibis.org/
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aghadowey
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Mars Barr- do you have any dates for the family? may have found something about son George but not sure without more information like date of birth, regiment or any other details you might already know. (if you don't want to post this thread you can send me a pm and I'll have a look again)
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avm228
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My son will be going to ther British Library (when they re-open) to see if he can find out more about the family.
So far as I know the British Library is currently open as normal - see its website:
http://www.bl.uk/
Anna
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Mars Barr
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Hi aghadowey If you refer to the brief army record of the son George Nelson Copeland Grant, then I already have this?
The son was born in1893 in Gibralter, I have his birth cert, which also shows that his mother was born in Malta (I may have problems to research her because of that, there was a site named Family History Malta, but unfortunately the information contained on there was not very enlightening.
Mary Jane`s name appeared there as baptised by the chaplain , but sadly no information is supplied about her parents, nor do I know if the entry refers to her or not.
If however, you have further info that I do`nt have, then that of course is a different matter!
Thank you all for your efforts to help. At present I may be missing at times for a few days, not only do I have a stinking cold, but last night I almost fell and badly twisted my ankle, this meant a visit to the Orsett minor injuries unit this morning, where, thank goodness, I found I had not sustained a fracture as I had feared, but it is a bad sprain and twisted tendons, which grrr is causing a considerable bit of pain.
So I am now going to rest for a few hours with my feet up
and just hope that I do not have any more mishaps.
thank you all so much for your help.
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Mars Barr- found the note I'd made about George Nelson Grant but it was he Army Pension records you already have.
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