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Hello,

I have recently been looking at findmypast.co.uk and discovered a James Osgood buried in Froxfield in 1788. I do not see a DOB associated with him.
Does anyone have access to more information associated with either the cemetery or death records?

I am also interested in Mary Osgood who is also buried in Froxfield b.1727, d.1810. And John Osgood b.1796 and d.1823.

Thanks for reading!
All the best,
Karina

Hello,

I was wondering whether anyone had access to the indexes of the Scots Cemetery in Calcutta, India.
In particular, I have found that there was an Ann d'Rozario who had been buried there, but unfortunately, I have NO idea of the date, or anything else about this Ann d'Rozario.

Thanks for taking the time.
Karina

Hi everyone,

I found a biography of the second husband of a VERY elusive ancestor on http://www.hydrobharat.nic.in/pdf/charting.pdf

The text of interest is:-
"CAPTAIN RICHARD LLOYD Captain Richard Lloyd I.N. Born in 1798, Lloyd joined the East India Surveying Establishment under Captain Daniel Ross, whom he eventually succeeded. Until then he remained his first assistant. Captain Lloyd died on the 19 th of November 1877, aged 79. An old surveyor and brother officer, writing of his last days, says “I had seen him as lately as November 5 th , and then he had quite recovered his memory, articulation, clear sight, and as we spread charts before him, he pointed out with his poor helpless fingers – deformed and twisted with rheumatic gout – various circumstances connected with his former work, and seemed to retain as vivid a recollection of all he had surveyed as far south as Mergui, as if he had just come on shore. It is curious, however, he had never kept a single copy of any of his charts.” “On the morning of the 20 th November I received a note to tell me he had died the previous day, and on Saturday, the 25 th , I was one of the seven persons who stood at the grave in Highgate Cemetery; and there the good old veteran rests, with scarcely room for a headstone to indicate the spot, so closely packed are all the spaces. I think we might inscribe to his memory, ‘Sans peur et sans reproche.’ His works will be his only memorial – they are surely the best.”

So.....my ancestor re-married (to Richard Lloyd) in 1854 and subsequently died before the 1861 census, as the above Richard Lloyd was widowed again by then. Both their first spouses died in India.

**I was wondering whether anyone had access to the Highgate cemetery inscriptions, and could find Richard Lloyd's inscription (perhaps the above text suggests that there is none?)? Even more specifically, I am wondering whether he shared a graveplot with his second wife Emily Sarah (my ancestor), and if his inscription includes her information.**

Thanks for taking the time to read.
All the best,
Karina

Hello,
Recently I read a post where someone had found information in the following book/microform/computer disc.

The British Army in Australia 1788-1870 : index of personnel / James Hugh Donohoe

As I am not currently in australia, I was wondering if someone would be going to a library which held this book (libraries are listed in the following link http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/15410302), and if they would be kind enough to lookup any information on James OSGOOD (serving in the 11th Regiment, I believe during the 1840s and 1850s).

Thanks for reading.
Karina

Hello,
I was wondering whether anyone might have information on online sources for members of the 11th Regiment, serving in the 1840s and 1850s.

My ancestor, James OSGOOD, was in Ireland with the 11th in 1844 (marrying there), then back to Kent with them in 1845, and arriving in australia to have a child in 1846. This is where he stayed and as I have not found in his name in the list of Chelsea pensioners, I suspect that he must have been of the 100 men who elected to stay in australia when the Regiment sailed in 1857, and thus bought out his commision (thus not receiving a pension).
Its all a little circumstantial at the moment, as individual names don't seem to show up on passenger lists, and I believe he arrived in Tasmania (Van Diemens Land) where the shipping information is not listed extensively online, and then onto Norfolk Island (which is also not well covered).

**Would anyone have any idea where to access his service record if he did NOT receive a pension?**

Thanks for reading.
All the best,
Karina