India - T. Hill Willson Died 7 Mar 1877 at Muree

[Joan Willson]

Found a BDM listing in a Irish Newspaper dated April 1877 as follows:

T. Hill Willson died March 7 1877 at Muree in the Punjab, India. Aged 50, Executive Engineer. Son of Hill Willson of Carrickfergus.

I can find no record of him on FIBIS, Findmypast or Ancestry. Are there burial registers for Muree available to search online?

Thanks

[ShaunJ]

He's in FindMyPast's India burials for 1877 as Thomas Hill Wilson (with one L)

http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=bl%2fbind%2f005137438%2f00357&parentid=bl%2fbind%2fd%2f250470&highlights=%22%22

[Maggsie]

Hi Joan, this may help.
Maggsie


Thomas Hill Wilson
 in the India, Select Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948
Name:   Thomas Hill Wilson
Gender:   Male
Race:   White
Age:   50
Birth Date:   1827
Death Date:   7 Mar 1877
Burial Date:   8 Mar 1877
Burial Place:   Murree Bengal India
FHL Film Number:   512338
Reference ID:   512-338


http://www.geocities.ws/scn_pk/murree_cemetery.html

~~~~
I don't know if this is Thomas but it's the only Thomas to a Father called Hill.

Name:   Thomas Andrew Spotswood Willson   Date of Birth:   19-Mar-1827
        Date of Baptism:   22-Mar-1827
Address:      Parish/District:   Carrickfergus
Gender:       County   Co. Antrim
      Denomination:   Church Of Ireland

Father:   Hill Willson   Mother:   Martha Willson
Occupation:         

[Christine53]

The entry in the British India Office register for the death in 1877 has extra details , not given in the Ecclesiastical Return :

Name : Thomas Andrew Spatiswood Hill Wilson
Particulars of family : In the country ( India ) 2 nephews W H Frith R.A. , D.I. Khan ; at home Miss Mary Wilson; Mrs Rose Frith , Mrs Ellen McIsack c/o Alexander John Carrickfergus , Belfast. Date of death , occupation and age correspond with the other record.

[Yasmina4]

I picked up on the khan. Odd. Western males usually married  local ladies and the offspring normally took fathers surname.

[Yasmina4]

I remember a mention of d.i. khan on roots chat a while ago. He might be worth checking out out of interest

[ShaunJ]

The original poster hasn't logged in since posting this query some 15 months ago.