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Essex / Wright, Little & Mott families Southchurch, Essex
« on: Friday 19 August 11 06:00 BST (UK)  »
Gt Gt Grandparents were
James Little (1801-1847) b. Essex  and Sarah Mott (1802-1861) b. Rettendon - married 1825 in Rawreth, Essex.  Sarah's parents were Thomas Mott (1759-1821) and Jane Swan (1778).
and
John Wright (b.abt 1801 Hadleigh, Suffolk) and Tamer (?) b. abt 1811 in Gt Wakering, Essex.  Sarah died Southchurch 1852 - (no maiden name on Death Cert.)

Both families lived in Southchurch for 1841 and 1851 Censi - next door neighbours.  Their children James Little b.1832 & Ellen Wright b. 1835, both in Southchurch - married, also in Southchurch in Nov 1858.....for their honeymoon they left for Australia!

Wondering if anyone has any connection to either family and particularly interested in the Wrights as have hit a brick wall there.  Have 10 children for this family from 1832 to 1850 but can't trace either John or Tamer's parents

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Cambridgeshire / Denis Fitzsimmons in Cambridge Boarding School
« on: Friday 19 August 11 03:54 BST (UK)  »
My father Denis Fitzsimmons Dunbar (1903-1966) born in Calcutta, India in 1903 sent to Boarding school in Cambridge - c.1911-1920.  WW2 Australian Attestment papers say he was in the R.O.T.C. (? school cadets) in Cambridge in 1915-1918.  Want info re which school and about R.O.T.C.,  & when returned to India.  (Went to Adelaide South Australia in 1927):  ???became a teacher first in India then Australia from 1928.

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Other Countries / India - Denis F Dunbar & ancestors
« on: Friday 12 August 11 23:57 BST (UK)  »
Looking for Dunbar Family going back in India until before 1860.
William Denis Dunbar m. Sarah Ann Fitzsimmons (1847-1912).  She died Lucknow.
Issue: Mary Josephine Dunbar b. 1873 in Lahore. married Patrick Mackay in 1890.
           Robert Ellesmere Dunbar b. 1876 in Murree, d. 1832 Calcutta - married 1) Lena Helen Mabel Robertson 1902 in Lucknow then 2) Hester Caroline Madden abt 1910.
Denis Fitzsimmons Dunbar b. 1903 to Robert and Lena.  Nigel Gordon, Elaine Athelie and Joan Alison issue of 2nd marriage.
Robert Ellesmere Dunbar was journalist, sub-editor of "Statesman", businessman.
Son Denis Fitzsimmons Dunbar ? teacher, journalist, hockey player & coach, author of "Hockey" & "Hockey for Everyone" circa 1940-1954.  Spent years in Australia but in Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserves as Pilot on Bombay Docks in 1945/6.
Lena Helen Mabel (Dunbar nee Robertson) remarried to Edward Lancaster 1913.
Would love more info on these families or any connections.

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Other Countries / Owen brothers in India
« on: Friday 12 August 11 11:07 BST (UK)  »
Researching from Australia re sons of William owen and Elizabeth Ann Brewer several sons who lived India between abt 1840 and 1900
William George Owen b.1817 m. Rose Biddle
Herbert Parker Owen b. 1836 m. Emma Anne Biddle then Helen Cecelia Biddle
Arthur Walshman Owen b.1820 m. Arabella Berkeley then Caroline Richardson.
Percy Fitzwilliam owen b.1826  and trajedy re Eurasion royal wife, shooting.
All sons born Lambeth, Surry, England.
All marriages took place in India
Also Stanley Farfax Owen b.1830 - may also have been in England but definitely went to Victoria Australia abt 1854 via New Zealand (1848) and NSW. Two other brothers suspect Aussie connection.
All or some appear to also have St Heliors, Jersey connection - possibly school and/or through wives' families.
All help appreciated

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Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark / London,Jersey,India connection
« on: Friday 12 August 11 08:54 BST (UK)  »
Surnames Owen, Brewer, Biddle, Berkeley and Richardson all feature in our India based family however there are repeated mention of a Jersey connection with all of them and we can't find out how. As they seem to be also connected with The War Office and the miltary and/or Govt. Departments eg. Railways or Telegraph, I'm wondering if there was a big military base in Jersey c. 1800-1880 and/or schools which were popular with families based in the East Indies.  They seemed to have been fairly well off or even connected to titles.  Has anyone got any ideas? 
The main brothers I am interested in are: William George Owen b.1817 & Rose Biddle; Arthur Walshman Owen b.1820 and wives Arabella Berkeley & Caroline Richardson; Herbert Parker Owen b.1834 and wives Emma Anne Biddle & Helen Cecelia Biddle; and Percy Fitzwilliam Owen b.1826 who is a mystery.  All brothers born Lambeth, Surrey to William Owen & Elizabeth Ann Brewer.

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