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Hi,

My ancester Dr John Craigie (1748 to 1795) married Jacoba Helena Van As (1752 to 1837).  I believe he was of scottish origin and worked for the Bengal Medical Corps - part of the East India Company.

I have managed to research their children and Jacoba's family, who were fairly long term South Africans' and decent from Angela of Bengal, fairly well, but I am stuck on finding out information about him.  Being a doctor and an officer, I thought this would be simple, but it does not appear to be.  It is does not help that there is another John Craigie who is associated with the East India company.

I am struggling to find a marriage record for John and Jacoba, which might include the name of his father and give me something to go on!  Admittedly, this marriage record may be in South Africa where Jacoba was from, but John's work with the East India company, together with their first child, Harriett Sarah Craigie, being born in Cozimbazer, India, makes me believe it could just as easily be in India.  They would have been married in the 1780s.

Does anyone know where I might be able to find the marriage record, or be able to find know any information about John?


PS: Will place a similar request on South Africa board too.

Theresa

Hi Nell,

Thank you very, very much for this.  It certainly looks like the correct family - when you say transcripts, do you mean parish register.

If so, are you aware of transcripts being available for the earlier and later births in Overton/Laverstoke, as I could try and locate these or put out alternate 'cry for help'

Theresa

To continue the saga,

Grace Wilbey Gordon/and or Graham married clearly with the surname Gordon-Graham and her deceased father Edward was also recorded with Gordon-Graham as his surname on the marriage certificate.  She married a John Austen Kean Lane, who I have been able to search successfully.

This younger Grace is actually my grandmother's own grandmother.  I have verbally asked my grandmother, Julia, about this side of the family to see if she had any clues.  UnfortuantelyI was told that this younger Grace disowned my grandmother due to disapproving of her parents marriage.  Apparently Grace would ignore all her grandchildren if she saw them on the street etc, which is even more surprising given that these were the children of her only child Renee.  The upshot of this is that my grandmother knows next to nothing about this side of her family.  It's part of the reason that I am keen to solve the mystery.

Going down a further generation, my mother Suzanne remembers Renee being able to speak French and having French books around the house.  Renee is also a French name, as is Grace, and my mother's own name: Suzanne.  There is therefore a possibility of France being involved here somewhere, although the census do indicate that Grace Mappin and Grace Gordon-Graham were both born in England.

Theresa

RE: Name query on census for eldest son.

I am assuming that Jack is actually Edward, and was known as Jack to not mix him up with his father.  The birth certificate dates support Jack and Edward being the same person.

Theresa