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Offline JenniferDenise

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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
India (1): Robertson, Dunbar, Sheels, Solitude, Rondeau, Fitzsimmons, Mackay, Lancaster (all 1800-1950)
Australia (1): Dunbar
India (2): Owen brothers, 11th N.I., 1st Somerset Rgt., Govt. Electric Telegraphs, Dept. public works, all c.1830-1900
England (1): Little, Wright, Mott - all in Essex
Scotland: Montgomey - Dumfries area
England (2): Owen, Biddle, Brewer, Sparrow - Lambeth, Surrey
Australia (2): Owen, Montgomery, Denyer, Norris, Little, Mott, Bose.

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Re: Owen brothers in India
« Reply #1 on: Friday 12 August 11 11:52 BST (UK) »
Have you tried a search on Families in British India Society? www.fibis.org

Go to Fibis Database, and either enter Owen as the surname and do a quick search, or click on Find a person.

Possible for Arthur?

Arrival, 26th December 1840, on board Duke of Argyll.
Departed Spithead August 29th

Bombay Times, Marriage Notice
11th July 1848 Owen, Arthur W to Berkeley, Arabella Jane Sophia

Marriage, Presidency of Bengal, 1869
Arthur W Owen to Caroline L Richardson

Application for Cadetship in the East India Company Armies
1840 - Owen, Arthur Walshman
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: Owen brothers in India
« Reply #2 on: Friday 12 August 11 12:08 BST (UK) »
Yep am a member of Fibis as my own family research are all in British India - the Owen family is my husband's side & quite a surprise.
Fibis is a great site but my brothers remain elusive particularly Percy Fitzwilliam Owen.
My lost email explained how I have seen the Jersey census but That William cannot be my brothers' father as he would have been fifteen when first son William George was born.  Also their mother was definitely Elizabeth Ann Brewer.  She & William were married in 1816 in Lambeth Surrey.  I believe William b. 1877 & Elizabeth Ann in 1893.
Must be some relation however  -   the 2 younger boys in census were not sons of my family.  there are however two boys listed at what looks like a school in St Brelades who certainly could be a couple of the brothers.
This Census is where my confusion came in!
Will keep trying...thanks again
India (1): Robertson, Dunbar, Sheels, Solitude, Rondeau, Fitzsimmons, Mackay, Lancaster (all 1800-1950)
Australia (1): Dunbar
India (2): Owen brothers, 11th N.I., 1st Somerset Rgt., Govt. Electric Telegraphs, Dept. public works, all c.1830-1900
England (1): Little, Wright, Mott - all in Essex
Scotland: Montgomey - Dumfries area
England (2): Owen, Biddle, Brewer, Sparrow - Lambeth, Surrey
Australia (2): Owen, Montgomery, Denyer, Norris, Little, Mott, Bose.