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Hi , can any one help me please, I have just got a cert of my grand parents marriage and on the cert it says my grand father ( ANTHONY JOSEPH COCKBURN )was a BANDSMAN in H V R and his father RICHARD THOMAS COCKBURN was a clothier colouil, indian army.

Would any one know what H V R stands for and what a clothier coloul,

Richard Thomas Cockburn also had on a cert of his daughter 's birth , she was born in india ,that he was in the ( i think it is spelled like this ,can not read it very well ) Imrisieiasu 27 Im .h.I. Thank you ,Eve

Some idea of dates would be useful

First name(s) Anthony Joseph
Last name Cockburn
Marriage year 1907
Marriage date 2 Oct 1907
Spouse's first name Ellen Amelia
Spouse's last name Burrows
Place Ootacamund
Presidency Madras
Groom's age 22
Bride's age 17
Groom's father's first name Richard Thomas
Groom's father's last name Cockburn
Bride's father's first name Thomas
Bride's father's last name Burrows
Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Madras, : 1698-1948
Archive reference N-2-102
Folio number 193
Entry number -
Record set British India Office marriages

Hi Thank you for getting back to me . Yes thats their marriage. regards Eve

also MARY LONDIS COCKBURN's birth was in1884 and mother on that cert was MARY ANN

Hi , is there anyone that can help me? I dont know where to go to find this info that I found on the certs that I have just got . Kind Regards Eve

I've answered on your other thread on Military board (I'll copy and paste here):-

Found this by Googling (not sure if it's what's on your certificate though):-

HVR - Haveri (India)

Haveri is a town in Karnataka, India.

I think this is quite likely though as HVR is NOT on this list of Military Acronyms and Abbreviations :-

http://www.militaryacronyms.net/h

Kath. x

Looking at the image for the marriage (on FindMyPast) I'm pretty sure that the intials are M.V.R. and not H.V.R.

I've enlarged part of the image and it's on this link:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/asset/details/18228092

Compare that first letter with the "H" in Hardy on the record below and then look at the other words beginning with "M" - it looks much more like those

Cockburn Mary Lonrdis 1884 — 1884 British India Office births & baptisms Bellary, Madras

(other Birth FMP, Musician, 27 MHI?)


(Madras ? Infantry, probably worth a google)

Chris :)

27th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry

http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/27th_Regiment_of_Madras_Native_Infantry