Genealogy Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Findmypast DNA Banner

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Help needed with East indies birth!

Login to Add Reply Watch This
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

faerykingdom

faerykingdom Report 8 Sep 2007 18:52

I have an ancestor called Caroline Wale born about 1815 who married a Richard Platts in Leicester in 1834.

On most census' it says under birthplace "East Indies British Subject", on the 1861 census "East Indies Simomalli" and on 1871 census "East Indies, Trmcamale" although it looks to me something like Africa.

Can anybody give me help or advice on what I can do to find her parents/siblings?

Thank you

Vicky X

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 8 Sep 2007 20:45

Trincomalee is a port city on the northeast coast of Sri Lanka, about 110 miles northeast of Kandy. In 1796 the English took power, after the fall of the Kandian Kingdom. In 1815 the entire island came under British rule becoming the first European power to win control over the whole island, known as Ceylon.

Was her father a soldier in the service of the East India Company? Or maybe the Royal Navy? The National Archives holds the following:

Piece details ADM 42/2376
Navy Board and Admiralty: Yard Pay Books Trincomalee Pay Lists
Covering dates 1813 to 1814


faerykingdom

faerykingdom Report 8 Sep 2007 21:11

Thanks Paul, I have no idea although I think it is probable. As they married in 1834 I can't find out that way.

I will look into the records you have mentioned.

Thanks ever so much!

Vicky