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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 13:07:41 +0800 (WST)

So many names coming up here each day, so few that I have heard of... Has
anyone heard of any of these I wonder...?
This is a list of miscellaneous people connected with the lives of my
ancestors. Most of them, unless otherwise stated, were in the Madras presidency.

ANDERSON Rev J. - board of the General Assembly's Mission, 1840

ANDERSON James- natural father of Francis Anderson who married
Nebuchadnezzar Lee.

ARBUTHNOT G. - subsribing member of the Soc. for Promoting Christian
Know-ledge, 1840.

ARBUTHNOT and Co. Messrs - Agents for the isles of Ceylon, French and Dutch
settlements on the Coromandel Coast and Victuallars for H.M. Navy. There
name appears on the Council of State for India; Employers of George Emanuel
Johnston and Peter Carstairs; treasurers of the Society for Promot-ing
Christian Knowledge.

ARBUTHNOT W. Esq. - Present at the annual meeting of the S.P.G. in London,
17.2.1860. [The Mission Field vol 5. p.71]

ARUPLAPPEN David- the first native clergyman [died c. 1866]

ATTRILL - Patricia Ann - niece and beneficiary of Louise Blanche Kearns
will, 1976.

BAKER Henry - missionary, baptised J.C. Roberts, Cottayam mission, 1828.

BANCROFT A.- witness at the m. of Esther Matilda Roberts, 1858.

BASIN S.K.- witness at the m. of Edward Roland Kearns, 1931.

BINNYS - merchants and agents; employers of Peter Carstairs before he
joined Arbuthnot.

BOWER Rev Dr- principal of the Vediarpuram Seminary, (S.P.G.) 1844.58.

BROTHERTON A.A. - missionary of the S.P.G. Tanjore, 1840; witness at the m.
of Joseph Roberts and Francis Saalfelt, [Nigapatam] 1841.

BROTHERTON Thomas - missionary who married Joseph Roberts and Francis
Saalfelt, [Nigapatam] 1841.

BRUCE A.F. - subsribing member of the Soc. for Promoting Christian
Know-ledge; had a son on 24.10.1833/4, at Nellore.

BRUCE James Carstairs - of (Balchrister), uncle of Peter Carstairs.

BRUCE Peter - father of Peter Carstairs; assistant to Accountant General,
Madras; Judge and Magistrate; died Gooty 2.9.1821.

BURTON R.H.- witness at the m. of Edwin Carstairs Kearns, 1898.

CAMPBELL Rev. C. - missionary of the London Missionary Soc. in Mysore, 1840.

CARSTAIRS C.- witness to Mary Lee's will, 1825.

CARSTAIRS Peter - 1801-1861; a.k.a. Peter Bruce/Peter Gardiner, natural son
of Mary Bruce Gardiner and Peter Bruce; m. Charlotte McLeod [N2/9/373],
then Elizabeth Jones;

CARSTAIRS Peter McLeod - son of Peter Carstairs; partner in the firm of Shaw
and co. [Madras Almanac 1858, p. 628]

[COLLACK H.A.- witness at the m. of S.J. Rose and Mable Carvalho, 1897.]

[COLLYER G.- witness at the m. of S.J. Rose and Mable Carvalho, 1897.]

[COURPLAIS] A.G. - witness at the m. of Joseph Roberts and Francis Saalfelt,
1841.

? COLE - executor of Peter Carstairs' will, 1821.

COX Rev. Johm- officiated at marriage of C.E. Roberts; listed as of L.M.S.
Trivandrum, under religious soc. Madras Almanac 1852, p. 273

CRAWFORD Hugh - signatory on Peter Carstairs' will, 1846.

DAVID Rev A.- in Sawyerpooram with Mr Leeper; a memoir of him written by
J.F.K. [The Mission Field vol 11. p.101] low caste Indian involved in furore
over using a well.
DACRE Joseph - executor of Peter Carstair-s' will, 1821.

DINTON Rev R.A.- buried "Mrs" Mary Lee, 1825. [N"/10/488]

ENGEROFF Berthold - m. Annie Seymour Rose, 20.12.1886, Madras; witness at
the m. of Arthur Symonds Kearns and Adela Maud Rose, 1889.

ENGEROFF Florence Dorothy - daughter of Berthold Engeroff and Analize
Seymour Rose; m. Herbert Max Cole, Crowborough 1925.

[FAWCETT George William - 1852-1891; Madras civil service; buried St
George's Cathedral. [monumental inscriptions.]

FLAVELL Louise- wife of Revd. Thomas Flavell, living in Plymouth with
Hannah Elizabeth Kearns and witness to her will 1894.

[GARDINER John - buried Washermanpettah cemetery, Madras. Died 23.9.1862
aged 49. Captain of the barque Helen Wallace; born Jersey 12.9.1828.]

GARDINER Mary Bruce - born 1782/3 of a Mohammedan woman and Lieut. Gardner,
an ensign. [N2/11/43] De facto wife of Peter Bruce and later Nebuchadnezzar
Lee.

GARDINER Peter - "an idiot" uncle of Peter Carstairs.

[GARDINER Lieut Peter - buried St Mary's Cemetery, Madras. Died 17.5.1808
aged 75.]

[GARDINER William Pierrepont - buried in St Mary's Cemetery, Madras. Died
8.11.1831 aged 30. Captain in the Madras European Regiment.]

GARRETT A.H.- witness at the m. of Fanny Amelia Kearns and A.W. Smart, 1876.

GILL Captain- had a yacht which J.F.K. used to get about in. [Mission
Field vol 2 pp. 129 & 132]

GELL Miss- in receipt of letter from Hannah Kearns [CWW 174 f.1]

HOLDEN David- S.P.G. schoolmaster who travelled out with J.F. Kearns, 1849.

HUXTABLE Rev A.- missionary of S.P.G. who went out to India at the same
time as J.F. Kearns, 1849.

HUXTABLE E.- witness at the marriage of Mary Catherine Roberts and
Frederick James Leeper, 3.7.1857.

HUXTABLE H.C.- missionary who buried young Mary Emily Kearns 27.4.1856 and
who married Mary Catherine Roberts and Frederick James Leeper, 3.7.1857.

JARBO Peter- missionary of S.P.G. who went out to India at the same time as
J.F. Kearns, 1849.

[JENKINS Rev. John - Wesleyan missionary stationed in Madras, 1840.]

JENKINS Canon Illtyd Stephen - m. Mary Lilian Rose; d.

[JOHNSTON Alex - m. Barbara McLeod, Madras, 28.4.1825/6]

JOHNSTON (JC.) - Witness at the m. of Esther M. Roberts and W.J. Rose, 1858.

JOHNSTON George Emanuel - b.1812; Head of the office of Messrs Arbuthnot and
Co. Fa-th-er of Joseph Carstairs Roberts Johnston; m. Emily Suzannah
Roberts; executor of Joseph Roberts' will.

[JOHNSTON Mr R.D. - assistant missionary, London Missionary Soc, (Madras
Almanac 18-40).]

[JOHNSTON Rev Robert - superintendent of the General Assembly's Mission St
Andrew's School for native Education; missionary of the Church of Scot-land;
Erabauloo Chetty Street. (Madras Almanac 1840)]

JONES Elizabeth - 2nd wife of Peter Carstairs, m.14.6.1831.

JONES M.- witness at the m. of William Irving Kearns and A.M. Nickels, 1887.

KAY Rev W.H.- missionary at Combaconum, officiated at J.F. Kearns' funeral,
1877.

KEARNS Edward Roland - 1895-1954; son of William Irving Kearns; pilot with
Hooghly Pilot Service; m. Ethel Maud Taylor, 1931.

KERRIDGE Douglas- Married Olive Winifred Jones Kearns 1914; witness at the
wedding of Edith Violet Kearns and H.A. Starkey, 1912.

KIDD Gladys- Purveyor of the info on "Captain" John Roberts etc.

KIDD D.A.- student at Sullivans Gardens, who took his BA at Madras
university Feb 1868.

KIDD Rev. (J.T.D.) - father of D.A. Kidd and chaplain in the Madras
es-tablish-ment. [CLR 50 f.195]

KINNEARD JOHN- witness at the marriage of Mary Catherine Roberts and
Frederick James Leeper, 3.7.1857.

KING EARNEST. E.- married Ethel Lavinia Kearns, 1920.

KIPPING JANET- niece and beneficiary of Louise Blanche Kearns' will, 1976.

[KOHLHOFF Rev C.S. - principal of the Vediarpuram Seminary (S.P.G.) 1873.]

[KYNOCH Agnes Mary - child of unknown and Mah Kho Mai, born 1872.]

KYNOCH Mrs- Aylesbury, recipient of letter from Jimmy Kearns, 1896.

LAMB William witness at m. of P.J. Rose and Florence Williams, 1900.

LANGDON H.G. - chaplain at the Chaplains Stations, Madras, who married
William P.F. Shaw and Charlotte McLeod Carstairs, 1848.

LAW JOHN- architect of the new mission church at Vepery. [mentioned in
letters from Thomas Robinson, archdeacon of Madras, 1829. C/IND/MADRAS/12,
Rhodes House]

LAWRENCE A.M.- married Edwin Carstairs Kearns.

LAWRENCE L.M.- witness at the m. of Alice Mary Lawrence and E.C. Kearns, 1898.

LEE James Johnston - son of John and Elizabeth Lee, buried in St Mary's
cemetery, Madras. Died 1833, aged 12.

[LEE John - chemist, married to Elizabeth, had a son called James Johnston Lee.]

LEE Nebuchadnezzar - father of Mary Lee; belonged to the army, but
afterwards kept a day/boarding school in Semboodoss Street; schoolmaster of
George Emanuel Johnston. died 4.8.1810 [N2/4/85]

LEE Mary - a.k.a. Mary Bruce Gardiner; de-facto wife of Nebuchadnezzar Lee,
and later of Peter Bruce.

LEEPER Rev. Alexander - Clerical Training secretary, Church Education
Society, Dublin, 1849

LEEPER Frederick James - married Mary Catherine Roberts. Executor of Joseph
Roberts' will; Witness at the wedding of Fanny Amelia Kearns and A.W. Smart,
1876

LEWIS Rev. Thomas - buried Sarah Lee at St Mary's, Madras, 1827. [N2/4/85]

LINDSAY Hugh- signatory on Peter Carstairs' will.

MARGOSCHIS Mr - in charge of the Nazareth boarding school.

McLEOD - a Conductor. (military person concerned with the movement of
ordnance and munitions); father of Charlotte McLeod.

McLEOD Charlotte - m. Peter Carstairs, 1825, [N2/9/373].

McLEOD E.C. - missionary; educated Bishops college, Howrah. Chief station
Pulicat, 1842-3, Cochin 1844-5; Disqualified by inability to acquire native
language. [200 years of the S.P.G. p.918]

MIRYLEES James M. - m. Dorothy Alice Kearns, 1901.

MORPETH Miss- 1878. Had the coveted job in Madras, which Hannah had wanted.

MORRISON W. - executor of Peter Carstairs' will, 1821.

NAILER Rev A.R.C. - missionary, ordained Madras; Chief Station Vediarpuram,
1851-3; chitloor and Vellore, 1853-5; Erungalore 1856-7; [V, 1858-73 ?]
Principal of the Vediarpuram Seminary (S.P.G.) 1858-73.

NICKELS Anna Maria - m. William Irving Kearns, 1887.

NICKELS (S)J.- witness at the m. of Anna Maria Nickels and W.I. Kearns, 1887.

OAKSHOTT Eugene - witness at the m. of Annie Rose and Berthold Engeroff, 1886

PHAROAH- signatory on Peter Carstairs' will; librarian, Mount Road.

PLAYFAIR A.- witness to Edwin Carstairs Kearns' will, 1921.

PORTER W.- missionary with the London Missionary Society; baptised George
Roberts Johnston, 1852.

[PRAZER] A.J.- witness at the m. of James Rose and Elizabeth Symmonds,
Masulipatam 1840.

[PRAZER] B.D.- witness at the m. of James Rose and Elizabeth Symmonds,
Masulipatam 1840.

ROBERTS Charles- brother of Joseph Roberts.

ROBERTS Paul- brother of Joseph Roberts.

ROSE Annie Seymour - wife of William Rose

ROSE C.- witness at the m. of J.C. Roberts and E.G. Rose, Calcutta 1851.

ROSE ELLEN S.- witness at the m. of William J. Rose and E.M. Roberts, 1858.

ROSE (H)- witness at the m. of William J. Rose and Esther M. Roberts, 1858.

[ROSE James - private pensioner m. Elizabeth Symmonds, 1840, Masulipatam.]

ROSE Percy Joseph - 1867-1945; son of William Joseph Rose and Esther Matilda
Roberts; married Florence Mabel Williams, 1900; Manager of the Imperial Bank
of India and Cocanada.

[ROSE S.J.- driver with S.M.R., married Mable Carvalho, 1897.]

ROSE William Clarence - b. 1866, son of William Joseph Rose; banker Mysore Bank.

ROSE William Joseph - Inspecting Postmaster, Calicut. m. Esther M. Roberts;
died 12.4.1875.

ROWLINGS- maiden name of Ethel Maud Taylor, (divorcee who married Edward
Roland Kearns.

ROY Rev. Dr - married Charlotte McLeod and Peter Carstairs at the Fort
Church Madras, 1825.

SAALFELT [J.H.] - witness at the m. of Frances Saalfelt and Joseph Roberts,
1841.

SALINGER G.- witness at the m. of Annie Rose and Berthold Engeroff, 1886.

[SHAW Ann Jane- 1828-1862; wife of James Shaw, inspector-general of Hospitals.]

SHAW Adeliza- 1834-1860; m. Peter Carstairs Junior; daughter of Edward
Fawcett Shaw; died 1860 aged 26 [monumental inscriptions]

SHAW Adeliza Baron - daughter of Charlotte McLeod Carstairs and William
Patrick Fawcett Shaw.

SHAW Edward F.- Harness maker residence Egmore; Committee of the Indian
Missionary Society, 1839-40; witness at m. of William P.F. Shaw and
Charlotte McLeod Carstairs, 1848.

SHAW and Co.- firm in which Peter Carstairs Junior was a partner, [Madras
Almanac 1858, p.628]

SHAW George- father of William Patrick Fawcett Shaw and witness at his
wedding, 1848.

SHAW George Marchant - Cotton merchant, Gunther District, Madras; son of
Char-lotte McLeod Carstairs; m. Emily Kathleen Rose; witness to Arthur
Symonds Kearns' will 1921.

[SHAW Julia Gertrude Rose - buried Ootacumund Taluk no.1 cemetery; died
25.4.1878 aged 25.]

SHAW William Baron - 1906-1986; son of George Marchant Shaw and Emily
Kathleen Rose; bank official.

SHAW William Patrick Fawcett - cabinet maker, m. Charlotte McLeod Carstairs
1848.
SHORT J.- witness at the m. of Esther Matilda Roberts and William J. Rose,
1858.

SMART Alexander William - Lieut/Colonel Royal Engineers, m. Fanny Amelia
Kearns, Tanjore 1876.

SMART Colonel George - father of Alexander William Smart.

SMART F.[C].- witness at m. of Arthur Symonds Kearns and Adela Maud Rose, 1889.

SMART George Edward - son of Alexander William and Fanny Amelia; staying
with Hannah Elizabeth Kearns in 1891 at the time of the census, then aged 10.

SMART Hugh- son of Alexander William and Fanny Amelia; staying with
Ha-n-nah El-iz-abeth Kearns in 1891 at the time of the census, then aged 6.

SMART Walter Alexander - son of Alexander William and Fanny Amelia; staying
with Ha-n-nah El-iz-abeth Kearns in 1891 at the time of the census, then aged 7.

SIMPSON G.R.- witness at the m. of Olive Winifred Jones Kearns. 1914, Ethel
Lavinia Kearns 1920, and Violet Gladys Kearns, 1923.

STARKEY H.A.- married Edith Violet Kearns.

STEPHEN R.M.- clerk of Peter Carstairs, signatory of 1st codicil of his will.

SYMMONDS Alfred Radford - m.a. Wadham, Oxford; ordained Deacon 1838,
practicing 1839 London; S.Madras 1846-72 (as diocese sec. 1846-72 "Our
esteemed diocesan Secretary April 1861." - The Mission Field vol 6. p.9.
Don't have a photocopy.) and principal S.P.G. college 1848-74); furlough
1872; pensioned 1874, died Jan 10 1883. ["The Missionary Roll"]

[SYMMONDS Elizabeth - m. James Rose 1840, Masulipatam.]

TAYLOR Ethel Maud - (nee? Rowlings), m. Edward Roland Kearns, 1931.

TAYLOR Rev. W.- missionary, Vepery, Madras, 19.1.1841 [C/IND/MADRAS 10]

THOMPSON A.- witness at the m. of Ethel Lavinia Kearns, 1920.

THOMPSON Mr- worker at the Nagercoil mission c.1840 ["A Hundred Years in
Travancore]

TURNER Anne - witness at the m. of James Rose and Elizabeth Symmonds,
Masulipatam 1840.

TURNER Thomas - witness at the m. of James Rose and Elizabeth Symmonds,
Masulipatam 1840.]

UNDERWOOD- husband of Helen Carstairs, daughter of Peter Carstairs Jnr.

VAN SOMOREN Godlieb - friend of Peter Carstairs original named executor of
his will; bookeeper in the firm of Arbuthnot; died 24.10.1853. [Monumental
Inscrip-tions]

VICKERS RosaMarried Arthur Clarkson Rose Kearns. 1915

MRS VICKERS - Was being considered for zenana work by the U.S.P.G. in 1869.
[see Rhodes House notes]

VICKERS Arthur Brotherton - b. May 26 1858, S. India..... missionary,
Tuticorin 1883; Ramnad 1884-7, sick leave 1887-8, Nazareth 1889-92.
Mutalapad 1892. [200 years of S.P.G. p.920]

[VLYD] J. - witness at m. of Arthur Symonds Kearns and Adela Maud Rose, 1889.

WEBSTER Rev. Mr - married Joseph Roberts and Mary Lee, 1824.

WEST H.R.- witness at the wedding of Edward Roland Kearns, 1931.

[WESTCOTT Rev.A. - principal S.P.G. college 1887-1901.] and author of "Our
Oldest Indian Mission." pub. 1897, a history of the Vepery Mission 1716-1896.

WILLIAMS Florence Mabel - married Percy Joseph Rose, 20.10.1900, Madras.

WILLIAMS Humphrey Trembath - father of Florence Mabel Williams.

WILLIAMS A.A. - Archdeacon, St Georges Cathedral, Madras, 1900, officiated
at m. of Florence Williams and P.J. Rose.

WINSCOM H.(V)- witness at the wedding of Fanny Amelia Kearns and A.W. Smart.

WINSER Caroline- witness at the m. of J.C. Roberts and E.G. Rose, Calcutta
1851.

WINSER James- witness at the m. of J.C. Roberts and E.G. Rose, Calcutta 1851.

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Barbara Kearns
2a Janet Street
Rossmoyne. W.A. 6148
Australia
Tel:(08) 94570385

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