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From: "imogen" <>
Subject: Re: [India-L] John Shoolbred ?1766 - 1831 EIC Surgeon
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 19:47:10 -0700
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Hello Charles

Its an interesting name, and some internet sites show a family of Shoolbreds
in London who were furniture makers. The IGI records have about 145
Schoolbreds many from Fife. This would seem to be your man:

118. John SHOOLBRED - International Genealogical Index
Gender: M Christening: 13 Mar 1766 Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland

Apologies if you have this information already.

Cheers
Barry Price

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles and / or Marjolein Hillman"
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Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 5:50 AM
Subject: [India-L] John Shoolbred ?1766 - 1831 EIC Surgeon


> Dear Reader
>
> I'm looking for and any all information on John Shoolbred ?1766 - 1831 who
was employed as a surgeon by the East India Company. From his name, he
would appear to have come from a family based in Fife, Scotland. From
family records, I think his father was James Shoolbred of Auchtermuchty, but
I have no corroboration for that. Here are some more pieces of
information:
>
>
> >From his age at death, he was born around 1766
>
> Appointed Assistant Surgeon, Presidency National Hospital Bengal, 1794
>
> Appointed Surgeon 1807
>
> Member Asiatic Society 1803 and 1831 (and presumably between those dates)
>
> Returned to UK 1816, though I'm not clear whether this was a one time
'coming home' or simply a visit. His retirement year I have recorded as
1821.
>
> Married: Nov 1801 in Calcutta
>
> Wife: Lucy Rand 1777 - ? (She was born in Lewes, Sussex, England but had
a brother in the British army in India)
>
> Daughter: Helen Mary Shoolbred 1811 - 1895. No other issue known to me.
HMS married a Scots naval captain fetched up liiving in England.
>
> Died: 12 Oct 1831 Cheltenham, Glos, England
>
>
> I would like to know more. I do not want to spell it out too precisely,
since I am more interested to know of anything you do know than to restrict
your reactions. Open questions that particularly interest me, however,
would include firmer details on the birth of his daughter Helen, and on
whether there were any other children, plus on what happened to his wife.
Corroboration or correction of what I think I know of his provenance would
also, of course, be welcome (though maybe is less likely to be relevant to
subscribers to this list).
>
> Thank you for any information you may be able and willing to share.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Charles Hillman
>
>
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