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Bob
Thanks so much for the photo's. They've come out very well. I haven't yet worked out how to post photo's but my wife tells me she thinks she knows how to do it so hopefully will post some shortly. I will try to leave a personal message for you.

Weech

Caroline Aitken was a sister of Ellen Anne Lobb who was my paternal grandmother. So far my researches indicate that Caroline, your grandmother, was one of nine siblings being children of Theophilus Lobb and Sophia Virginia Gordon. I'm not sure how many survived into adulthood but the eldest was Ellis William Theophilus Lobb, born india 1868, died New York 1958. The youngest that I have found was Markland Barnett Lobb born 1888, died Glasgow 1942. I have photographs of Sophia, aged about 80, and a photograph from the Times of India of Marjorie, Robert & Caroline's daughter, at her wedding in Bombay. I also have  invitations addressed to another sister, Lillian, to the weddings of Edmunds Lobb's daughters in 1921 and 1925.
Weech

Helo all and thank you for all your contributions. I was born in India in 1945, my father, John Cecil Gordon Walsh was born in Allahabad in 1906, and his father, Cecil George was also born in Allahabad in 1881. He married Ellen Lobb, sister of Caroline Aitken, in 1900. That was about as much as I knew although my father's papers had reference to Marjorie Grace Aitken, his first cousin. She married George Elliot Bleck in Bombay in the 1920's From your information it appears that John Ellis Aitken from St Ives was also a first cousin. Our family returned from India  in 1948 to Bedford, not far from St Ives
Weech

Hello Danchaslyn. I hope you recived my email and found it useful. As to whether we are related- I can't work it out!