Ellis - Bombay INDIA

[nilu]

Hi,

Im looking for information abt my Grandfather Clement Ernest Ellis (YOB1898) working as  asst depot superintendent in indian railways bombay from 1934 to 1959   , married to Lucy Dsouza in 1934 bombay india .
his parents were John Ellis & Eva Ellis . John was a soldier in calcutta - india .

Thx, Nilu.

[Lynntony]

Hi Nilu,

Welcome to RootsChat!

I wonder if these people may be able to help in your search for info

http://bombayrailway.blogspot.com/  Their site is basically for the history of the Bombay Railway and states -

"An attempt to document and archive relics of Asia's oldest railway network set up by the British more than a hundred and fifty years ago in India. A feast of old findings and artefacts for global railway heritage buffs. Rajendra Aklekar, Mumbai (+ 91- 9892 190 761) Also see http://www.brhg.4t.com/"

The group was set up by Rajendra Aklekar, an assistant editor with the English daily DNA in Mumbai, whose passion for railways gave way for the creation of The Bombay Railway History Group in 2002. If you can't contact him on the History site, you may be able to find a contact email address for him at the newspaper. There's an interesting article on him at http://www.theweekendleader.com/Culture/398/A-life-on-track.html


Hope that's of some use to you

Tony

[nilu]

hi Tony ,

thanks for the info. but it does not mention any links were i can find the list of europeans working in indian railways during that period

regards /nilu.

[Lynntony]

I haven't come across any links for the records you're searching for Nilu. I think you might have to do this the hard way and, either contact the journalist via his newspaper to see if he can help, or contact Indian Rail to see if they have an archive dept that may hold the information you're looking for.

Tony

[nilu]

hi Tony,

i have been making all possible efforts to trace the whereabouts about my ancestors . i even tried to be in contact with British Library in UK , but with no luck as it is too expensive to dig out info by hiring a agent.

please let me know if u find any additional information relating to my grandfather.
few more names in his family like hope ellis , vivian ellis , not sure if they are his (bro / sis)

thanks & regards
Nilu.

[Redroger]

The service records, marriages and dob should be available at the British Library. Please send me a personal message with detail and I'll have a look next time I go, likely next month.

[nilu]

thanks a lot roger / will send you the details ASAP.
br / nilu

[Lynntony]

Hi Nilu

I took the liberty of emailing Indian Railways to see if they could help. Their reply is below

 

Thanks for mailing indianrailways

We are not able to help you in this matter.

You have to contact local railway office at Mumbai

to search for the details of person you want.

Regards

Help Desk
Centre For Railway Information Systems
(An Organization of the Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India)
Chanakyapuri,New Delhi

So it seems that the Mumbai/Bombay station is the one you need to contact regarding Clement Ellis. You should be able to find their email address on the net.

Tony

[nilu]

Thanks Tony for  your support.  will try to get in touch with the local railway office in mumbai ( bombay ) .

regards / Nilu.