Born out in India (Barrackpore, Allahabad)

[Redroger]

A first plan why not, if you can get there before Dawn, pay a visit to the British Library? You have not put your area on your avatar so I don't know if this would be feasible.

[StephenFarnsworth]

Dawn - that would be marvellous if it's not too much of an inconvenience.  I live/work in Manchester and get to London occasionally with work - but never have the free time to indulge myself other than take the odd photograph.  I must admit though that I'm not massively hopeful at this stage....

Cheers

Stephen

[K Steve]

I think we are related as Peter Pickett was my great great grandfather.  His daughter Katherine Pickett married Joseph Stevenson and their son Peter Pickett Stevenson was my Grandfather.

[t mo]

hi k steve
you need to make 2 more posting then you can use the pm servic e to communicate with  s f but please don,t post names up on here of anyone who is still alive as it is against rootschat policy and will get lifted .
regards
trevor

[StephenFarnsworth]

Hi,

That sounds promising....  I have a tree over on Ancestry.  Do you have an account?  I'll try one of these private message things - but to honest, I'm a complete newbie on here - let's see what happens.  If it doesn't work or you can't see it - we'll have to try something else.  I've a feeling that if I put my own email address on here it will be taken down immediately for infringing my own rights or something!

SF

[t mo]

hi both please don,t post e mail addresses up on here as you say it will get taken off once found as it is to protect you in case someone uses it for spamming purposes or something worse like i said k steven needs to make two more postings just say ok twice will do then use the personal message service if you click on each others avatars it will show that persons details and a message saying send this rootschatter a personal message and away you go .

regards
trevor

[StephenFarnsworth]

Hi,

I've some more to add to the mystery - having now read the 1911 census it once again gives the place of birth as Barrackpore, India and states "British Subject by Parentage" - so does that mean that her mother was probably a local Indian woman?  Or does it simply mean that she was born outside of the UK and her parents were British?

Thanks for any advice/suggestions

Stephen

[barryd]

I have quite a lot of hours researching British India. Both military and a steam locomotive driver from County Durham who emigrated there in around 1890. There is no evidence on any ecclesiatical record of a Peter or Catherine Pickett in India, second half of 1800's. This would include the the dominant religions, Catholic. CofE and Methodists, etc.. They operated with the certificate, or a quarterly listings  system just like in the Mother Country. Variants are Piggot and Pigot. Check on familysearch.org   

[Redroger]

The British Library has much information about the British in pre independence India, going back to the 18th century. In my experience it was by no means uncommon for local women to be married to Europeans, particularly for some reason unknown to me in the railway industry.