hoping to find a family trail in India starting with parents born in 1924

[GWENDOLINE]

Hi hoping to discover a family trail for ancestors born in India
I have some names but very little else.
what would be the best
Neil Warren Parkinson 1924 born fort william india ?
Zena Alexia Meneaud 1930 ish  place of birth  unknown    both married in India 
then emigrated to UK in 1950s.
Percy St John Parkinson  1890s birthdate  married Merle esme Guise 1900s birthdate

[dawnsh]

FindMyPast has ecclesiatical records but some events are closed under a 100 yrs rule so there aren't any further details online. They can be seen in full at the British Library in London.

Percival St John Parkinson aged 36 named his father as John Thomas Parkinson when he married Meryle Esme Guise 20 July 1921.

[Christine53]

Percival St John Jarvis Parkinson born 25  Dec 1888 and baptized 1 Jul 1889 at St Patrick's Chapel, Fort William , Bengal, parents John Thomas and Emeline Parkinson. Abode : Military Hospital.
Father's profession : asst apothecary.


record has been incorrectly transcribed as Percival John Jarvis ( missing the "ST").

[GWENDOLINE]

thanks very much for this    what websites are you using I am also looking
for

the family Meneaud   believed to be of French origins

[Christine53]

As Dawn has already said the records are on FindMyPast ( and also on ancestry , but I find FindMyPast easier to use in this instance ) but later records are restricted and don't give full information.

There is a tree on ancestry  which  gives the following information :

"Neil Douglas Warren Parkinson b 29 May 1924 India died Sep 2006 Hereford
Zena Alexia Meneaud / Parkinson b 5 Jun 1932 India died 3 Mar 2015 Swansea , Glamorgan"
The tree also gives Zena's father's name as Samuel.

The couple arrived in London on the SS Strathnaver 13 Nov 1955. He was a mining engineer and she a teacher . They were going to an address in Hereford.

Zena Alexia Meneaud 1932 Cuddalore , Madras , father Meneaud. Archive ref  N-2-151 Folio 62

A search of the records 1932 plus or minus 10 years gives several possible siblings born in Cuddalore , but I cannot name them as they may be living. RootsChat has a strict policy of not naming those who may be living until death is established.

[GWENDOLINE]

thanks for your help.    I will check ancestry out.

[dawnsh]

I'm planning on being at the British Library on Thursday 20th Sept (tomorrow) so if there are any records you would like me to look at which are closed online under the 100 year rule, please let me know.

If it's to do with living people, please send a pm.

[dawnsh]

Hi Gwendoline

I have a couple of images from the British Library for you.

Please send your email address by pm and I will send them on.

The BL only have approx 70% of the India Records, the rest have been 'lost' in the passage of time or never deposited when they were supposed to have been.

Neil and Zena would have married after the end of British rule in 1948. If there is a marriage in India the records will/may still be there.

I checked the The Times of India online archives to see if there was a marriage announcement but couldn't see anything obvious.

[Peter Singleton]

Dear Gwendoline

I have only just encountered your post - and hope that it is not too late.

I too have been trying to track the Parkinson family - I am a descendant of John Thomas Parkinson's first marriage to Emmeline Frances Mills, as you may be, given your interest in Maude Esme Guise.

Happy to exchange details - but for now just checking that we can make contact.

I also have some details on the Meneaud family too.

Best regards

Peter