John Henry Bond - India

[albion1]

Hi. I am trying to find out the full name of John Henry Bond's wife called Rose Margaret who are assumed to have married in the 1860s in Madras India. Also I have 6 children but believe there are more for which I cannot find any records.

[CaroleW]

Were any of the children born in England or were all b India?

[amondg]

FindMyPast has the following, not the name you are looking for though

John Henry Bond age  25- India Revenue Board Officer  Father John Bond

Adelaide Sophia Newbigging age 24 - Father Robert Newbigging

27 June 1860 Madras.

[amondg]

Seems as though she died 24 June 1862 buried Poonamalle.

Adelaide Sophia  daughter of the late Robert New Bigging, the beloved wife of Mr. John Henry Bond
age 26 years 3 months.

Ref Find A Grave

[amondg]

Do we agree? All Born Madras India

Ada Florence Bond Born 28 November 1866 married William Charles Currier 6 October 1896 Madras
Died Belguam  7 or 8 December 1899 age 33 recorded as Ada Florence Courier - Anemia. Notes the record has died 8th buried 7th so one is incorrect.

Percy O'Sullivan Bond Born 2 December 1868 married Ellen Ann Norton 4 January 1897 Westminster London.

Henry Wilhelm Rogers Bond Born 24 January 1874 married Rosina Amelia Johnstone 3 August 1896 Cardiff  Died 1951. (widowed 1939 register)

Catherine Clare Bond  Born 9 July 1879 married Charles Hudson 26 January 1898 Madras, name spelled Katherine Clare Bond.

Jessie Mildred Violet Born 17 August 1880

Elsie Norma Bond  born circa 1883 married Thomas Henry Cooke age 25 (she was 18) 11 December 1901, she was of Belgaum he was of Huble - 1911 they are in Manchester.

[albion1]

Thanks for all your replies so far.

I agree with all the children listed. Interestingly Henry found his way to South Africa towards the end of his life.

There is one more name to add which is Margaret Sybil Bond, born in September 1877 and died in September 1878.

For John Henry's first marriage there was one child called Agnes Letitia Bond born in October 1861.

I believe there are more children for John Henry and Rose Margaret but it is not so easy to find absolute evidence. One I am more certain of is Gertrude Lucilla Bond as John Henry is mentioned as the father on her marriage certificate and interestingly there is a witness of R M Bond.

Another possible child which I have not been able to find sufficient evidence of is Eva Farren Gertrude Bond. This is based on family knowledge and believed to be an elder sister of Gertrude Lucilla.

Back to Rose Margaret, there is no information online of her marriage to John Henry and a thought has crossed my mind that she may have been of Indian descent or possibly mixed race which could have been a reason for no formal registration of the marriage at that time? There have been comments past down the line that there were name changes which could be connected plus also descendants of Gertrude Lucilla including myself have a little Indian DNA.

It still remains a bit puzzling but I am determined to find convincing evidence of our descendancy in India during the late 1800s.

[osprey]

Is this her burial in 1924?

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGT5-MMY

If so, the register which is on Findmypast shows her as European. She died of bronchitis.

[ShaunJ]

The first marriage was announced in the Times of India

https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_detail.php?id=651275

Yet there doesn't seem to be any record of the second marriage.

[albion1]

Is this her burial in 1924?

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGT5-MMY

If so, the register which is on Findmypast shows her as European. She died of bronchitis.

That's important information which I overlooked on the burial records. I assume that European encompasses England as well? There has been over the years some suggestions of European, not just English, connections of our Bond predecessors although I have found no conclusive proof.

I mentioned Indian DNA in profiles of descendants alive today and my late grandmother, the daughter of Gertrude Lucilla, had what I thought was a bit of an Indian appearance but there is nothing so far in my research of any Indian ancestry.