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Re: John Henry Bond - India
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 16 March 25 04:39 GMT (UK) »
If I'm correct it usually referred to people of English, Scottish, Irish etc  ancestry. Some records would be more accurate and specify what kind of European they were but some don't. Maybe someone else in your family tree was mixed race if you have Indian dna, because usually if they were mixed race Anglo-Indian would be recorded as their nationality when they died.

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« Reply #10 on: Sunday 16 March 25 04:50 GMT (UK) »
Was Rosa Margaret Bond born as Rosa Margaret O'Douner in 1848?

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« Reply #11 on: Sunday 16 March 25 09:30 GMT (UK) »
Was Rosa Margaret Bond born as Rosa Margaret O'Douner in 1848?

I previously picked up on this name and thought a strong possibility as the date of birth roughly matches and almost an identical first name - Rosa as opposed to Rose. However, I cannot conclusively prove it. The surname possibly suggests an Irish background and there seems to be an Irish connection with one son called Percy O'Sullivan.

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« Reply #12 on: Sunday 16 March 25 10:05 GMT (UK) »
Was Rosa Margaret Bond born as Rosa Margaret O'Douner in 1848?

Digging deeper, there could be a transition error in the surname - O'Donnell and not O'Douner. The other problem for me is the birth was in Bengal and my research is focused on Madras and later Bombay.