Robert Shorter Weston^{[1, 2]}

1855 -

• Name	Robert Shorter Weston
  Born	17 Nov 1855	Jaulnah, India
  Christened	06 Aug 1856	Jaulnah, India
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Accountant, HH Nizam's GS Railway - Manager Resident Engineers from 1890, Head Clerk 1897
  Person ID	I1284	Family
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	John Weston,   b. Aug 1822, Brackley, Northampton, England ,   d. 19 Jul 1878, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Mother	Mary Anne Maine,   b. 25 Mar 1833, Trichinopoly, Madras, India
  Married	20 Oct 1853	Jaulnah, India   [3]
  Notes	His grandson Charles Newton Weston says that his father, John Augustus, had three older brothers (who all regularly took liquor) so there would have to be at least two other children here. Robert Shorter Weston seems like an extremely good fit for various reasons noted on his page. However, Karen Brown, Emily Maude's great granddaughter, was told by her mother that there were only four children. The oldest Emily Maude, then John Augustus, then two daughters Lydia and Alice. So there is quite a bit of mismatch here, and all the sources seem good.
  Photos		A Weston Family Tree Provided by Joan Andersen via Joy Weston. There are a few mistakes - eg Edwin's daughter Winnie married Ted DAVIS FROM Durham.
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Patterson  [4]
  Married	15 Dec 1886	Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India
  Children	1. Arthur John Weston,   b. 17 Nov 1887, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India   2. Cecil Robert Weston,   b. 05 Apr 1889   3. Harold William Patterson Weston,   b. 05 Apr 1890   4. Daisy Louise Maud Weston,   b. 04 Aug 1891   5. Frank Ernest Weston,   b. 9 Sep 1892, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India   6. Charles Henry Weston,   b. 09 May 1894   7. Raphael Godfrey Weston,   b. 13 Apr 1897, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India   8. Albert Edward Weston,   b. 9 Nov 1898, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India   9. Andrew Carmichael Weston,   b. 28 Oct 1899, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2014
  Family ID	F403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] BMD - British Library, Baptism of son. Robert has a middle name Shorter (the surname of John Weston's mother, and had a son in 1887, the next entry on the Baptism register after Grandfather Edwin Ash. It seems extremely likely that Robert was Edwin's brother although I can't find his baptism. [S7] BMD - British Library, Baptism, N2/37/21. [S7] BMD - British Library, Marriage, N2 vol 32 folio 321 c/7/15. Additions and amendments c/7/15 gives their ages - she is 20 which is correct, he is given as 29. If we are right about his birth in Aug 1822 he was actually 31. If he had been 22 in 1848 as he said when joining the army, he would have been 27 at his marriage. [S7] BMD - British Library, N2/67/331. Marriage entry