Alice Jessie Weston b. 24 Nov 1864 Poonmallee, Madras, India: The Genealogy Zone

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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 [2]
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	William Joseph Prendergast, b. 1862 [3, 4, 5]
Married	21 Feb 1883	Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India
Last Modified	10 Jul 2014
Family ID	F627	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

[S7] BMD - British Library, N2/45/268.
Baptism entry
[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.
[S95] Other Researchers - Jean Andersen.
From her family tree. She has his name as Edward.
[S97] Other Researchers - Karen Brown.
Alice was short but very majestic looking and married Great Uncle Willie Prendergast,when she was a mere girl of 17 years. He was a well built gentleman , and as I recall had a stock of white hair and a fullsome white bristly moustache. He was attached to the staff of the Nizam of Hyderabad,as was his wife Alice, who was Lady-in-Waiting to one of the Nizam?s many wives. Dimly I can visualize Alice, who wore a navy blue coat and skirt and a black felt hat on her white head of hair. Oh, she always had a parasol. I think Willie died first,then Alice and then Lydia but these are very sketchy facts.

William James Prendergast was Captain H.M.2 South Wales Border Guards Military Tutor to the children of H.E.H.the Nizam of Hyderabad he was aged 21 in 1883.
[S7] BMD - British Library, N2/9/25.
Marriage entry