Robert Weston

Other Events:

• Occupation: Solicitor

Notes:

He was Coroner of the county of Northampton for 55 years, and High Steward of the Manor & Borough of Brackley until he retired in 1858.
He was elected a Burgess in 1858 and in the following year Alderman and subsequently Mayor of Brackley.

Charles Newton Weston (Robert's great grandson) wrote in his book (relevant chapter in Documents) that he visited Brackley in 1936. He saw a gravestone 'Sacred to the memory of Mary, the beloved wife of Robert Weston of this town, Solicitor, who died on 6th day of January 1876 and of Robert Weston who died on 14th December 1889 aged 64 years.'
This could not have been the grave of his great grandmother since she died in 1844. Robert's second wife Maria died in 1889. And Robert himself died in 1872. So this gravestone is problematical - could there have been two solicitors in Brackley called Robert Weston?

Robert married Mary Rebecca Shorter on 8 Jun 1814 in St Peters Church, Brackley, Northampton, England. Mary (daughter of John Shorter and Mary Burford) was born in 1790 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England; was christened on 24 Apr 1790 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England; died on 23 Jul 1844 in Brackley, Northampton, England; was buried on 27 Jul 1844 in Brackley, Northampton, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Maria Kett on 19 Dec 1849 in St Dunstan in the West, London, England. Maria was born about 1815; died on 10 Dec 1889 in Brackley, Northampton, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died young.

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Died young.

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Was not at fathers house in 1841. The only possible census record I found was a basket maker living with a family in Coventry.

Edward married Sarah White on 15 Jun 1852 in Liberty of the Tower of London, England. Sarah (daughter of John White and Sarah Edwards) was born on 18 Mar 1828 in Brackley, Northampton, England; died on 25 Apr 1915 in Pleasant Valley, Scott County, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Accountant - Sergeant, A Battery, Royal Artillary.

Notes:

In his book (see Documents), Charles Newton Weston (his grandson) says due to financial difficulties John could not go to public school, but was sent to Canada at an early age where the family had some landed interests. When he came home he decided there were no prospects for him in England and enlisted in a regiment to proceed to India. His father begged him to reconsider and offered to buy him out but he refused to consider any change of plans.
Although Newton (as he was known in the family) got several facts wrong, this sounds like a likely scenario. It would explain why I can't find him in the 1841 census, and his disenchantment with England might be tied in with his father's impending marriage to a much younger woman. The landed interests in Canada are interesting - Edward, John's elder brother, ended up in America.

In India he was attached to the Royal Horse artillery and served in the Madras Presidency.

Sources for his passage to India are

LDS Film Reference L/MIL/9/102
IOR Reference 1835691
Source Name Embarkation Lists, EIC Army Recruits
IOR Reference L/MIL/9/102

These were found on the FIBIS site. He is given as 22 years old in 1848 which doesn't quite match up. He is described as a farmer from Northampton, recruited as a gunner in London.
First Names John
Surname Weston
Rank Gunner
Service Recruited Artillery
Presidency Madras
Age 22
Home Parish Brackley
Home County Northampton
Occupation Farmer
Where Enlisted London
Attestation Date 2 Nov 1847
Embarkation Record Elizabeth 1848
Transcribed by Joan Birtles
Type Recruitment
Ship name Elizabeth
Embarked from Chatham
Principal Destination Madras
Date Departed 8 Mar
Year Departed 1848


He retired from the army as a Sergeant Major in 1860, and took up service in the Nizam's Public Works Department - as an accountant - until he died in 1878.

Newton also says 'My grandfather arrived in India 1856 just before the Mutiny in 1857. Married shortly after he arrived to an anglo indian girl Mary Anne Maine - an old anglo indian family from the Central Provinces.'
He got the date of arrival in India wrong, but the information on Mary is likely correct.
Also the family was in Kamptee when Newton's father was born in 1862. 'Later the regiment was stationed at Jalna and then at Secunderabad where the family stayed. When his period of service in the army was completed his Commanding Officer strongly recommended him for a commision in HEH the Nizam's forces, and he stayed there the remains of his active life.'

NB He could havs enlited for 12 years in 1847. See this site
http://wapedia.mobi/en/British_Army_during_the_Victorian_Era
This is for the Brotish Army, rather than the East India Company Army, but no doubt, to get recruits, they would have introduced the same short term enlistments.

John married Mary Anne Maine on 20 Oct 1853 in Jaulnah, India. Mary (daughter of Samuel Maine and Rosannah da Silva) was born on 25 Mar 1833 in Trichinopoly, Madras, India; was christened on 1 Jul 1833 in Trichinopoly, Madras, India. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Land Surveyor in 1851 census
• Occupation: Station Agent in 1861 census

Notes:

Charles Newton Weston (Robert's great grandson) wrote in his book (relevant chapter in Documents) that he visited Brackley in 1936. He saw a gravestone 'Sacred to the memory of Mary, the beloved wife of Robert Weston of this town, Solicitor, who died on 6th day of January 1876 and of Robert Weston who died on 14th December 1889 aged 64 years.'
This could not have been the grave of his great grandmother since she died in 1844. Robert's second wife Maria died in 1889. And Robert himself died in 1872. So this gravestone is problematical - could there have been two solicitors in Brackley called Robert Weston? Or perhaps Newton got his dates wrong.
Note that THIS Robert would have been 64 in 1889, so he could be the one buried here.


Occupation:
The term Station Agent became Station Master somewhere around this time on some railways

Family/Spouse: Fanny Beachcroft. Fanny was born in 1826 in Canterbury, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1871 census he describes his occupation as "Solicitor & Occupying 230 Chasses(?) of land Employing 6 men & 3 boys"

The only one of the Weston family still living in Brackley in 1881. Of course the sisters might still be there under married names.
Widowed by 1881. He lived in the High Street, in Brackley St Peter and was the head of household. Two servants and a relative lived with him, but no children at that time. However the relative, Annie Maria Allen, wife of Roland Allen, is the right age to be a daughter, though she was born in Towcester.

Look for an Annie Maria Weston born about 1847 in Towcester, parents Arthur and Mary. She would need to have left home before 1871, since she wasn't there for that census.

Family/Spouse: Mary. Mary was born in 1813 in Brackley, Northampton, England; died on 06 Jan 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Sailor in 1851 census

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Found also at AFN: 1BV2-W80//

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The 1881 census entry seems likely as she starts on her career - though the Turks have classified her as a servant, which would be mortifying for a governess. The 1891 census in Gloucestershire has her as a visitor of the right age.

Jane married George William Valentine Clements on 1884 Sep qtr in Brackley, Northampton, England. George was born about 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died at 6 months

Notes:

In Nicola, British Columbia, a Fanny Margaret Weston married Walter
Hickens Smith on 11 Jun 1884, when she would have been 30 - a
possibility.

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In 1881 was visiting Sam Orton in Lancs, his occupation was teacher

Robert married Annie Borders on 1891 3rd qtr in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. Annie was born in 1864 in Edinburgh, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died a year after his father died.
Doesn't appear to have married

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Presumably didn't marry

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Found also at Pleasant Valley Iowa in 1881 census, father Edward, but
name Carrie, birthdate 1862 - might be same, but can't be sure

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Found in 1881 census in Pleasant Valley, father Edward. Another
Burtin Weston was born 7 Sep 1894 and died Oct 1973. May be no
connection.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Accountant, HH Nizam's GS Railway - Manager Resident Engineers from 1890, Head Clerk 1897

Robert married Alice Patterson on 15 Dec 1886 in Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1885 - Overseer, Deccan Railways, Secunderabad
• Occupation: 1887 - Permanent Way Inspector, H.H.N G. S. Ry. Co. (His Highness the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway)

Notes:

He and Sarah his wife were both staunch Methodists

John married Sarah Louisa Ash on 28 Dec 1885 in Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India. Sarah (daughter of John Ash and Anne Jane Moore) was born on 11 Sep 1869 in Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India; was christened on 4 Nov 1869 in St John's Church, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India; died in Sep 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married William Joseph Prendergast on 21 Feb 1883 in Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India. William (son of John Prendergast) was born in 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emily married Isaac Edward Moore in 30 Jan1888 in Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India. Isaac (son of Samuel Moore) was born in 1864; died in 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Norman Chamarette says that Edwin was the Chief Permanent Way Inspector of the State Railways in Hyderabad. They lived at a Railway House in Darmabad. Later (I'm not sure where this information came from) Edwin's Aunt Emily got him the job in Jamshedpur, as Superintendent of the Railways for Tata Steel.

Place name Kammamett
(1) In http://dsal.uchicago.edu/maps/gazetteer/index.html there's an old map showing Khammamet (I think) west of Secunderabad in the province (?) of Warangal.
(2) In http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html#area Constables 1893 area maps there's an index of place names which gives a district and town of Kamamet (in Haid.)
In current day India I can find two possibilities -
(3) Kamarhati, but that is a suburb of Calcutta in West Bengal, which seems unlikely;
(4) Kamareddi, which is maybe 70 miles North of Secunderabad.


He left India in 1947 shortly after India was granted independence, though the older children had gone to England before the war. According to Florence they went to Newcastle because Winifred's husband Edward Davis came from there, and they had no other ties in England.

Edwin married Beryl Kathleen Chamarette on 23 Dec 1913 in Methodist Episcopal Church, Chaderghat, Hyderabad, India. Beryl (daughter of Arthur John Andrew Chamarette and Catherine Emma Combes) was born on 26 Jul 1888 in Hyderabad, India; was christened on 23 Aug 1889 in St George's Church, Chaderghat, Hyderabad, India; died on 30 Sep 1977 in "Coniston" Dunston Bank Gateshead, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England; was buried in All Saints Cemetery, Jesmond Rd, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Captain, Indian Army. During the 1st WW came to England and joined the Royal Horse Artillary, served in Flanders.
• Occupation: Principle, Baldwin Boys High School, Bangalore, India

Notes:

There is information about Baldwin's School, Bangalore at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2960/baldwin.htm

The following people are mentioned in a list of benefactors:-
Mr. Edwin Weston
The Late Louisa Ash Weston
Miss Lydia Weston
The Methodist Episcopal Church, Hyderbad, Deccan
The Methodist Episcopal Church, Secunderbad, Deccan
Mr. B. J. Weston

C.N. Weston and his wife, and R.A.B. Andersen and his wife are in the list of teachers.

Family/Spouse: Emma Constance Bridges. Emma (daughter of George Bridges) was born on 25 Jun 1895 in India; died in 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Also Known As: Queenie
• Occupation: Staff Nurse, St George's Homes, Kett, Nilgiria, India

Other Events:

• Occupation: Principle, Baldwin Girl's High School, Bangalore, India from 1935

Other Events:

• Also Known As: Molly
• Occupation: Government, India

Family/Spouse: Horatio Willard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Winifred married Richard Andreas Bonneland Andersen on 24 Dec 1924. Richard (son of Morton Bonneland Andersen and Ellen Barbara D'Abreu) was born on 23 Aug 1897 in Danish mission Yercaud, South India; died on 10 Jan 1981 in Kolar Mission Hospital, Kolar, South India. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Also Known As: Benny
• Occupation: Electrical Engineer, Tata Iron & Steel Works, India

Family/Spouse: Ernestine Inez Lincoln. Ernestine was born on 12 Nov 1919 in Delhi, India; died on 7 Mar 2014. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Asst Traffic Superintendent, Nizam's Railway, Secunderabad, India. During 2nd WW was a Movement Contol Officer (Captain) and served 5 years at the Burma Front. In 1951 became chief clerk with London Transport.

Gerald married Mercia Gladys Linford in 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Worked at Customs at time of marriage

Lincoln married Violette Elizabeth Stephen on 19 Dec 1936 in Thoburn Methodist Church, Calcutta, India. Violette was born in 1913; died on 07 Jul 2001; was buried on 10 Jul 2001. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Richards. Mary was born in 1890 in Sidcup, Kent, England; died in 1967. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]