Gaynors Estate   |
| Date added: | 2009-11-06 21:37 |
| Date ending: | 2009-12-06 21:37 |
| Project creator: | Joye  | Post PMB
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Names of ancestors: John Gaynor – my Irish great grandfather
Religion: Roman Catholic
Range of years: About 100 years
Specific dates and events: Went to India from Ireland to join the East India Company about 1850. Worked as an engineer on building the Indian Railways, and died in India. Married Lavinia Anne D’Souza in India. His second marriage. Bought property in Asansol, West Bengal, called Gaynor’s Estate, which still exists. I visited it as a child, in the 50s. I live in England now.
Lavinia Anne Gaynor left a will, which my father, Edward Engledow-Currie, kept, although we left India in 1966. John Gaynor was his grandfather, through his eldest daughter, Elizabeth Currie, nee Gaynor. I cannot locate the will yet, but think it was dated around 1895.
I want to re-connect with any Gaynors still there, after hearing that the Estate still exists, from someone who visited one of the tenants there when they went to Asansol last year. I have fond memories of being taken to family gatherings held at Burraghar, the Big House, and particularly the last time, when many family members decided to leave India after independence, following changes to the colonial way of life. I would like to visit India & the Estate next year, if possible, before I am too old to do so, in order to take photos, of which none exist, and to see my grandmother’s & grandaunt’s graves in the family graveyard. I might write a book for my own family, who love the stories I tell them about my childhood in India, and the lives and loves of the Gaynors, which my father liked to tell us about.
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| Categories: | Archive Research, Genealogy Research, Live Relations Search, Preliminary Research Plan |
Bids: | 1 | | Average Bid: | Private |
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| Countries: | United kingdom-all of the UK |
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| Languages: | None |
| Budget: | Not defined |
Project Status: closed
Selected Specialist:  hertsfamhist |
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