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==Orphan Schools==
 
==Orphan Schools==
*Charity School
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See the main article [[Orphan Schools in Madras]], or the following list of schools:
:*Prior to 1789 a Charity School existed in Madras, in connection with St. Mary's Church, which provided for the education and support of a limited number of the orphans of Europeans in India, without reference to the professions of the parents of the orphans.Page 223 of this Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA223 link], published 1855
 
*Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum.
 
:*This Asylum was opened in 1789.Page 223 of this Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA223 link], published 1855
 
:*Page 59 of this Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OG8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA59 link], published 1842
 
:* There was a printing press at the Asylum from 1800 [http://books.google.com/books?id=y-BxrNKdwPMC&pg=PA77 Limited View Google Books] page 77, ''Print, Folklore and Nationalism in Colonial South India'' by Stuart Blackburn 2005
 
:* The Madras Veterinary Establishment was set up in 1810 and boys from the Military Male Asylum and the Charity School were to be trained in the veterinary art, with the eventual rank of farriers. [http://books.google.com/books?id=sKxJAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA159 Google Books]
 
:* Drummers are mentioned in this [http://books.google.com/books?id=88UoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA191 link] published 1838 Google Books
 
:*Diet of the boys in 1863 [http://books.google.com/books?id=2xm1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA401 page 401] Google books
 
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=PJAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA5-PA1 1864-1865 Report] Google Books. This report is in the middle of a volume of reports relating  to the Civil Asylums.
 
:*In June 1865, the Gun Carriage Manufactory at Madras was made available for the instruction of the pupils of the MMOA, and other similar Educational establishments, in trades and the use of machinery, the number under instruction being limited, experimentally, to twenty. [http://books.google.com/books?id=vUQbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89 Google Books]
 
:*The boys were transferred to the Lawrence Military Asylum, Lovedale in September 1871 [http://books.google.com/books?id=PJAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA11-PA13 Google Books]
 
*Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum
 
:*FIBIS Journal No. 6 (Autumn 2001) The Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum by Peter Bailey. To access this article: [http://www.fibis.org/members-area.htm FIBIS Members] view online; Non Members  [http://www.search.fibis.org/html/join_fibis_on_line.html Join FIBIS] or [http://shop.fibis.org/journal.html purchase a copy of the Journal]
 
:*Page 224 of this Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA224 link], published 1855
 
:*Page 61 of this Google Book [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OG8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA61 link], published 1842
 
:*MMFOA moved to Conway's Garden, Kilpauk before 1822, [http://books.google.com/books?id=h2nkEiSSDaYC&pg=PA563 Limited View Google Books], page 563 ''Indian Records Series Vestiges of Old Madras 1640-1800''
 
:*The girls were transferred to the Lawrence Military Asylum , Lovedale in 1904. [http://books.google.com/books?id=vERnljM1uiEC&pg=PA315 Limited View Google Books], page 315  ''Gazetteer of South India, Volume 2'' by  W Francis 1988 (probably a reprint of an earlier book, perhaps early 1900's.)
 
  
*[[Poonamallee]] Military Asylum, about 15 miles from Madras, for the children of [[British Army]] soldiers, was established in 1819. See [http://books.google.com/books?id=26sEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA195 page 195] ''The Calcutta Annual Register'' (1821) Google Books. It is not clear how long this Asylum continued. Some/all girls were transferred to the MMFOA in 1826, and boys possibly in 1835.
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*[[Orphan Schools in Madras#Charity School|Charity School]]
*Black Town/Civil Orphan Asylums.
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*[[Orphan Schools in Madras#Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum|Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum]]
:*This  Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA224 link], published 1855, says a Free Day School for Boys  was established in 1807, which in turn led to the establishment of a Female Asylum in 1815, and a Male Asylum in 1823.
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*[[Orphan Schools in Madras#Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum|Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum]]
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*[[Orphan Schools in Madras#Poonamallee Military Asylum|Poonamallee Military Asylum]] at [[Poonamallee]], about 15 miles from Madras
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*[[Orphan Schools in Madras#Black Town/Civil Orphan Asylums|Black Town/Civil Orphan Asylums]]
  
 
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Revision as of 14:21, 7 September 2009

Madras (City)
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Presidency: Madras
Coordinates:
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name: Chennai
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Transport links

Madras (now Chennai) was the seat of the Madras Presidency and the location of Fort St George.

History

Madras 1893 Rootsweb

Siege of Madras 1758

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Chennai
Variants: Madras

Cemeteries

See Madras Cemeteries, for details of some of the Christian cemeteries in the city.

Orphan Schools

See the main article Orphan Schools in Madras, or the following list of schools:

External Links

Chennai, Tamil Nadu "Wikipedia"

Madras in 1810 commences page 123 and page 154 Journal of a Residence in India by Maria Graham 2nd Edition 1813 Illustrated by Engravings. Google Books

Madras in 1837. Chapter 2 of Book 2 of Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China: with notices of numerous missionary stations, and a full account of the Burman Empire; with dissertations, tables, etc by Howard Malcolm 2nd edition 1839 2 volumes in one .