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==FIBIS resources== | ==FIBIS resources== | ||
*FIBIS database: [http:// | *FIBIS database: [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=1923&s_id=1032 1840 Serampore Census] transcribed by Sylvia Murphy. European & Indo-European names. Details of names are available without restriction. Full details such as address, occupation, religion etc. are only available to logged-in FIBIS members. | ||
==Danish history== | ==Danish history== | ||
The Danish name was Frederiksnagore. Alternative spelling: Frederiksnagor, Frederiksnagar. It was established by the Danish East India Company, by then called the Asiatic Company, in 1755.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=FZQcjsSitEcC&pg=PA77 ''Der dänische Gesamtstaat: ein unterschätztes Weltreich?/The Oldenburg Monachy:An Underestimated Empire''] (in English) page 77 article by Eric Gobel 2006 Google Books</ref> | The Danish name was Frederiksnagore. Alternative spelling: Frederiksnagor, Frederiksnagar. It was established by the Danish East India Company, by then called the Asiatic Company, in 1755.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=FZQcjsSitEcC&pg=PA77 ''Der dänische Gesamtstaat: ein unterschätztes Weltreich?/The Oldenburg Monachy:An Underestimated Empire''] (in English) page 77 article by Eric Gobel 2006 Google Books</ref> | ||
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== Cemeteries== | == Cemeteries== | ||
There are two burial grounds at Serampore - Danish and the Mission.<ref>Roberts, John E C. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/2239614/ | There are two burial grounds at Serampore - Danish and the Mission.<ref>Roberts, John E C. [https://web.archive.org/web/20181029061442/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/2239614/ Marshall/Marschalk] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 26 August 2009, now archived. Also mentions records.</ref> | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 Searchable British Library catalogue] | *[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 Searchable British Library catalogue] | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160120134426/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120715/jsp/calcutta/story_15730606.jsp "Our heritage, their heritage"] Sunday, July 15, 2012 ''The Telegraph'', Calcutta, now an archived webpage. Heritage buildings in Serampore and [[Chandernagore]] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160120134426/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120715/jsp/calcutta/story_15730606.jsp "Our heritage, their heritage"] Sunday, July 15, 2012 ''The Telegraph'', Calcutta, now an archived webpage. Heritage buildings in Serampore and [[Chandernagore]] | ||
*[https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/research/research-projects/the-serampore-initiative/projects/ The Serampore Initiative] National Museum of Denmark. | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150925044909/http://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/research/research-projects/the-serampore-initiative/projects/ The Serampore Initiative] National Museum of Denmark, now archived. | ||
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20131206212136/http://natmus.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/natmus/etnografisksamling/billeder/Serampore/Serampore_report_2010_web.pdf "Indo-Danish Heritage Buildings of Serampore"] by Flemming Aalund & Simon Rastén August 2010. natmus.dk, now an archived webpage. | **[https://web.archive.org/web/20131206212136/http://natmus.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/natmus/etnografisksamling/billeder/Serampore/Serampore_report_2010_web.pdf "Indo-Danish Heritage Buildings of Serampore"] by Flemming Aalund & Simon Rastén August 2010. natmus.dk, now an archived webpage. | ||
*[http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1175779 Photograph: Serampore (Fredericknagore), St Olaf's Church c. 1912 to 1914]. Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland. | *[http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1175779 Photograph: Serampore (Fredericknagore), St Olaf's Church c. 1912 to 1914]. Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland. | ||
*[https://www.peepultree.world/livehistoryindia/films/places/hooghly-the-global-history-of-a-river-with-robert-ivermee Robert Ivermee on ''Hooghly: The Global History of a River''] Live History India Book Club at peepultree.world. Contains a video (50 minutes). Includes discussion about Serampore. | |||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_183.gif Serampore] Imperial Gazetteer | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_183.gif Serampore] Imperial Gazetteer | ||
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*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.93601/2015.93601.The-Calcutta-Review1918#page/n99/mode/2up "The Danes at Serampore"], by F.B.Bradley Birt, ''Calcutta Review, No. 295, January 1919, (New [2nd] Series Volume 25)'', pages 92-118 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Note however, that it is in the volume which is catalogued as 1918. This volume has title page and contents pages for 1918, but articles for 1919. | *[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.93601/2015.93601.The-Calcutta-Review1918#page/n99/mode/2up "The Danes at Serampore"], by F.B.Bradley Birt, ''Calcutta Review, No. 295, January 1919, (New [2nd] Series Volume 25)'', pages 92-118 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Note however, that it is in the volume which is catalogued as 1918. This volume has title page and contents pages for 1918, but articles for 1919. | ||
*From ''Bengal, Past and Present Volume 23, July to Dec. 1921'' Archive.org. | *From ''Bengal, Past and Present Volume 23, July to Dec. 1921'' Archive.org. | ||
**[https://archive.org/details/ | **[https://archive.org/details/bpp-1921-vol22-vol23/page/153/mode/2up "The Three Oldest Church Registers of Serampur 29th July 1769-1843"] by Rev H Hosten SJ, page 154 | ||
**[https://archive.org/details/ | **[https://archive.org/details/bpp-1921-vol22-vol23/page/171/mode/2up "Christian Inscriptions from Serampur"] by Rev H Hosten SJ, page 171. | ||
*"Glimpses of Serampore 1810-1820" [https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol46-julydec1933/page/23/mode/2up pages 23-25] and [https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol46-julydec1933/page/131/mode/2up pages 132-136] ''Bengal Past and Present Vol. 46 1933 July-Dec''. Archive.org. Extracts from the diary of Severin Kierulf, merchant in the Danish Ost Indian Company at Serampore. Includes details of deaths, marriages and births. | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol-47-janmar1934/page/n69/mode/2up "Mission Burial Ground, Serampore"] by J G Brooker page 57 ''Bengal Past and Present Vol. 47 Part 1, 1934 Jan.-March''. Archive.org. With a Plan between pages 56-57. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 02:56, 20 May 2024
| Serampore | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 22.75°N 88.34°E |
| Altitude: | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Serampore |
| State/Province: | West Bengal |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
Serampore was a former Danish colony 20km due north of Calcutta. It was the headquarters of the subdivision of the same name in Hughli District, Bengal during the british period.
An excellent website which provides beautiful images of missionary sites in and around Serampore, along with maps and useful links is at Virtual Serampore.
Spelling variants
Modern name: Serampore
Variants: Serampur/Srirampur/Srirampore/Shreerampur/Shreerampore/Shrirampur/Shrirampore/Srerampore
FIBIS resources
- FIBIS database: 1840 Serampore Census transcribed by Sylvia Murphy. European & Indo-European names. Details of names are available without restriction. Full details such as address, occupation, religion etc. are only available to logged-in FIBIS members.
Danish history
The Danish name was Frederiksnagore. Alternative spelling: Frederiksnagor, Frederiksnagar. It was established by the Danish East India Company, by then called the Asiatic Company, in 1755.[1]
A description of Frederiksnagore in the early 1780’s.[2]
Frederiksnagore was transferred from the Danish Crown to the East India Company 22 February 1845, as detailed in this link[3]
Danish residents in 1813
Thomas M. Robertson has kindly extracted all the names of Danish residents of Serampore from the Calcutta Annual Directory and Calendar of 1813. They are listed below:
| ABRESTTE, A. ALPHONSE, A. (court sergeant) |
| BANG, H.C. BANG, A. BECKER, H.C. BECKER, C.M. BELDER, J. BENDESBOLL, J. BIE, O.L. (magistrate native-court) BIRCK, A. BORRISEN, J. BOYESEN, N.F. BROAGER, A.J. BROAGER, H.C. BRUN, F. |
| CANNON, N. CARSTENSEN, C. CHRISTIAN, P. |
| ERHARDY, A. |
| FARNON, A. FIELLERUP, H.J. FISCHER, S. FICK, C. FREY, J.P. FROM, C. FROM, H.C. |
| GANTZER, J. (court sargeant) GRAMBERG, T. |
| HAMMER, N. HAMMER, J. HAMMER, R. HANSON, T. HANSON , H. HELSDING, J.H. HELSDING , J.C. HERMENSON, J.P. HOLM, L. HOLM, H. |
| JACOBSEN, J. JANSEN, C. JENSEN, J. JESSEN, P. |
| KEIRULF, S. KIERSGAARDT, N. KOOTER, L. KREFTING, Jacob, (late Governor) KRUSE, H.M. |
| LAARSEN, J. LUND, P.J. LUND, N.P. |
| MAURITZEN, M. MOSTROPH, P.C. |
| NEXONE, N. |
| OLSEN, N. OLSEN, E. |
| PAGH, S. PAY, L. PETERSEN, L.W. PETERSEN, H.P. PETERSEN, M. PETERSEN, P.S. PRENSE, P.N. PRINTZLING, C.H.G. (magistrate Eur.court) |
| REICRSEN, S. ROMER, F. |
| SCHAFFALITZKY, A. SCHMIDT, P.D. SIEDLER, S. SMIDT, C. SCOTMAN, C. (Name is possibly meant to be SOETMAN) SCOTMAN F. SONNIGSEN, . STEIEGLER, J.B. SWANSEGER, G. SWINGEL, H. |
| TIDEMAN, C.R. THIELE, A. TOP, Casper |
| WALLICH, N. (settlement surgeon) WESSEL, J.H. WESTERMAN, B.W. WICKEDE, B.V. WOLFF, J.C. WOLFF, C.M. |
| ZANDYK, J.V. |
Cemeteries
There are two burial grounds at Serampore - Danish and the Mission.[4]
External links
- Searchable British Library catalogue
- "Our heritage, their heritage" Sunday, July 15, 2012 The Telegraph, Calcutta, now an archived webpage. Heritage buildings in Serampore and Chandernagore
- The Serampore Initiative National Museum of Denmark, now archived.
- "Indo-Danish Heritage Buildings of Serampore" by Flemming Aalund & Simon Rastén August 2010. natmus.dk, now an archived webpage.
- Photograph: Serampore (Fredericknagore), St Olaf's Church c. 1912 to 1914. Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland.
- Robert Ivermee on Hooghly: The Global History of a River Live History India Book Club at peepultree.world. Contains a video (50 minutes). Includes discussion about Serampore.
Historical books online
- Serampore Imperial Gazetteer
- The Story of Serampore and its College by George Howells and A C Underwood 1918. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository.
- "The Danes at Serampore", by F.B.Bradley Birt, Calcutta Review, No. 295, January 1919, (New [2nd] Series Volume 25), pages 92-118 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Note however, that it is in the volume which is catalogued as 1918. This volume has title page and contents pages for 1918, but articles for 1919.
- From Bengal, Past and Present Volume 23, July to Dec. 1921 Archive.org.
- "The Three Oldest Church Registers of Serampur 29th July 1769-1843" by Rev H Hosten SJ, page 154
- "Christian Inscriptions from Serampur" by Rev H Hosten SJ, page 171.
- "Glimpses of Serampore 1810-1820" pages 23-25 and pages 132-136 Bengal Past and Present Vol. 46 1933 July-Dec. Archive.org. Extracts from the diary of Severin Kierulf, merchant in the Danish Ost Indian Company at Serampore. Includes details of deaths, marriages and births.
- "Mission Burial Ground, Serampore" by J G Brooker page 57 Bengal Past and Present Vol. 47 Part 1, 1934 Jan.-March. Archive.org. With a Plan between pages 56-57.
References
- ↑ Der dänische Gesamtstaat: ein unterschätztes Weltreich?/The Oldenburg Monachy:An Underestimated Empire (in English) page 77 article by Eric Gobel 2006 Google Books
- ↑ Der dänische Gesamtstaat: ein unterschätztes Weltreich?/The Oldenburg Monachy:An Underestimated Empire (in English) page 57 article by Finn- Einar Eilassen 2006 Google Books
- ↑ A collection of treaties, engagements, and sunnuds, relating to India and neighbouring countries. Volume 1 Bengal, Burmah and the Eastern Archipelago, page 70 1862 compiled by C U Aitchison Google Books
- ↑ Roberts, John E C. Marshall/Marschalk Rootsweb India Mailing List 26 August 2009, now archived. Also mentions records.