Serampore

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.

A description of Frederiksnagore in the early 1780’s.

Frederiksnagore was transferred from the Danish Crown to the East India Company 22 February 1845, as detailed in this link

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.

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.