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See also [[Calcutta schools c late 1700s]] | |||
You may be able to find information about your teacher ancestors by contacting [[schools]] where they worked. | You may be able to find information about your teacher ancestors by contacting [[schools]] where they worked. | ||
Revision as of 18:35, 6 June 2010
See also Calcutta schools c late 1700s
You may be able to find information about your teacher ancestors by contacting schools where they worked.
There is also a possibility that where a register entry indicates a schoolmaster - particularly in the mid nineteenth century - he may be an army man, typically with the rank of sergeant. It may, therefore, be worth also searching military records for an elusive schoolmaster ancestor.
If you have more information on researching teacher ancestors in India, feel free to update this page.
Individuals
- John Thornton - went to India in 1864 to undertake educational work for the Church Missionary Society. Ran the vernacular training school at Masulipatam, educating Christian trainees for teaching in rural schools. In 1875 left for New Zealand where he became an advocate of Maori educational rights.
External Links
- "Old Calcutta :It’s Schoolmasters" article in the Calcutta Review July 1913 held on website of Madge Family of Bengal.