Serampore

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Serampore
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Presidency: Bengal
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Present Day Details
Place Name: Shrirampur
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Country: India
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Serampore was a former Danish colony. It is now called Shrirampur and is 20km due north of the centre of Calcutta. Alternative spelling: Serampur, Sirampur

An excellent website which provides beautiful images of missionary sites in and around Serampore, along with maps and useful links is at Virtual Serampore.

Danish history

The Danish name was Frederiksnagore. Alternative spelling: Frederiksnagor, Frederiksnagar.

Fregeriksnagore 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.

British Library holdings

  • The article "The Danes at Serampore", by F.B.Bradley Birt, Calcutta Review, No. 295, January 1919, (New [2nd] Series Volume 25), pages 92-118, is available at the British Library


References

External links

  • This India List post is about burial grounds and records.