The Whites + Gallyot
The Whites +
Gallyot
Ethelinda
Gallyot (George Pears' grandmother) was married to
Joseph Frederick Pears. Ethelinda was the
daughter of
Sarah Elizabeth White
born in 1836 in Cochin, India and christened in St Francis' church there (the
oldest European church in India - Vasco da Gama was buried
here). Sarah Elizabeth married John Louis Gallyot
on 13th June 1853 in Trivandrum (M00059-5
463297 IOR Z/N/2 v32 f178) . Sarah
Elizabeth White was the daughter of Henry
Edward White and Johanna Charlotte Mulder. Henry Edward
White was born in 1814 (C00066-8 506956 IOR N/2/5/563
& 564) and christened in Cochin
on 5th May 1815. Johanna
Charlotte was Dutch (Cochin was owned by the Dutch until
1795). They married in 1835. Henry Edward may have
fathered two children (John & James) - mother unnamed
- prior to marrying Johanna Charlotte with whom he
had Samuel Peter in 1835, Sarah Elizabeth in 1836 and Henry William in
1840. They all lived in the Cochin area. Samuel Peter White married
Mary Kennedy at Killea, Ireland in 1855. He became a sea captain and
died in London in 1900. They had 6 children. (Margaret (1858), Agnes
(1860 m Myers), Bridget (1863 died young), Madeleine (1865 m
Colson), Constance (1867 m Williams) and Bridget (1872). Unfortunately we don't have any
family history of Johanna Charlotte Mulder at this time. Henry Edward White was born to Charles
James White and Sarah (widow of ?? Rolland).
Henry Edward never saw his father
Charles James (in the army) who died just a month after he was
conceived. He also lost his mother Sarah when he was 10.
Henry Edward worked as an English writer. Henry Edward died in Cochin
in July 1858 in the Trivandrum area (N/2/39/215) of the Effusion of the
heart. Charles James was born on 11th December 1787 and
baptised the next day at St Gregory by St Paul's, London
(L/MIL/9//113). He enlisted as a cadet with the Honourable East India
Company (HEIC) in 1804 (L/MIL/9/258/71v-72). He was promoted to 2nd
Lieutenant in 1805 and Lieutenant in 1808 in the 1st Battalion, 7th
Bombay NI. He married Sarah Rolland (a widow) on 8th August
1813 in Kaira, Gujerat. Sadly, he died just a month later on 20th
September. Unfortunately we do not have the
birth name of Sarah Rolland to follow up on that family. Charles James White was the son of James
White and Charlotte Adams married on 6th May1787 at St Lukes,
Old St Islington. It is now
impossible - with such common names- to be precise on records
that far back but it does seem likely that Charlotte's parents
are (John Adams and Ann ?). John was a carman (horse drawn tram driver).
With
much appreciation and special thanks to Pauline McGregor Currien for
much of this information.
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