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my great grandparents Aileen and Arthur Castledine came to England from Calcutta, India in 1905 with one child, however they had three child born in India. I have search overseas birth as Arthur was a gunner in the Royal artillary but are unable to find birth or death records. Can anyone help?

for info to help

1911 census - household transcription
Person: CASTLEDINE, Arthur
Address: West Ripe Lydd

Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born

CASTLEDINE, Arthur Head Married M 33 1878 Artificer Royal Garrison Artillery Working Gravesend Kent
CASTLEDINE, Aileen Wife Married 8 years F 22 1889 Calcutta India Resident
CASTLEDINE, Eric Son M 5 1906 School Calcutta India Resident
CASTLEDINE, Frank Son M 3 1908 Dover Kent
CASTLEDINE, Leonard Son M 0 (7 MONTHS) 1911 Lydd Kent

5 children born to marriage by 1911, 3 of whom were still alive

Census 1911 says they had only been married 8 yrs and so Aileen nee Baldwin would only have been about 14 when they married (which was perfectly legal).

Census does say 2 children had died by 1911, but if marriage was only 8 yrs, say c1902-3, does that give them time to have had 3 children born in India?

Were they all definitely born in India, or could they have perhaps had, and lost one of them later?

there are 3 listings on FMP of Castledine births in Calcutta

Errick Edward 1905 army births returns page 309 or 509 (difficult to read)

GRO REGIMENTAL BIRTH INDICES (1761 to 1924)1761 - 1924
Errick E (place Calcutta, year 1905, regt RA, vol 558, page 13) the other has same details but the volume and page number are difficult to read

Thank you for your reply unfortunately it 's the 2 that born before Eric that I am trying to find out about. My granfather Frank told me that his mother had three children before him but he never knew the babies.

is this worth a try?

"British Library birth, marriage and death records for the Indian subcontinent

Consult the Asia, Pacific and Africa Collection at the British Library for births or baptisms, marriages, and deaths or burials across the Indian subcontinent, including Burma and Aden."

http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/apac/index.html

Aileen did indeed marry when she was 14 (although marriage certificate says different) and she HAD to get married. she was carrying my grandfather (Frank) on the way back to England.

his army papers mention these children and their births

Errick Edward born 9.11.05
Frank Alexander 7.5.07
Leonard William 19.8.10

looking through them just in case

here we go on his army papers

something (it might be Beryl) May born Woolwich 10.6.09 died 22.3.11

Death: Castledine Beryl M 1 Romney M. 2a 778 JFM 1911.

Birth: CASTLEDINE Beryl May Woolwich 1d 1206 AMJ 1909.

Did they go on to have three more children in the Southwark area after WWI?

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Name: Aileen Baldwin
Event type: MarriageStart date: Start year: 1901 - 1905
End date: End year:
Location: CalcuttaSpouse: Arthur Castledine
Age: Status:
Parents:
Notes: Transcribed by: FIBISIndia Office Records Reference:
Z/N/11/10/f. 746 Source name: Registry Office Marriage IndexSource year: 1901 - 1905Source edition: Presidency:

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Name: Margaret Jane Castledine GREY

Event type: MarriageStart date: 06 AprStart year: 1888E
nd date: End year:
Location: St Philips, Rangoon, (C. of E.)
Spouse: Alfred Tenasserin Ball WHITE, medical practioner
Age: Status: A.HenryParents
Notes: Transcribed by: British LibraryIndia Office Records Reference:
N/1/290 f.185 Source name:
Source year: Source edition: Presidency: Bengal

They had 7 children that i know of : Errick(eric), Frank (my grandfather), Leonard, Beryl (deceased), Dorothy, Horace, Edna but I still believed there are 2 missing.

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Name: Thomas CASTLEDINE

Event type: Biography
Start date: Start year: c.1859End date:
End year: Biographical notes:
3555 Pte 33rd Ft; British Army discharge papers,
L/MIL/15/23 ff.476-78Transcribed by: British LibraryIndia Office Records Reference:
L/MIL/15/23 ff.476-78 Source name: Source year: Source edition: Presidency:

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Name: William CASTLEDINE

Event type: BurialDate: 20 JanYear: 1779

Location: Madras

Age: Status: Mat.Will administration: Notes: Transcribed by: British LibraryIndia Office Records Reference:
N/2/1 f.399 Source name: Source year: Source edition: Presidency: Madras

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72. Drusilla Sabina CASTLEDINE - International Genealogical Index / AS
Gender: Female Birth: 22 OCT 1853 Karrachi, , Maharashtra, India

73. Drusilla Sabina CASTLEDINE - International Genealogical Index / AS
Gender: Female Birth: 22 OCT 1853 Karrachi, , Maharashtra, India

74. Eric Oliver James Castledine - International Genealogical Index / AS
Gender: Male Christening: 03 FEB 1890 Mooltan, , West Bengal, India

75. James Henry Castledine - International Genealogical Index / AS
Gender: Male Christening: 06 JAN 1857 Belgaum, , Maharashtra, India

76. James CASTLEDINE - International Genealogical Index / AS
Gender: Male Death: 28 NOV 1857 Cawnpore, , , India

77. Mary Ann CASTLEDINE - International Genealogical Index / AS
Gender: Female Birth: About 1855 Belgaum, , Maharashtra, India

78. Mary Ann CASTLEDINE - International Genealogical Index / AS
Gender: Female Birth: About 1855 Belgaum, , Maharashtra, India

79. Prissilla Sabina Castledine - International Genealogical Index / AS
Gender: Female Christening: 04 NOV 1853 Kurrachee, Maharashtra, India

Matches: International Genealogical Index/Asia - 8

Beryl would have been one of the two children given as deceased on the 1911 census

I thought that Beryl died after the census (she died in May). If she is indeed one of the 2 that died then i only have one to find which I still am convinced that it was born in India. It's the family story of "well Aileen HAD to get married "

Silly me I am only looking for one baby of course I see now that Beryl was one of the babies recoreded as deceased on the census records. Thank you for pointing out what I was blinkered to .