The Heppolette family, as far back as we have been able to discover to date, has always been part of the Anglo-Indian community in India. See "Origin of the Anglo-Indian Community" below. Research is under way to discover the date, identity and nationality of the first male European to enter and start the Heppolette family in India. Watch this space for the anticipated results of this research!
"My father, Alfred Leslie Heppolette, was born in Agra, India in 1905. My mother was Marjorie Caroline Florence Rose, born 5 August 1904, also in India.
DAD's FATHER, Albert Josiah, was born in Madras, in 1870. Albert's father was George, born in 1842 in Ajmir, married first to Mary Roberts in 1867 and then to Gertrude Louisa Williams in 1882. George's brothers were Samuel and Benjamin and a sister Rachael, all from his father Emmanuel's first wife, Mary Knight.
Emmanuel and Mary Knight (my gr. gr. grandparents) were married in 1832 in St. Mary's Church, Madras.
Emmanuel's father, and our earliest recorded ancestor to date, was Thomas Hyppolett, shown on his son's marriage certificate as a '2s/t Pensioned Trumpeter' We know Emmanuel was born in 1815, which gives his father Thomas a probable birth year of around 1790.
Both Samuel and Benjamin had large families and I have most of their details.
Emmanuel Hyppolet (spelling was not important in those days!) was born in 1815 and died in 1856 in Secunderabad. His second marriage was to Elisabeth Rose in 1845, in Kamptee, Nagpur.
Children from this second marriage were Harriet, Rachel, John Edward, Jane, Alexander, William Alexander and Edwin Emmanuel.
John Edward married Lucy Anna Reid in 1876 in Nagpur and had 7 children. William and Edwin also had large families and I have most of these details also.
Emmanuel's brother Louis married Ellen Long in 1847, in Kamptee. They had eleven children, James Richard, Edwin, Amelia, Mary Ann, Charles Thomas, Jessie, Eliza, Jessie (again), Sarah Amelia, Edwin Emmanuel and Leonara.
I have details of descendants of James Richard and his wife Eliza Pereira and descendants of Charles Thomas and his wife Elizabeth.
MUM's FATHER was Frank Albert Ranson Rose, born in Aurungabad in 1879 and married to Charlotte Francis Bond in Madras in 1899. Charlotte, born in 1881 in Vellore, was the daughter of Henry McDowell Bond and Caroline McKenzie, married in 1873 in Kurnool.
Henry was the son of Benjamin Henry Bond and Grizella Laetitea Reed, married in 1845 in Trichinopoly.
Currently the tree contains over 1000 individuals. Mainly HEPPOLETTE, ROSE, RANSON, BRAY, REID, LENNON, SWEENEY, CLERKE, BOND, HARDING, MISST, McNAMARA, CULPEPER and, of course, their many associated inlaws and outlaws!
If any of these names mean anything to you, or you can add to the
information given, or you would like to see more of the details, please let me know and I will gladly send you a copy of the family tree. Or, if you can let me have any names on your
father's side, I can see if there is a connection and let you know accordingly."
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- Anne and Myself, with Children & Grandchildren (116 KB)
This photograph was taken at our home in Wokingham on 7th. May 2000, to mark our 40th. wedding anniversary celebration. We still can't believe it!
Top, Standing - Left to Right:
Emma Saynor, Alex Saynor, Malcolm C. Heppolette, Keith Saynor, Marjorie Walker (nee Heppolette),
Andrew Walker, Linda Saynor (nee Heppolette), Deborah Heppolette (nee Stoute).
Centre, Standing - Left to Right:
Lewis Walker, Jack Saynor.
Front, Sitting - Left to Right:
Joseph Walker, Esther Heppolette, Malcolm G. Heppolette (Dad & Grandad), Megan Walker, Anne Heppolette (Mum & Nananne, nee Thomas), Amy Heppolette, Katy Heppolette.
- S.S. Mooltan - The Ship that brought us to England (221 KB)
Alfred Leslie Heppolette, his wife Marjorie and their four children, arrived in Tilbury, London, on 2nd. December 1948 aboard this P&O Liner, S.S. Mooltan, from Bombay.
Leslie’s sister Mona Ruth Heppolette, her husband Robert Bray and three of their children were also on board. A second son, Dennis, was born in England.
- S.S. Mooltan in Dry Dock ! (679 KB)
Durung a casual visit to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich in 2004, we were 'gobsmacked' (there's no other word for it!) to find this beautifully made model of the P&O ship that brought us to England, in 1948!
The model is located in the 'Trade & Empire' gallery in the museum.
- My Parents (127 KB)
Alfred Leslie Heppolette and Marjorie Florence Heppolette (nee Rose). The photo was taken in 1966 outside their home at 19 Kenilworth Ave, S. Harrow, Middlesex.
- 9 Sadlers Lane - in summer time (555 KB)
Our previous home in England, for 19 years, from 18 Sept. 1985 to 25 Feb. 2005
- My Siblings & In-laws (326 KB)
Standing L - R, Frank, Margaret (nee Aherne), Ron Moreby, May, Verna, Anne (nee Thomas);
Sitting, L - R, Malcolm, Richard Culpeper.
The picture was taken at the wedding of May's daughter Rachael to Paul Johnson, on 7 Sep. 1996, at Bournemouth.
- Our new home - from 25/02/'05 (248 KB)
We moved here to Arborfield in Berkshire on the 25th February 2005, mainly to escape from road traffic noise on the M4 Motorway! Also, the house is smaller and easier to maintain too!
So far we are very happy in it but have yet to make new friends in the area. Will keep you posted!
- 9 Sadlers Lane - Our home in Wokingham, Berkshire. (231 KB)
We moved into this house in Winnersh, Wokingham, in September 1985, on my 50th. birthday!
The picture was taken in March 2001.
Eight of our nine grandchildren have grown up from babies while we have been here, so its seen a lot of love, parties, laughter ( and tears, of course!) and we were very sad to leave it on 25 Feb. 2005.
- Grandchildren Updated!- nearly! (145 KB)
Taken close to 7th May 2010. Already not quite up to date, because great grand daughter Joni, daughter of Emma & Chris, needs to be in there - born 27 Feb 2011, and doing beautifully.
- Our last home in India (720 KB)
F15 Tapti Road, Bhusawal, Maharashtra State, was our home in India from 1939 up to when we left India for the UK on 11th. November 1948. The picture was taken during a visit in 1999. Surprisingly the house and gardens were almost (perhaps not quite!) exactly as we remembered. Certainly the brickwork in the garden was as my Dad had laid them 51 years earlier!!
- Mother's Day, Sunday 30 March, 2003 (589 KB)
Standing L-R: Anne Heppolette (Mother & Grandmother), Emma Saynor, Malcolm Heppolette jnr, Jack Saynor, Adam (friend), Debbie Heppolette (nee Stoute), Keith Saynor.
Sitting L-R: Esther Heppolette & sisters Amy & Katy.
Family members missing from the photo: Marjie Walker (nee Heppolette), husband Andy and children Lewis, Megan & Joseph, all currently living in Princeton NJ, and Linda Saynor (nee Heppolette) visiting her sister in Princeton.
And guess who took the photo!
- Frank's 70th. Birthday Celebration (762 KB)
Family Group Photo – Taken on the occasion of Frank’s 70th. Birthday celebration on 14 June 2003.
Top Row, L – R:
Stephen Culpeper, Mrs.Caroline Culpeper, Johnnie Sanders (Emma’s friend), Emma Saynor, Debbie Heppolette (nee Stoute), Keith Saynor, Mrs.Caroline Saynor (nee Moore), John Riley, Mrs.Jane Riley (nee Heppolette – Frank’s daughter)), Mrs.Linda Saynor (nee Heppolette), Rosemarie Heppolette (Frank’s younger daughter), Mrs.Rachel Johnson (nee Moreby – May’s daughter), Ellie Johnson, Paul Johnson.
Centre Row, L – R:
Malcolm Heppolette, Mrs.Anne Heppolette, Mrs.May Moreby (nee Heppolette), Frank Heppolette, Mrs.Verna Culpeper (nee Heppolette), Richard Culpeper.
Bottom Row, L – R:
Alex Saynor, Jack Saynor, Amy Heppolette, Katy Heppolette, Emily Culpeper, Esther Heppolette, Lucy Culpeper, Paul Johnson.
Guess who took the shot! (Inset)
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