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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFile
Ref NoMS 3850/4/6/7/1/4/2
TitleCorrespondence from Josephine Elizabeth Ogston to her mother Alice Jane Carter after her marriage
Date1910-1912
Extent1 bundle
Administrative HistoryFollowing her marriage to Walter Henry Ogston on the 16 December 1909, Josephine Oston lived in India where her husband worked for the firm of Killick Nixon in Bombay.
DescriptionForty letters written by Josephine Elizabeth Ogston to her mother Alice Jane Carter (nee Cadenhead), many from Breach Candy [sometimes spelt "Kandy"], Cumballa Hill, Bombay. Some are addressed in affectionate terms 'Dearest Madre'.

1910:
13 January 1910, 'Mr Wagstaff's Bungalow', Warden Road, Cumballa Hill
19 January 1910, Breach Kandy, Cumballa Hill, Bombay
26 January 1910, Breach Kandy, Cumballa Hill, Bombay
2 February 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
9 February 1910 [not 1909 as dated], Breach Candy, Bombay
16 February 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
24 February 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
4 March 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
8 March 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
24 March 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
14 April 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
20 April 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
28 April 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
24 May 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
2 June 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
9 June 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
17 June 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
24 June 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
1 July 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
8 July 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay (with photograph of Josephine Ogston attached)
15 July 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
22 July 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
29 July 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
5 August 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
12 August 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
13 August 1910, Mangalore
18 August 1910, Bombay
26 August 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
1 September 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
9 September 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
16 September 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
23 September 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
29 September 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
7 October 1910, Breach Candy, Bombay
14 October 1910, Mt Ida, Cumballa Hill, Bombay

1911:
7 July 1911 [or 1910?], Mt Ida, Cumballa Hill, Bombay
20 [or 25] October 1911, Race View Hotel, Mahabaleshwar
2 November 1911, Race View Hotel, Mahabaleshwar
10 November 1911, Race View Hotel, Mahabaleshwar

1912:
5 January 1912, Mt Ida, Bombay

Together with separate bundle of envelopes for 1910 letters
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