Lawrence Samuel Durrell (1884 - 1928)

Born 23 Sep 1884 in South Dumdum, West Bengal, India

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa Florence Emily (Dixie) Durrell — married 23 Nov 1910 in Roorkee, Bengal, India.

Died 16 Apr 1928 at age 43 in Civil Hospital, Dalhousie, Punjab (or Dalhousie, Himāchal Pradesh), India.

Biography

Lawrence Durrell is Notable.

Lawrence Samuel Durrell (1884. -1928) was the son of Samuel Amos Durrell and his wife, Dora Maria Johnstone. ^[1]

British India Office Births & Baptisms

First name(s) Lawrence Samuel

Last name Durrell

Birth year 1884

Birth date 23 Sep 1884

Baptism year 1884

Baptism date 7 Oct 1884

Place Fatehgarh

Presidency Bengal

Father's first name(s) Samuel

Father's last name Durrell

Mother's first name(s) Dora Maria

Mother's last name - ^[2]

He was baptised on the 7th of October 1884 at Fatehgarh, Bengall, India.

He was an engineer by profession; he studied at the Thomason College of Civil Engineering in Roorkee, Bengal, India

Whilst in Roorkee, he met Louisa Florence Dixie and married her there on the 23rd of November 1910.  : British India Office Marriages

First name(s) Lawrence Samuel

Last name Durrell

Marriage year 1910

Marriage date 23 Nov 1910

Spouse's first name Louisa Florence

Spouse's last name Dixie

Place Roorkee

Presidency Bengal

Groom's age 25

Bride's age 24

Groom's father's first name Samuel Amos

Groom's father's last name Durrell

Bride's father's first name Louisa Florence

Bride's father's last name Dixie ^[3]

The couple had three sons and two daughters: Lawrence (1912), Margery Ruth (1915), Leslie (1918), Margaret (1919), and Gerald (1925).

In 1918, Lawrence Samuel Durrell became the chief engineer of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. In 1920 he left that company to found his own company Durrell & Co., Engineers and Contractors at Sakci, which became the industrial boomtown of Jamshedpur. Many of the important industrial constructions in Jamshedpur were undertaken by his company, including the Tinplate Company of India, the Indian Cable Company, and the Enamelled Ironware Company, and contractual work for the Tata Iron and Steel Works.

He died aged 43 on the 16th of April 1928 in the Civil Hospital, Dalhousie, Punjab, India. ^[4]

British India Office Deaths & Burials

First name(s) Lawrence Samuel

Last name Durrell

Death year 1928

Place Delhi

Presidency Bengal

Endowment 40 Rupees

Copyright - Kabristan Archives

Sources

1. ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by Larry Durrell as remembered 4 Feb 2021.
2. ↑ Archive reference N-1-190, Folio 20; Catalogue descriptions-Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal
3. ↑ Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal, 1713-1948; Archive reference N-1-369, Folio number 61
4. ↑ The Peerage.com (M, #431778).

See Also:

Wikipedia Lawrence Samuel Durrell.