File:Emily Maria Waller, Mrs Edward Boudier by Silvy.jpg

English: My photo (R. de SalisRodolph (talk) 00:45, 13 August 2013 (UTC)) of a photo cdv of Emily Maria Waller, from 1862 Mrs Edward Boudier, by C. Silvy.

This 1862 photo is an image of my great grandmother, Emily Maria Waller who married my great grandfather, Edward William Boudier on May 15, 1862 in her home parish church of St. Peter's in Farmington, Gloucester, England. The parish church is directly across the road from the Waller manor house, which still stands. Edward’s father, Rev. John Boudier, Vicar of St. Mary’s, Warwick, performed the service. According to their wedding certificate, Edward was a Major in the Madras Army of the East India Company. Emily was the seventh child of Harry Edmund Waller and Caroline Elizabeth Larking. Edward was the second child of Rev. John Boudier and Marianne Rooke. Edward was a career military man, enlisting in the East India Company Army in January 1836. After the establishment of the British Raj in 1858, he continued his service in the British Army, commanding Indian troops. He retired in 1881 with the rank of Lieutenant General. Emily and Edward traveled to India shortly after their wedding. Their first child, Georgiana, was born there. The second child, Edward William, was born in Gloucester. Next came Caroline, who was born in Warwick. Their fourth, Harry Edmund, was born prematurely on January 5, 1870 and died the same day in Rangoon. The family returned to England and took up residence in Torquay, Devon, where two more children were born- Emily ("Dolly") and Harry Edmund. This Harry Edmund is my grandfather. The family lived in Torquay until January 1891, two months after Edward passed on. In 1891, Emily, Dolly, and Harry left the area. Harry immigrated to the United States in that year and bought land in Napa, California, where he farmed until his death in 1955. Emily Maria passed away March 11, 1919 at Great Malvern, Worcestershire. Bill Boudier,Roseville, CA bboudier@comcast.net Boudier Family Historian

references

Madras Military Fund, India Office, London; St. Catherine's House Records, London; Wills 1919 Somerset House, London; Bengal Ecclesiastical Returns, India Office, London; The Army List, various quarters; The Torquay Directory and South Devon Journal, November 12,1890 & January 5, 1991; Passengers' List District of the City of New York, Port of New York.