Looking for descendants of Mr John Bertram Ram

Introduction

Among the large quantities of documents and photographs which make up the "family archive" we came across correspondence relating to this gentleman.

From reading the documents and carrying out both Google and Ancestry research I can provide a brief summary about him.

Origins

John Bertram Ram was born on 02 December 1886 in Wallington in Surrey.

His parents were Arthur Ram and Emma Perron.

He had one brother Arthur Cyril Ram and one sister Mary Winifred Ram. He also had one half brother, from his mother's first marriage William Cecil Lennox Lovell. This is quite significant as William also went to India and became a tea planter. He appears in several Freemasonry records and, more importantly, he married before he went to India (Florence Mildred Godson) and had one daughter Florence Phyllis Lovell. Florence went to stay with John Bertram Ram when her father died, and we have letters from her when she is told about "Jack" death.

This is the brief version of the family tree

There were multiple marriages, but few, if any, children.

His Life
My Google searches tell me that John arrived in India sometime in 1908, though I have been unable to find him on a ship living the UK at that time. I have also been unable to find him in either the 1901 or 1911 England Census.

He does appear in some shipping records. 

• 30 April 1921 he arrived in the London from Calcutta
• 30 August 1929 he arrived in Bombay from London
• 26 November 1948 he arrived in London from Bombay

I hope to find the other sides of these journeys soon. 

He never married and his address when he left London for Bombay was c/o Bank of India, Old Broad St, EC. This ties in with the fact that John lodged his will with the (State) Bank of India (dated 23 October 1954), who also served as his executor. Unusually John also did not seem to have become a Freemason.

He was a tea planter and is likely to have worked on a number of gardens, which I can check on when I next go to The British Library. My Google searches have told me that he opened up the Dhelakhat Tea Estate.

His death

John died on 27 July 1959 at Rose Cottage in Upper Shillong of cancer of the larynx, which explain the date of his will. He had tasked my great great grandfather Charles Ramage Blake (living at Nelsie Dene, Shillong) with making necessary arrangements, including for the funeral. Charles and John appear to have met when both were tea planters in Assam and subsequently continued their friendship when they became neighbours in retirement in Shillong.

Unfortunately Charles died 20 October 1959, so the tasks relating to John passed to his executors. A brief mention of John's death can be found in The Gazette of India, 1962, p365 by searching Google. The London Gazette also lists his death.

The correspondence we have relates to the Blake family trying to trace any relatives of John and to claim expenses on the estate for funeral and other expenses. One search I did said that there was a beneficiary Rene B Penrose, but that she did not make a claim. As the will was lodged in India, it is not available on Ancestry, but I am wondering if a copy is in The British Library.

If you have any connection to the individuals mentioned, please get in touch. I have left comments and sent emails to individuals I believe have a connection.