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Topic: Royal Artillery at Athlone (Read 2276 times)
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Elton
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Hi,
Don't know if this helps,my grt Grandfather was in The Barracks at Athlone not sure when he went but his son was born there in 1894,and then his daughter was born in 1897 in Newcastle on Tyne Barracks ,but thats all I know about his movements.
Janice.
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Taidquest
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hi eliana,
there is some useful information on the link below,
not directly about the artillery but I think you will find it useful in
tracking down any records.
regards.anne
http://www.athlone.ie/AboutAthlone/Genealogy.aspx
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Owens,William & Bridget nee connolly ( a.k.a. sarah ann.Mary) children William b. 1875,John b1885,Thomas b.1878,Elizabeth b.?.John born in or near st peters parish.family may have welsh connections.will junior married 1896.Four other children born but died before 1911. Mooney,McGrath,Owens,Dublin. Connolly,Dublin Kavanagh,Liverpool,Smyth, O'Brien.Dublin. Coates/Kelly,midlands & Dublin . Census information is Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Elton
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Hi,
Thank you for info,sorry I'm late in replying summer!!!! holidays
Janice.
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Taidquest
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no problem janice,hope you got somewhere
out of the rain  . happy rellie hunting.
regards,anne
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Owens,William & Bridget nee connolly ( a.k.a. sarah ann.Mary) children William b. 1875,John b1885,Thomas b.1878,Elizabeth b.?.John born in or near st peters parish.family may have welsh connections.will junior married 1896.Four other children born but died before 1911. Mooney,McGrath,Owens,Dublin. Connolly,Dublin Kavanagh,Liverpool,Smyth, O'Brien.Dublin. Coates/Kelly,midlands & Dublin . Census information is Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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jilly43
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Would anyone know if Briish servicemen were serving in Ireland as early as 1818? Particulary in the Westmeath area. I have hit a brick wall with my grt. grandfathers research, on his marriage cert. it says of Newtown Westmeath.
also on his tombstone it says of Newtown, County Westmeath. I only have his fathers name (Wiliam) lfrom marriage cert. but of course it does not say where he was from. The surname was Johnston and I have been unable to trace any Johnstons who were in Westmeath at that time, I am now beginning to wonder if in fact his father maybe met an Irish girl and they produced my Grt Grandfather Robert Hardcastle Johnston. What would be the chances that there would still be any service records going back that far.
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J.
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judav
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I have an ancestor stationed at Athlone around 1862 and during a recent visit I got articles about the barracks around that time. One refers to the barracks having troops in 1811. Happy to plough my way through these if anybody wants me to look for anything which might help.
My ancestor in Royal Artillery also served Dublin, Malta, Crimea & Shorncliffe.
Judy,
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jilly43
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Hi Judav,
Would you kindly see if there are any Johnston's listed.
(see my post previous to yours.)
Thanks
Jill
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judav
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Hi Jill. Sorry, can't see any Johnston. There are very few names mentioned in the articles. More generally, the following might be of interest:-
The barracks is one of the oldest in Europe, established shortly after the siege of Athlone in 1691. Known as Victoria Barracks in the 19th century it was re-named Custume Barracks in 1922.
In the mid-nineteenth century there was fear in the town that the military barracks would close as troops were being dispatched in such numbers for the Crimea that very few soldiers were left there.
Judy
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LouiseB31
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My Great great grandparents, Charles Hilton and Catherine Brady were married in Athlone in the 1880s.
She was a local Athlone girl, the daughter of a Dublin couple who had moved there, her husband was an English soldier based there. After they were married they moved to other barracks in other parts of Great Britain (which of course Ireland still was then) including Dublin and ended up in Scarborough.
Your ancestor could easily have been English or Scottish or Welsh and settled there after leaving the army Jill
Eliana- expect any soldiers in Athlone to be stationed there only for a a period of their career, just as now soldiers back then were moved a lot from place to place.
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Baldock, Benn, Millward, Harriman, Wilson, Hilton, Fairclough, Hadley, Bedford, Brady, Jutson, Sharp, Pinfold, Butler, Mottram, Upton, Daffern, Lister, Shellswell, Skelding, Wall, Scattergood, Ferguson and then his family - Lord, Machin, Gowling, Eckersley, Atkinson all from Manchester area
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Notinpastyet
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Hi Jill,don't know if this is any help, but I do know for a fact that there were Johnston in Co Westmeath as I've got a Bridget Johnston on my family lists.I've typed in a search at IFHF & they have a record of 192 births,95 marriages,50 deaths for Johnston in Co Westmeath.Griffiths Valuation listed 48 names for Johnston in Westmeath & I notice that there are two listed for the parish Newtown Westmeath -Fineas Johnston,tenant of house & garden,townland is Ballykilmore,place name Tyrellspass.Then other one is William Johnston, he is a landlord,townland Ballykilmore & place name is also Ballykilmore.Hope this may give you some leads,Regards Nipy
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jilly43
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Hi Nipy Thanks so much for your reply, just when you think there is nothing more to find, something like your reply appears, that is what is so exciting about this game!! I am very interested in the William Johnston you mention you are obviously more skilled at these searches than I am. Could you advise me how I would find out more detail about William like dates etc. to establish iF this might be the one. Anything you can do to throw some light on this would be much appreciated.
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jilly 
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Notinpastyet
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I'm sorry Jilly if I've raised your hopes,I'm not so good at finding info -hit or miss thats me,but I always try & keep my eyes peeled for folks as people do for me (that's the great thing about this site ah!)The only thing I can give you to play with is - there are 3 William Johnston marriages record with IFHF for Westmeath the dates are 1836,1840,1896 But none of them are for the area of Newton (which is a shame)Looked at G/V again & there are 2 more William Johnston's listed for Westmeath both are tenants one parish Castllelost,townland Farthingstown,place name is also Farthingstown,the other one is Bridge street Mullingar.Jilly I'm not going to make a rude joke about the name of the last townland.Regards Nipy
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