Hi JM, I agree at first we thought that there were two men, but it seemed too much of a coincidence. We made a time table of the army records, and compared their descriptions, almost identical. The time table never overlapped, when he deserted from one regiment, he was at the other. Big question WHY. Birth dates and places of birth mmm but 34. and 43 dates reversed.? Then there is the fact that there are three births all in Holyhead, a bit out. 'Of the way.'
Birth certificates, we have all three and with William the son, mother Mary Susanna, the other two mother Ellen. I only have the marriage details of the first marriage from a Scotlands people record. But have a copy of Ellen and Williams marriage cert. Different name for Williams father and he is down as a steward on a ship. William is named on Louise 's certificate, but on Rosies there is nothing for father, was he the father? who knows, born in the workhouse. That is the last record of him with Ellen. The fact that apart from the married couple who only appear once, there are no other recorded Leadsdales, the baby I think could be Mary Susannas....
It is good to have you question our thoughts, made us go over what we know, well as far as we can assume from the records that we have.
Regards Ll
