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I've been trying for 3 years to find more info on my great-grandfather William Silvester Wilson. On the Genealogy Just Ask! page, someone was able to find out for me that he signed his Attestation Papers in Cork on 30 January 1858 with the 8th Regiment of Foot, Service Number 368. He served 6 years & 275 days.  During that time he served abroad for 6 years; Gibraltar for 5 years and 12 days, and Malta for 1 year and 43 days. He served until 6 October 1864. He was discharged 7 February 1865 due to chronic bronchitis.  I'm thinking that because he signed in Cork, he was from Scotland and may have returned there after he left the Regiment. His daughter Hannah Isabella Wilson was born in either 1871 or 1874, apparently in Malta although I have no proof of this. (1891 & 1901 England Census show Malta; 1911 Census shows "Unknown" then they emigrated to Canada. I have everything from there on.) It's possible her mother's name was Jane Dade, or it could have been Hannah Isabella, last name unknown. I'm hoping if I can find confirmation of William's service record, that will lead me to something that documents his wife's name, perhaps his child's name, his parents' names... anything !!  Thanks for any help you can provide.