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I am trying to pin down the birthplace of a child christened in Ireland in May 1846. His Irish father's Chelsea Pensioner records state that he was at the Battle of Sabraon, which was 10 Feb 1846. His mother was born and raised in India, so no personal Irish connections, married the father only 7 months prior to the christening and probably travelled there with the regiment. I haven't been able to find a record of the birth in India.

I know the regiment did go to Ireland, but haven't been able to find any specific dates. From those I mention above, it seems a pretty tight window to finish a battle and almost immediately embark for a homeward voyage. I would very much appreciate some help from the experts.

Didy

Alan Le Vere enlisted in the Australian Army in January 1941, giving London, England as his place of birth and 1911 as his year of birth. He served in the Australian Army for the remainder of the war and was not discharged until late 1945, remaining in Australia. He had an American accent.

There is a US draft card for him online, completed in Feb 1944, but unsigned. It contains an Australian address, with his employer listed as the Australian Army. it also states he was born in 1907 in New Orleans, La. The stamp of the Local Board says "Local Board No.1 - For. Washington, D.C."

The only other point of interest is the "Person who will always know your address", an aunt in Illinois named Carolyn Creighton, whose connection is proving hard to trace.

How were draft cards generated, especially in the person's absence? Was registration compulsory, and if so, how was compliance checked? Were they based on US residence? Was there any checking of birth details etc? How did the government even know they existed otherwise?

Lots of questions, I know, but it's proving very difficult to identify him correctly. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Didy

George Luckett appeared with a number of others at Walsall Police Court to answer a charge of having been concerned in a prize-fight between some Birmingham pugilists in February 1868. The newspaper report describes him as above. I know that Luckett was a former publican and described in a number of other reports as a bookmaker.

My query concerns his alias. Does this imply an unwillingness to pay up, or some other shifty characteristic? I've only seen it mentioned once amongst a number of articles spread over about two decades.

Didy

Are PDF certificates issued automatically, or do they require some manual input? I can understand delays in producing paper copies during this current period of COVID-19 restrictions, but wondered whether the system could simply use the references supplied in the application to generate the PDF.

My techy grandchildren will be shaking their heads at me, but I do my best to try to understand how these mysteries work.

Didy
 

I am searching for a birth of a son with an unnamed father in order to find the mother's name. I know the father's name, because he acknowledged the son was his, but the son is not registered under the father's surname.

The son was known as Edward Summers, and from his age at marriage and death, he would have been born about 1855, in Adelaide. His father is named on his marriage as Nathaniel Summers. Nathaniel Summers had a son, Henry William, born to his wife Jane Good Whittard in 1850. The couple were separated, and the only surviving reference to Edward's mother in the known family history is that she was "the servant girl". Nathaniel died in 1860, but Edward is not named in his will. Edward was apparently old enough to have been sent to school by Nathaniel, so it is possible he may have been born before 1855.

Assuming his first name is the same, is it possible to look for any Edwards born in the early 1850s without knowing the surname?