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Armed Forces / Re: John LESTER b.1771 Army reserve record 48th Foot.
« on: Yesterday at 18:34 »
Quote from: Andy J2022 on Yesterday at 18:11
Mowsehowse, in case you are unfamiliar with Chelsea records, don't forget to download the next page (the right hand arrow) as that is the back of his record sheet.

 :-* :-* Bless you Andy.
Not only unfamiliar, but blissfully oblivious!
Thank you.

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Armed Forces / Re: John LESTER b.1771 Army reserve record 48th Foot.
« on: Yesterday at 18:00 »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Yesterday at 17:17
If it's the John Lister born in Chorley, he was a pensioner of 61st Foot (1810-1814) but had also served in the reserve of 48th Regiment.  Pension records show that he died in March 1856.

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=gbm%2fwo119%2f0028%2f001_336

Thanks so much for all the assistance.
I am going a bit cross eyed trying to help this adoptee gain some biological personal history.

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Armed Forces / Re: John LESTER b.1771 Army reserve record 48th Foot.
« on: Yesterday at 17:57 »
Quote from: Ashtone on Yesterday at 17:16
There's a Pension record for a John Lister (born 1767) of "Chawley" Lancashire. Attestation: 1810.
Regiment: 61st Foot.

Excellent.
Thank you Ashtone.

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Armed Forces / Re: John LESTER b.1771 Army reserve record 48th Foot.
« on: Yesterday at 17:56 »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Yesterday at 17:06
Is it the John Lister in Wigan in the 1851 census, born in Chorley?

Yes, that's him.
I am delighted with that record card. :D
Thank you so much. Case closed, I think.

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Armed Forces / Re: John LESTER b.1771 Army reserve record 48th Foot.
« on: Yesterday at 16:44 »
Not 100% sure; it is a common enough name, but coincidental to find the entry on the census AND the FindMyPast record.

I am guessing in 1851 I could say just about anything without fear of reprisal, especially as he was around 80 years old in 1851.

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Armed Forces / Re: John LESTER b.1771 Army reserve record 48th Foot.
« on: Yesterday at 16:20 »
The records originate from E182 (Deserter Bounty Certificates)

 :o  Oh no!!!
Should I understand he was likely to have been a deserter??

Definitely being dense!!

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Armed Forces / Re: John LESTER b.1771 Army reserve record 48th Foot.
« on: Yesterday at 16:15 »
Ok. Thank you Andy.
So I will not find a record on line, and the FindMyPast info in my original post is not correct?
Or it is all I am going to get without professional help?

I have a census entry 1851 that lists him as a "Chelsea Pensioner" in Lancs.
I understand that all Army pensioners were colloquially known as Chelsea Pensioners.
(Though, as a Londoner, to me that phrase means something more specific and includes scarlet coats).

I am compiling a family history for someone adopted at birth, and I want to give a sense of what the biological family were about, but I don't want to give false information, which is why I need to know if I can cite the FindMyPast 48th Foot entry with confidence.

Many thanks.

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Armed Forces / Re: John LESTER b.1771 Army reserve record 48th Foot.
« on: Yesterday at 15:17 »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Yesterday at 15:10
Hmmm  https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3241220

Sorry?
Particulars of Account of Land and Assessed Taxes: Lancashire

How does that help me?
Clearly I am being dense!

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Armed Forces / Re: John LESTER b.1771 Army reserve record 48th Foot.
« on: Yesterday at 15:15 »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Yesterday at 15:04
"The records originate from E182 (Deserter Bounty Certificates) and WO12 (Muster Books and Pay Lists) at The National Archives."

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/napoleonic-war-records-1775---1817

Thank you. Yes. As I said, I found that on FindMyPast..............

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