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Offline Denise Robyn Langley

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Ireland 1840 35th Foot Deserters
« on: Friday 09 July 10 01:20 BST (UK) »
My ancestor Peter Langley from Balla, Mayo, deserted in March of 1840. How might I discover more about him, please? Denise

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Re: Ireland 1840 35th Foot Deserters
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 05 December 21 17:06 GMT (UK) »
Could anybody help with this old post please?

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Re: Ireland 1840 35th Foot Deserters
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 05 December 21 17:14 GMT (UK) »
Unfortunately, Trystan, there's little to go on here (age? religion? etc.). Civil registration of birth, deaths & Catholic marriages started in 1864 (from 1845 for non-Catholic marriages) so for earlier dates you need to find a location then see if church records survive (not all early one do & of those that do survive not all are online).
If this is Denise's ancestor then she might know what happened to him after 1840. If, for example, there is a civil or church marriage for him then it might give details which could help trace the family (if he was truthful or even knew the details of his parents, etc.)
Denise did make another post looking for church records which was answered by shanew147 at the time but there was no response-
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=473921.msg3334704#msg3334704
Perhaps by now she might have found more information? I see she was logged into RC the other day.
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Re: Ireland 1840 35th Foot Deserters
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 05 December 21 17:29 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: aghadowey on Sunday 05 December 21 17:14 GMT (UK)
Unfortunately, Trystan, there's little to go on here (age? religion? etc.). Civil registration of birth, deaths & Catholic marriages started in 1864 (from 1845 for non-Catholic marriages) so for earlier dates you need to find a location then see if church records survive (not all early one do & of those that do survive not all are online).
If this is Denise's ancestor then she might know what happened to him after 1840. If, for example, there is a civil or church marriage for him then it might give details which could help trace the family (if he was truthful or even knew the details of his parents, etc.)


I looked for a civil registration of marriage or death for him. The only Peter Langley I found was a 30 year-old school teacher married in Castlebar registration district 1884. Balla isn't far from Castlebar.
There may be information on his military record.

Added. Baptism registers for Balla date from 1837 so too late for Peter's baptism. Marriages from 1837.
https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/1044
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