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William Connell c 1822 From Kilmarnock, Scotland
« on: Monday 25 August 14 09:56 BST (UK) »
William Connell c 1822 married Margaret Miller at Carmarthen in 1855. Later census documents say he was born in Kilmarnock Scotland.
Please could I ask if anyone has information on William before 1855?
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Re: William Connell c 1822 From Kilmarnock, Scotland
« Reply #1 on: Monday 25 August 14 13:33 BST (UK) »
Hi NormanE

I see he remained in Carmarthen, and worked on the Railway (a signalman age 69 in 1891). Children identified through the Census  & FreeBMD:   James Miller (1858), William (1859), Charles Miller(1861 b & d) Harriet Miller (1864), Robert Thompson (1866). There may also have been an earlier son named Charles, b 1856 (but I can't see a death)? 

The daughter, unmarried age 28 in 1891, married  as Harriette Miller CONNELL 1907 in Pontypridd  to Albert Charles LANE… She died in 1953 - and this obit.  said her father had been wounded at Crimea in the Charge of the Light Brigade and had been nursed by Florence Nightingale.  http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/7572938.print/

The Charge of the Light Brigade was October 1854 - a year before he married Margaret.

So possibly an Army Service Record exists for him.   If it was recorded, knowing his father's name & occupation from the 1855 marriage document, may help find him pre-1855.

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Re: William Connell c 1822 From Kilmarnock, Scotland
« Reply #2 on: Monday 25 August 14 13:49 BST (UK) »
http://www.britishbattles.com/crimean-war/balaclava.htm

These were the British units at the Crimea in 1854:

Heavy Brigade:
4th Dragoon Guards: now the Royal Dragoon Guards.
5th Dragoon Guards: now the Royal Dragoon Guards.
1st Royal Dragoons: now the Blues and Royals.
Royal Scots Greys: now the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.
6th Inniskilling Dragoons: now the Royal Dragoon Guards.

Light Brigade:
4th Light Dragoons: now the Queen’s Royal Hussars.
8th Hussars: now the Queen’s Royal Hussars.
11th Hussars: now the King’s Royal Hussars.
13th Light Dragoons: now the Light Dragoons.
17th Lancers: now the Queen’s Royal Lancers.

The Thin Red Line:
93rd Highlanders: now the Argyll and Sutherland

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AMBLY
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Re: William Connell c 1822 From Kilmarnock, Scotland
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 27 August 14 05:24 BST (UK) »
Ambly
Many thanks for your information.
I had already ordered the 1855 marriage certificate for William.
With your information a day at Kew will be a future step.
Again many thanks
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NormanE
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