Hello, I hope I'm posting this correctly, apologies if not (pretty new to this forum thing!)
I'm looking to see if anyone can help with a part of my family tree I've been stuck on for the past year or so!
I know one of my ancestors was born in the West Indies around 1823. From her marriage certificate it shows me that her father, named as Robert Renton, was a soldier. I've found by searching online that the 33rd regiment was posted to Jamaica and would have been there at the time of her birth.
I'm unable to find anything for her father. I have no idea how to find if he came back, why she ended up in Yorkshire, as the first record I can find for her is the 1841 census by which point she is already married.
I'm also curious to know a bit more about whether the soldier would travel with his wife? Or would he have possibly married out there? I understand that there may have been a high number of deaths during their posting in the West Indies due to tropical diseases so it's possible he may not have come back to England.
Any help on how I can try and trace further info would be much appreciated.
