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Patrick McCabe
« on: Monday 07 August 17 12:53 BST (UK) »
Hi there,

I THINK this man below might be a relative of mine.  Is there a way to ascertain who his father was?


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First name(s)   Patrick
Last name   McCabe
Birth year   1837
Birth parish   Amatriss
Birth town   Ballybay
Birth county   Monaghan
Birth country   Ireland
Service number   3690
Rank   PRIVATE
Regiment   47th Regt Of Foot
Year   1855
Attestation date   12 Jun 1855
Attestation age years   18
Discharge corps   47th Regt Of Foot
Discharge service number   3690
Document type   Discharge
Series   Wo 97 - Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913
Archive   The National Archives
Archive reference   WO 97
Box   1536
Box record number   104
Record set   British Army Service Records
Category   Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory   Regimental & service records
Collections from   Great Britain, UK Other
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I´m looking for a Patrick McCabe born in Monaghan c 1835/1840, son of Sylvester McCabe.

Thank you in advance.

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Re: Patrick McCabe
« Reply #1 on: Monday 07 August 17 13:02 BST (UK) »
Hi there,

I THINK this man below might be a relative of mine.  Is there a way to ascertain who his father was?

I´m looking for a Patrick McCabe born in Monaghan c 1835/1840, son of Sylvester McCabe.

Thank you in advance.

Do you have a more exact location than 'Monaghan'? The date is well before civil registration of births so you'd need to see if you can find a baptism or other record to get a father's name. Do you know what religion the McCabes would have been?

Added- more details added to original post after I posted
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Re: Patrick McCabe
« Reply #2 on: Monday 07 August 17 13:06 BST (UK) »
See that you've already asked about Patrick McCabe and his father Sylvester 
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=535931.0

Added- and another thread on Patrick here-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=745576.0
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Re: Patrick McCabe
« Reply #3 on: Monday 07 August 17 13:18 BST (UK) »
Thank you for your reply ... annoyingly, I can´t be more specific than Monaghan!

The family were almost certainly RC.  Patrick married in the RC chapel in Darlington, County Durham in 1861 ... but I can´t find him in the census that year.  He also baptised his children RC and was buried RC in Yorkshire, England.

To me, the names Sylvester`or Silvester seems quite unusual which I´m hoping might narrow down a search, but I might be mistaken.

I´ve attached Patrick and his wife in 1891 Census which shows their places of birth.


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Re: Patrick McCabe
« Reply #4 on: Monday 07 August 17 13:19 BST (UK) »
Thank you aghadowey / is it best to delete those threads and start afresh now more is available online?

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Re: Patrick McCabe
« Reply #5 on: Monday 07 August 17 13:23 BST (UK) »
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Re: Patrick McCabe
« Reply #6 on: Monday 07 August 17 13:26 BST (UK) »
No reason to delete threads but add to them rather than starting new ones? Have you followed the advice you were given earlier?
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Re: Patrick McCabe
« Reply #7 on: Monday 07 August 17 13:31 BST (UK) »
My Grand Mother's Grand Father (if you follow) was a man of the same name but not the same man.  I wonder if you know that his attestation details are probably at the National Records Office in Kew?  As he was a Chelsea Out Pensioner and there were no photographs then there is a description of what he looked like no doubt to help when he went to collect his pension in Liverpool.  So mine was 5'10" , fair skin and hair and blue eyes.  No doubt if some one six foor 2 with red hair turned up he'd be chased!

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Re: Patrick McCabe
« Reply #8 on: Monday 07 August 17 13:41 BST (UK) »
Thank you aghadowey ... I did enquire about the death certificates but there was no way to confirm the details before purchasing so frustratingly, not really any further forward.

Ah thank you Ellenowen ... no I didn´t realise his attestation papers were at Kew.  I wonder if they would mention a next of kin.

There are other Patrick McCabes in the army at that time, but I´ve focused on this one as the dates fit before his marriage.  And how great to know about his description.  I´m six foot two with red hair / apparently this comes from the McCabes side.