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General => Armed Forces => Armed Forces Resources => Topic started by: Winston55 on Friday 28 June 19 05:59 BST (UK)
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Hi
Was the 74th Lancers called anything else and does anyone know where they were in the 1800s. I am looking for William Carroll who was in the 74th Lancers and his father was also called William Carroll. They were both born in Ireland. I found an 1841 Census that says they were in Glasgow at that time.
Thanks
Linda
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There was no such regiment as 74th Lancers. The 17th Lancers were in Glasgow at the time of the 1841 census and there was a Private William Carroll of that regiment recorded, with rounded down age 20. Is that who you mean?
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Yes you are absolutely right, no idea where I got the 74th from! It also lists Arabella/Isabella Purcell as 17th Lancers and that is who he married. How come she would be listed like that?
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A William CARROLL Service number 586 Troop Sergeant Major of the 17th Lancers received the Indian Mutiny Medal, died 1 March 1860.
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It also lists Arabella/Isabella Purcell as 17th Lancers and that is who he married. How come she would be listed like that?
It looks like married quarters and my guess would be that she is the wife of either Bernard or William Purcell, both privates in 17th Lancers in Govan. When did she marry William Carroll?
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I haven't been able to find a marriage date for William Carroll and Arabella/Isabella Purcell as yet.
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A William CARROLL Service number 586 Troop Sergeant Major of the 17th Lancers received the Indian Mutiny Medal, died 1 March 1860.
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Where did you find this?
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A William CARROLL Service number 586 Troop Sergeant Major of the 17th Lancers received the Indian Mutiny Medal, died 1 March 1860.
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Where did you find this?
Military records on Findmypast.
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Thanks
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The death date is not at all clear (NB the "Aldershot" bit relates to the entry above)
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Thank you
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Hi all, commented on another similar thread as well tonight... William Carroll 586 is my GGG grandfather. Might be worth mentioning though that I came across another WC in the same regiment when I was searching through the muster rolls at Kew a few years back. Their serviced seemed to overlap and I wondered if it was father and son... Sadly I lost the photos I took of the rolls when I accidentally machine washed my phone before downloading them...
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William Carroll is also my ggg grandfather!
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Do you know where he was born and any other information?
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From reading the other thread I now know that he was born in Ireland in 1821! He married Ann sometime after 1841 (as she is not with him in the 1841 census) and they had four children. Mary Ann born 1849 in Dublin, Emily born 1851 in Canterbury, William born 1853 in Hounslow and Ellen born in 1856. William died in 1860 in India. Ann and the children arrived in India shortly after he died. She returned to, probably Ireland, with Mary Ann and left the three younger children in a military orphanage school. I am descended from son William born 1853...
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I go and get this right yet!
William Carrol and Arabella Purcell are my ggg grandparents.
William born 1821 had a sister Isabella (that's all I've found so far) born circa 1822 Ireland and she married John Kieley. I am happy to share information and various certificates if you would like them.
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Oh thanks so much, I would love to share info. Was Arabella maybe his first wife or William born 1821’s mother? Is there a way of private messaging on here so that we can share privately? I’ve been on this trail for years but new to this group? Thanks, Linley in Perth, W Australia