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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: Jeff Guyett on Wednesday 06 January 21 22:01 GMT (UK)
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I am trying to find the Parents of William OAKLEY born in Gibraltar 1833/1835
he Joined the 70th Foot as 13/14yo in 1847 service no2 543
I think he's Father may have also been William Oakley (and prob was in the Army also)
he served 21 years (Indian & New Zealand)
Archive reference BCHA
Record's year range 1834
Page 222
Line number 1 (Surname Ockley?)
Record set British Armed Forces And Overseas Births And Baptisms he was a Sergeant when discharged.
Hes Fatherin Law was a Willian Linsell also in the 70th (ser no 1461) and he married he 1st Daughter Sarah (he married in Manchester & she was born in Newry)
I found this on the 70th foot for those interested
1843 England -Portsmouth to Manchester
1845 Ireland (based in Newry)
1849 India
1857 Sepoy rebellion: NW Frontier
1858 India
1861 New Zealand
I also found a List of Regiments movements up to India
in a small booklet via wikipedia
thanks Jeff
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Gro Army Chaplains Birth Indices (1796 To 1880). On FindMyPast
Has a William Ockley baptised in 1834 on Gibraltar.
I believe you can order these via the GRO and so find the father at least.
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I am on e reader, so cannot do live links, but I think 70th foot may have in in either New South Wales or Tasmania on tours as garrison in early to mid 1800s. There should be WO records, and these may have been filmed as part of a major project involving NZ, Australia and UK public records offices (various names, sometimes as public libraries, back in 1940s) .... anyway, The national library of Australia has been digitizing the many holdings in the Australian Joint Copying Project .... many many many images . . There is a handbook to guide you through this. And there's an RChat thread too. It will be part of the resources board for Australia, and I am the original poster ... RChats search engine should bring it to the top of a search using those clues.
From there you could find muster and pay lists .... which can name .. or should at least give numbers of dependants for the soldier and when that number changes .... giving clue as month and year for a baby's birth ... so then look for where the tour battalion was stationed for a baptism ....
Good Luck, the research can be difficult at first, but once you have found one soldier, you will find the task of looking easier to follow, and very interesting.
JM.
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This page show the movements of the 70th foot in the 1840's
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If anyone has his obit (1898) in the W.Middlesex Gazette, that would be great