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I hope I am posting this in the right place.  Also I have to acknowledge that the text is a cousin's.  We share the same gt grandmother, and we have only just got to know each other on the net.  Clearly we share the same interest in an ancestress, Harriet Stack.  My cousin's text explains the rest:

"I’m currently doing some research on my family history. The records in Ireland aren’t readily available online before 1850. We have no definitive proof at this stage, but believe there is a strong possibility that there is a relationship to General Edward Stack b 1750, d 1833. My father recalls older generations speaking of a French connection in the Family. This was possibly General Stack’s wife who we think was called Amelia or some possible variation of this name.  [Amélie? - Xotan]

Amelia is a name that has featured in the Simpson family through several generations. I have an aunt (my father’s sister) named Amelia. My Great Grandmother and Great Great Grandmother were also Amelia. Amelia first appeared in the family tree with my Great Great Grandmother - Amelia Simpson (née Roche or Roache – the exact spelling is unclear, but we think it’s Roche). She married my Great Grandfather, Alfred Simpson, in January 1880. She was born in 1863 and died on February 2, 1933. I can see from the details on the marriage certificate that her father’s name was Stephen Roche. There is no reference to her mother’s name. We’re guessing that her mother could have been a daughter of General Stack. 

There is a story in the family that General Stack’s wife came from a French Protestant family and converted to Catholicism in order to marry him. Following this, her family disowned her, but didn’t give her some property in Dublin which we believe was in the Golden Bridge area where my father’s side of the family originates from.

Do you have any information regarding General Stack’s wife and children? This may help me tie Amelia Roche to General Stack. There is some information online about General Stack and his career, but I've been unable to find anything regarding his wife and children.

Thanks,"

The same story has come down on my side of the family.  IN fact, I recall my grandmother Amelia (obit 1962) refer to the General's wife as Lady Amelia, who presumably was thought to be Harriet's mother.  None of us, however, have been able to go back beyond Stephen Roche (1818 - 1893) and his wife Harriet Stack.

At this point, having hit the brickwall, is there any chance that some kind soul out there could have some information which would advance our search, please?

Xotan/David

I am trying to get information, please, on Susanna(h) King (maiden name unknown) married to Joseph King (b. 1767 Dorchester on Thames).  The marriage may possibly have taken place in Marsh Baldon.  As their first child was born in 7 November 1802, presumably they were married before that date.

I would be especially interested in knowing Susanna's maiden name and the date of the marriage, if this were possible.

Joseph's parents were Joseph and Lewis (Lois?  Louise? - difficulty in transcription) King.  Anything that would clarify Lewis's name and give their dates would be welcome too.

The King family lived in Dorchester on Thames

Can anyone help, please?

My grandfather, Kenric Vincent King, was born in Dorchester on Thames, Oxon, about 1881.

He married my grandmother, Amelia Simpson, in Dublin in 1909.

At the time my mother, Alice Mary King, was born (1911) he was serving as a private in the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment and was living in married quarters, Western Heights, Dover, U.D.

At some point the family moved to Dublin, and he lived there until his death in 1950.

I have been trying to put together some coherent picture of his life, but am unable to ascertain the circumstances of his move to Ireland.  His siblings continued to live in Dorchester on Thames, and contact with them was maintained until his death.  Thereafter it lapsed, and I am unaware of any descendants that may be there (or elsewhere).

I wrote to the Regiment's museum and received a very kind reply.  Sadly it indicated that there was no extant record of my grandfather's service.  It appears that many records were destroyed in the Blitz in the Second World War.  My hope had been that would be some hints to glean, in particular whether or not he served in the Great War.  There was never any mention of this in the family.  Equally there was never any mention of his nephew, Horace King, who served in the 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and who was killed in action in France or Flanders on 25th September, 1915.  Horace is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres and on the War Memorial in Dorchester.  So, the lack of mention could mean something or nothing...

I was unable to find any reference to him in the 1911 Census.

It strikes me that there may be something to be learned of his relocation/s from the posting of my grandfather's regiment.  Could it have been posted to Dublin?  I am aware, of course that these were very troubled times in Ireland.  On the other hand, he could have served his term and have been a civilian again.  In this case, had he moved to Ireland before the outbreak of war, he would likely not have been liable for call up as there was no conscription there.  All mysterious and, perhaps, a little curious.

I would be grateful if anyone could suggest other likely paths to follow so that I can piece together more information about my grandfather, and in particular about the period between my last record of him in England (my mother's birth certificate - 1911) and his move to Ireland.

For the reason stated in my previous paragraph it seems to me that this is the proper county in which to post this enquiry.  If not, please excuse me, and perhaps a moderator would advise me.

 On Holidays and still checking the family. on a borrowed computer.

On the distaff side, one of our ancestresses seems to have been French.  ~She married Lt. General (Thomas?) Stack [b. 1781- d. 1833, buried in Goldenbridge] based at Richmond Barracks, Dublin.  She was Amelia (surname unknown), and this, possibly could have been rendered 'Amelie'.

Can anyone suggest as to where I should start investigation, please?


David.

I am looking for any information about my father, Nicholas Monks's service in the RAF.  I have some photos a few other mementos.  Not a lot, really.   I do, however, recall him recounting tales of his time in Palestine during the 1940s, and at Fairford in Gloucestershire (I believe) later.

I'm not at all clear what the RAF was doing in Palestine, but presumably it had a war-time role, and would also have seen service in the latter days of the Mandate there, prior to the setting up of the state of Israel.

His rank was Sergeant 1902689

Can anyone help,. please?

David