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I am trying to discover more information about my gt uncle GEORGE NELSON GRANT, he was with the army until 1920 in Bombay India.
I have a photo of him with his family take in India,obviously after 1920 which shows a young child not mentioned in the army record, this could signify  that he had remarried (his wife had died previous to 1920 according to the army record)

I have obtained the birth cert of the eldest son, which shows that his mother Mary Jane, nee McCarthy orMcGuinness, was born in Malta.I may have difficulty in obtaining her birth cert as I do not know her m other`s name.

I know that the British library may have info about them and my son will be visiting there in January, being disabled I am unableto travel there myself, but in the meantime I would welcome any advice on anywhere else I could find information.

I know so far that he worked for the Central railway in Bombay, in the audit office, perhaps his son also worked there? his name was also George Nelson, he was in the army for a very brief period in 1915, from June until Sept when he was discharged ( I wonder why?, he was not wounded, I have his army record but it does not explain why he was discharged)

Two sets of twins were in the family, one of girls and one of boys (twins do run in my family)
I would dearly love to know if there are any descendants.

My gt uncle is on a passenger list for 1929 travelling back to Bombay after having been in England,
perhaps he had gone to visit family?

Possibly he remained in India and died there, but when? where else can I check for information about this?

Sadly my mother would never answer any questions about the family, and there are no living relatives now who may have known the answers, my only hope is in finding any descendants
Iam keeping my fingers crossed!

 

Hi
I have not been around for a while, been a bit under the weather again, but I still have a peep in now and then, and I just want to wish you all a Happy Christmas.

Especially to those of you have helped me during the past year, you know who you are, and I just want you to know how much it has been appreciated, so to you in particular I wish you

A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR

Thank you mmm45 for your repl;y

I looked up the para on the site you gave, does not really explain too much however, just saying that he could not be discharged under any other heading.
Still leaves me wondering

I did find his record on the pension list, it is surprising if he did receive a pension for such a very short time in the army!
I wonder what the actual reason could have been, but do`nt suppose I`ll ever find out

Snyway, thanks very ,much for your help, I will make a note of the site you gave in case it should ever be needed again.

Hello,
Thank you for the message re Joseph McCulloch.

I do not have my book to hand at the moment, so I`m not sure about that one.
I know that some of them were born in Glasgow, but whether this includes the Joseph you mention I`m not sure.

However, if you have a look at the McCullochs listed on my family tree on Tribal pages, you could see if there is a link or not, the number is
www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jarvisbarr

If you have any problems getting into the site,please let me know, the password to view is jarvisbarr.

If there is a link, I would be very pleased to know of it, and hope that you will let me know.