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Hi Aghadowey,

Thanks again for your earlier post. Turns out you were right! I ordered a copy of the original marriage certificate and Corporal (later Sergeant) James Wilson did indeed marry my Isabella Hamilton at Birr / Parsonstown on 3 August 1849. I had to check the certificate to make sure he was in the 89th Regiment of Foot, which was correct.

Thanks!

Edwin ('Monty')

Yes, Umballa, India, most probably in the late 1850s ...

Thanks very much for your quick reply to my post. James was from Ballymoney, but after he left the army in India he returned to Ireland settled in Carlow, where he married his second wife, Elizabeth Worthington in 1866.

I did find one marriage between a James Wilson and an Isabella Hamilton in 1847 in Co Down. As you say, I need to start ordering certificates until I find the right one. Thank you again.

I'm only going by the earlier post by Blemdookie. I didn't realise that there were so many places called Ballymoney in Ireland or even within Co Antrim. I don't know where James Wilson married his first wife, but their daughter Martha Matilda Wilson was born in Sligo in 1849, although again, I don't know exactly where in Co Sligo. Perhaps his first wife was from Co Sligo? Or maybe there was an army barracks there? The search continues ,,,

Did anyone find any more about the first wife of Sergeant James Wilson please? Some sources say she was born Frances Haddock, others Isabella Hamilton. Does anyone know when and where James Wilson married his first wife, please and when she was killed by the tigers? James was born in Ballymoney, Ireland in 1827 and married his 2nd wife Elizabeth Worthington in Carlow in 1866. It is his first wife that has me stumped! I am descended from Martha Matilda Wilson Haddock, the daughter of his first wife. Amy help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated.