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Other Countries / Re: East India Company Employees
« on: Wednesday 24 April 19 20:09 BST (UK)  »
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Thinking there must be a reason why Charles, Mary & Harriet don't seem to appear on 61 and 71 Censuses,

The likely reason that occurred to me was a change of name - perhaps Harriet's mother married someone else and Harriet appears in the censuses under her stepfather's surname.

Are you sure the mother's maiden name was Covington? In think I saw an online tree that had it as Corrington.

Ive seen that too. Harriets birth certificate says Covington, and her marriage certificate has a witness named Coventry.
I've looked up various things with these names, but had no luck.

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Other Countries / Re: East India Company Employees
« on: Wednesday 24 April 19 19:37 BST (UK)  »
Why do you think he might have come back? Online trees suggest he died in Braidwood NSW in 1882.

Well, I'm just wondering if it could of been him.
Thinking there must be a reason why Charles, Mary & Harriet don't seem to appear on 61 and 71 Censuses, and I'm wondering if it's because they're out of the country.

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Other Countries / Re: East India Company Employees
« on: Wednesday 24 April 19 17:37 BST (UK)  »
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The one in the 1841 and 1851 censuses (with wife Phoebe) emigrated to Australia in April 1855.

But his son Charles (born Hackney circa 1830) wasn't with them! It looks like he followed on in 1861 (arrived NSW on the Hotspur in February of that year).
Is it possible that Charles junior came back?

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Other Countries / Re: East India Company Employees
« on: Wednesday 24 April 19 11:47 BST (UK)  »
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Other Countries / Re: East India Company Employees
« on: Wednesday 24 April 19 11:44 BST (UK)  »
Does the marriage certificate give an address for Harriet? You have said that one of the witnesses was Mary Ann Archer - who was the other witness?

Marriage between Harriet Oakley and Alfred Fuller. Forest Lane, Forest Gate.
Witnesses were James Parish (will try to post a picture, not 100% sure it says Parish) & Mary Ann Coventry

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Other Countries / Re: East India Company Employees
« on: Wednesday 24 April 19 11:09 BST (UK)  »
Also he was a soldier in the British Army. No connection with the East India Company.

Ah back to square one then. I thought I'd solved a 10 year mystery!  :-\


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Other Countries / Re: East India Company Employees
« on: Wednesday 24 April 19 10:06 BST (UK)  »
The Charles Oakley we've been researching on this thread was a soldier - he joined the army in August 1855, was born in Kidderminster and was an iron puddler by occupation. On marriage in 1871 he is recorded as a bachelor. He was in the army until August 1876 and spent most of army career (nearly 19 years) in India.

I see from earlier threads that your man was a bricklayer per his daughter's 1856 birth certificate and her 1875 marriage certificate. That doesn't fit with Charles the soldier (from 1855 to 1876) and iron puddler so I think this is a false trail.

I don't think it is a false trail.
In the 91 Census, Charles is listed as a Bricklayer also, along with his daughter who was born in India.

Also, the birth certificate I have for his other daughter, lists her to be born in Bromley by Bow. There were almshouses and docks here for the East India company and India Office.

This is why I think it all ties in.

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Other Countries / Re: East India Company Employees
« on: Tuesday 23 April 19 21:28 BST (UK)  »
possible marriage in Bengal

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGNZ-1BT


Parish entry for the marriage shows Mary was a widow and Charles was in the 38th Regiment, I think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38th_(1st_Staffordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot

Hello, I'm not sure if that is them. I have a certificate for an older daughter, Harriet, born in 1856, Bromley-By-Bow.

It lists Mary as previously Covington, so I presume they're already married before they head off to India.

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Worcestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Charles Oakley, Kidderminster
« on: Monday 22 April 19 22:13 BST (UK)  »
Looks hopeful

Thomas and Elizabeth baptise a Thomas in 1825. There's a marriage in Wolverhampton in 1845 of a Thomas Oakley and Anne Baker. in 1851 Charles is with Ann's parents in Lydney along with Thomas and Ann's daughter Ellen/Eleanor

I presume the marriage of Thomas and Ann is Thomas seniors second marriage, and not Thomas Juniors marriage?

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