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Hello,

Is there any way to ascertain whether these ships my ancestor served on from Portsmouth ever journeyed to Canada?

Duke of Wellington - Served from unknown until Jan 1873
Achilles - Jan 1873 until Jan 1875
Duke of Wellington - Jan until Apr 1875
Hercules - Apr until De 1875
Hibernia - Dec 1875
Hercules - Dec 1875 until Apr 1877
Excellent - May 1877 until Sept 1878
Osborne - Sept 1878 until Mar 1880
Asia - Apr 1880 until Feb 1881
Osbourne - Feb 1881 until Aug 1887

Any help would be much appreciated!

Annaliese

It's possible that they were named Lawrence because Benjamin Lawrence was their father and as Ann Elizabeth wasn't married to him, it was a way of showing the relationship.  You quite often see this with children born to single women, the father's surname is given as a middle name.
Although, Benjamin does name Frederick on his marriage cert...


 

An interesting theory! Although on both Birth certs for Benjamin and his sister Ann their father is named as Frederick Parkinson. But then if he was at sea in the navy I spose there is a lot of opportunity for shenanigans to happen!

However, the Parkinson name is the one that carried down the line so that would suggest that Benjamin believed himself to be Frederick’s son 😕

Hmmm!

Hello,

I've recently come across something interesting whilst researching the Parkinson side of my family. My GGG-Grandfather was called Frederick Parkinson (b.1822 Portsmouth) and he had 3 children with Ann Elizabeth Thomas: Frederick, Benjamin, and Ann.

Ann appears in the 1851 census but just as a visitor along with Frederick. There is then no more records of her as far as I can see. However, I have stumbled across a picture of Frederick that somebody else has put onto Ancestry. We now believe Frederick went on to remarry a Margaret Craggs (However, we cannot find a marriage cert) and live in Northumberland with a new family.

The reason we are nearly certain of this is that his naval service records match with his occupation in the 1861 and 1871 censuses we've found him in.

My real question is: what happened to Ann Elizabeth and the children?

In the 1861 census with Frederick and the new family there is no mention of the children from his previous marriage (and they would have been young at this point.) Although, there seems to be another son called Frederick through his 2nd marriage but the birth date is different!

I haven't found a death cert of Ann Elizabeth. Nor have I found the children in a 1861 census, which I think will be the key to this.

If anyone is able to help or point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful!

Hello, I need some help as I’ve hit a brick wall with researching my ancestor, John Kenny. This is all the info I have on him so far:

Marriage to Hannah McAuliffe
St Nicolas, Cork
15th Oct 1868
Fathers name listed as Daniel Kenny

Child: Anne Kate
8th Apr 1870
John’s Profession: Private 81st Reg
Location: Barrackton

Child: Daniel James
22 July 1872
John’s Profession: Labourer
Location: 7 or 17 Barrackton

Child: Elizabeth Ellen
7th Sept 1876
John’s Profession: Porter
Location: 115 Old Youghal Road

Child: Maryanne
26th Feb 1879
John’s Profession: Pensioner

Death
14th Jan 1892
Age 50
Profession: Porter

I have found records of a John Kenny in the 81st Regiment, but I’m not 100% sure yet.

Service Records:
81st Regiment
Soldier number: 2614
Rank: Private
Birth year: 1835
Birth Place: Templemore, Tipperary
Birth Parish: Gortnagoona
Attestation Date: 3 Feb 1852

There is a record of him stationed at Rawulpindee in 1861 in the 81st Reg

There is also a record of a John Kenny in the 27th Inniskilling Regiment of Foot in 1871 as a Private with the same Regimental number. However I don’t know if it’s possible to carry over regimental numbers to a different regiment?

Any help in locating John’s birth registration or confirming that these are his military records would be most appreciated!