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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Re: Horne family of East Lothian
« on: Sunday 22 March 09 20:19 GMT (UK)  »
No , as yet not been able to find them.  when I get a chance I will check out the opr from the LDS records. I have a copy of the film at the local church.  May be a while before I can get there though .
Elaine.

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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Re: Horne family of East Lothian
« on: Sunday 22 March 09 19:19 GMT (UK)  »
I have a  Marion Howie  whose parents were John Howie and Marion Murdock Any connection ? Also from Tranent

Elaine

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The Lighter Side / Re: Can an accent ever be Lost ?
« on: Wednesday 07 January 09 16:42 GMT (UK)  »
I moved from Scotland to the States 30 years ago, but I still have my Scottish accent.  I don't consciously try to keep it, it is just still there. More so when I get of plane in Edinburgh.
On the other hand my sister moved to Australia and she is Aussie to the core, my brother moved to England and he has a English accent.
My children have moved around the world with us they don't have a Scottish accent but they understand the lingo. 

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Kildare / Re: Curragh Camp. Regiments
« on: Wednesday 07 January 09 16:26 GMT (UK)  »
Lizzie,

I think it was all a matter of survival.

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Kildare / Re: Curragh Camp. Regiments
« on: Wednesday 07 January 09 15:27 GMT (UK)  »
Mick_Dolan86,

Thank you for this explanation, It certainly would explain a lot.   What a tough life they led.


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Armed Forces / Re: Soldier ancestor early 1800's
« on: Monday 05 January 09 22:02 GMT (UK)  »
Kim1971 , Valda

Kim , sorry a typo, he was born in 1824.
Valda,  In the 1851 census in the Channel Islands, his wife Mary and 2 eldest children were also in the Channel Islands, but you have a good point, I did assume that the John in the census was my John, but I could be wrong.
I do not know why the children had birth certificates from the 54th.  It looks as though they were all made out at the same time, after the 1851 birth  of Catherine in Wales, they have the same page # and the certificate #s are sequential.  But I can't find John with the 54th.
I have Mary and her two eldest children in Dalgety Fife in 1861, but no trace of John until the 1871 census.
I have been grasping at straws with this, and could be way of base. 
Thank you for all the information.  This is certainly a learning experience.

Elaine

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Armed Forces / Re: Soldier ancestor early 1800's
« on: Sunday 04 January 09 22:16 GMT (UK)  »
I am looking for a John Benn born in Ireland 1842.
I have him with the 26th Reg in the Channel Islands in 1851 census
But he had a child born in Wales in Dec 1851 and the certificate was signed by the Depot 54 Reg of Foot
  I have not yet tried the muster books.  But I live in Maine USA so it is proving difficult.

Elaine

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Armed Forces / Re: Soldier ancestor early 1800's
« on: Sunday 04 January 09 21:42 GMT (UK)  »
Ken,

Thank you for all this information.  When I get on the NA site I end up going round in circles.

Elaine

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Kildare / Re: Curragh Camp. Regiments
« on: Wednesday 31 December 08 16:25 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you everyone for all this valuable information. 
In the mid 1800's when a soldier was posted was a spouse able to join him in the local barracks ?
I have a soldier with the 26th reg in the Channel Islands (1851), but the birth certificates for his children  were all provided by the 59th of foot. 2 children born in Ireland  1846,1848 and one in Wales 1851.
Does anyone have any explanation for this ?

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