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Huntingdonshire / Huntingdonshire Militia
« on: Sunday 16 November 08 15:00 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,

Does anyone have any information on the Huntingdoneshire Militia and why a private soldier in this militia would have been in Pembrokeshire, South Wales c. 1804.  His name was Joseph Morris and he married a local girl Jane Rees in this year, and remained in Pembrokeshire for the rest of his life.  He wasn't even born in Huntingdonshire, but Northamptonshire c. 1784.

I would be very grateful for any information about the militia or possible sources of information.

Thanks.

Janice

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Ireland / Samuel Fee b. Abt 1839
« on: Sunday 24 June 07 16:41 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I'm hoping someone might have come across Samuel Fee born about 1839 in Ireland.

 He was a gunner in the Royal Artillery when he got married in 1863 in Pembrokeshire, in Wales to Sarah Warlow.  According to the Certificate his father was a William Fee, a Tailor.  Their first child was born in Pembrokeshire and then the family moved to Dumbarton in Scotland where most of the other children were born.  They are there in the 1871 and 1881 Census.  By the time of the 1891 Census they had moved back to Wales and he had left the army and was down as a Pensioner, Greenwich.  Their youngest son was born in Pembrokeshire and his wife was a Widow by the 1901 Census.

Unfortunately, I only know that his place of birth was Ireland and that his father was William Fee who was a Tailor.  I have been unable to find him in the 1861 Census, so it is probable that he was still in Ireland on the Census night.  I have not been able to find his army records although I haven't exhausted all possible records yet!

I was hoping that someone in their research may have come across the surname Fee in Church records etc.  My instinct tells me he was born in what is now Northern Ireland, but of course I could be wrong. 

Thank you.

Janice


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Carmarthenshire / John & Esther Evans, Carmarthen
« on: Saturday 16 June 07 14:37 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I have been having problems finding John and Esther Evans in the 1841 and 1861 Census. I have found them in 1851 and again in 1871, 1881 and Esther as a Widow in 1891.

He was born c. 1811 in Aberguilly in Carmarthenshire and was a Fisherman.  Esther was born c. 1812 in Newchurch, Carmarthenshire and most of their children was born in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire.

In 1851 they were in St Peters in Carmarthen at an address that is very difficult to read (Ref: HO107 2473  folio 324 p32 & 33).  In the later Census it looks like the same address "Parkywallace"! or in the 1871 Census (Ref: RG10 5497 folio 33 p60) it looks like "Park Y Berllen" and has been transcribed as such on ancestry.

So any help on what the address is and any suggestions as to why I can't find them in 1841 or 1861 would be much appreciated.  Could it be that the census is incomplete/missing etc for parts of St Peters in these years?


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