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Hi,
I'd looked for George on Scotland's People a while ago, the best match I came up with was the one for the baptism in May 1772 to John Houden and Janet Ladlie, the birth date is given as May 2nd. Interestingly one of the witnesses is a William Houden and William is the name of one of George's sons later on in Liverpool. Also when George marries Mary Petty in Liverpool in 1798 he is down as Houden, and again in 1814 when he marries Ann Maria Bennett,  although some of his children are recorded as Howden others are Houden. I don't feel that I have proved the connection enough to actually put John and Janet onto my family tree, and I can't see how I ever will prove it but I am willing to pencil them in with question marks. Hope this is of some help.

If it is of any help, Thomas Croke, son of Patrick and Ellen, was born in April 1861. The pay list for 2nd battalion 18th Regiment of  Foot, that I looked at a few years ago at the National Archives states that Patrick Croke was placed on the roll of the married establishment 1st February 1864 and the July 1/4 1869 list gives his wife as Ellen and the 4 children as aged 8 years 2 months, 6 years 11 months, 2 years 0 months and 1 month. I didn't find Patrick on all the pay lists but one muster roll mentioned that he was in Australia for a while, the rest of the time they were in New Zealand. As the eldest 2 children were born before he was on the married establishment there is no more detail about them. I didn't find his attestation papers so I didn't realize he signed up in Liverpool. I'd also not been able to find the marriage. If you have any more on Patrick I would love to hear about him.