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Armed Forces / Re: Musters 25th KOSB
« on: Thursday 08 July 21 11:06 BST (UK) »
Many thanks Shaun!
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Armed Forces / Musters 25th KOSB
« on: Thursday 08 July 21 09:56 BST (UK) »
I would appreciate some advice about where to locate paylists and musters for the KOSB between 1831 and 1838 please. I did add to an old thread related to the 25th but nobody has jumped onto it.
Thank you, Jennifer
Thank you, Jennifer
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Armed Forces / Re: Kings Own Scottish Borderers, 25th regiment foot
« on: Thursday 24 June 21 09:04 BST (UK) »
I know this is a very old thread but it is of interest to me. I have many, many questions but by way of introduction I will start off with just a few comments. An ancestor, Richard Bruce 546 enlisted in the 25th at Paisley on the 12th February 1831 and I am attempting to track his movements to see how it meshes with his having a wife and young family as well as trying to identify his parents. Richard later volunteered to the 11th Foot on the 4th January 1838 and eventually boarded the Mayda with convicts in 1845, landed on Norfolk Island and eventually was discharged in Sydney. The family settled in South Australia. I do have some information provided by a researcher 40 years who engaged Kintracers Ltd in England to do a search. I see myself possibly retracing that research. Jennifer
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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: STEWARD bdm in Whitby
« on: Sunday 25 April 21 08:58 BST (UK) »
Now I have a responsibility to share that information! I don't really mind - I just wish people would check facts before "collecting" them. I can always rely on Rootschat members. Thank you once again.
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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: STEWARD bdm in Whitby
« on: Sunday 25 April 21 08:50 BST (UK) »
I am thinking that particular baptism is not likely given the father's occupation. Not written off but certainly but aside for the time while I explore other possibilities. William was found in possession of forged banknotes. He was indicted and transported to New South Wales on the Fortune 2 in 1813. His trade in the convict records was always listed as shoemaker. His wife and two daughters were brought out by separate ship in 1814. I have a copy of a letter he wrote to the Bank of England pleading his case and that correspondence also indicates his trade was cordwainer. This has little to do with my enquiry, but there was an offer on the table that if he enlisted in the army his sentence would be written off - but he chose not to have to abandon his family, which is what would have followed that action. Thank you again, Jennifer
P.S. Just spotted your latest post regarding the marriage.
P.S. Just spotted your latest post regarding the marriage.
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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: STEWARD bdm in Whitby
« on: Sunday 25 April 21 08:30 BST (UK) »
That's the date which is cropping up in online trees William Steward was in London with the occupation of cordwainer and then in the colony, no such fancy title but he was a shoemaker. So no neat matching of occupations - I can only imagine what a heckler is and sideshows come to mind. William's surname is variously spelled as Steward, Stewart and once or twice Stuart. Thanks, Jennifer
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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: STEWARD bdm in Whitby
« on: Sunday 25 April 21 02:36 BST (UK) »
No offence taken. Had not heard of the first one and will explore that. Using FamilySearch I have found the transcript for the baptism that people have in their online trees for Jane, nothing for Mary. Links to the Whitby register images are not available on FamilySearch (as they are for other surnames I am researching). A broad search for William (the father) in Yorkshire brings up multiple possibilities. Being able to go through the registers page by page can be time consuming and hard on the eyes but often very productive as you see patterns and details you can otherwise miss. Many thanks. Jennifer
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Yorkshire (North Riding) / STEWARD bdm in Whitby
« on: Sunday 25 April 21 01:33 BST (UK) »
I am asking whether there is a way to locate parish registers for Whitby in the early 1800s. I am looking for a marriage of William STEWARD to a SARAH and baptisms for daughters JANE and MARY though these events may have taken place in London. William's place of birth is shown as Yorkshire in about 1870. A number of online trees are pointing to the marriage and baptisms happening in Whitby but as far as I can see they have no sources. It would be good to see what the registers have to say which will either confirm or otherwise the Whitby connection. The names YENCH and WILLBYRNE pop up as second names for the two girls in just one record so I am supposing they could be family names. I am quite happy to trawl through registers if images are available. Regards, Jennifer (many times great granddaughter of William Steward).
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Suffolk / Re: GARNHAM in Ipswich
« on: Thursday 22 April 21 21:39 BST (UK) »
Thank you - and I will check out that FB site. Some online trees have a father’s name, William, but with no supporting evidence. I will be looking for a Garnham family with a missing James born 1812 or close. The goal entrance record is consistent with death certificates regarding year of birth. It pays to go back through documents as he is noted there as being Catholic though he could have converted after arrival. Married in 1841 at the major Catholic Church in Sydney. His wife-to-be arrived as a Protestant on a ship full of Irish Catholic immigrants in 1839. I think I will be looking for Catholic records in Suffolk. I will let you know how I go!