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Presumably this is the Curtis who married Emma Curtis in 1857?  Doesn't exclude him from fathering a child in Scotland earlier though!  I do find detachments of the KDG in Edinburgh but not until August 1854 in preparation for the Crimea but this is too late?

MaxD

Hi MaxD,

Thank you, yes that's the fellow I am trying to pin down . Wow! Aug 1854 is certainly possible.  The resultant child was born between 1853 and 1855...I don't have anything more accurate than that as she doesn't seem to appear in any old parish record baptisms/births or statutory births for that matter.   The name she went by literally mirrored her father's: Lionel Curtis.  She married David Budge in 1875 in Caithness.  I found a newspaper article lastnight that mentions her and that her parents married before she was born, but she seemed to believe that her father died in the Crimea.  She didn't remain with her mother and seems to have "lodged" with a relative, and then went in to service before getting wed herself.  This Lionel who wed Emma Curtis obviously survived the Crimea so either there is another Lionel, or the daughter was wrong in her beliefs.

Is there anyway that I can find more about who of the KDG was in Edinb. in 1854, MaxD?

Thanks again, really appreciate your help

Jan 52 Newbridge
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As reported in Stations of the British Army published in newspapers of the time.

Doesn't necessarily exclude the possibility that elements of the regiment were elsewhere.  In March 1853 a squadron of 1st KDG were in Blackburn keeping the peace during an election.
MaxD

Thanks for this MaxD.  I am on the hunt for Lionel Curtis who fathered a child in Scotland about 1853-1855, we know he was a soldier.  And his name is not that common, but there was one such Lionel serving in the Kings dragoons between 1849 and 1861.  But if I can't place him to Edinburgh that I guess he's not our man.

I am a bit late to the party. But I am researching the same line...specifically Ebenezer Hay McMillan. I wondered, for those of you related, do you know if there is any Gypsy ancestry? Just trying to explain the dark skin and thick black hair trait which I think is traditionally associated with Gypsies and not the Scottish/Highland Traveller groups...?

Hi Shellyesq, thank you, yes thats his birth record. Have had a look at familysearch, and wow! Where did all those collections come from! Last time I was on that page was years ago and I am sure they just had birth and marriage records, they have been busy! Have gone through all the William MacGhees with spelling variants, but not come up with anything...only potential is a Scotland-born William Magee immigrating in to  Quebec City, in 1913. Occupation Blockbuilder (which apparently can be Ship/Boat related) intending to become a "Hammerboy" ... no age given, but Our William at this time would be age 45 .... so surely he would be a Hammerman as opposed to a boy. Hmmm.