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It was a long time ago that I started the research on John Jarman - ill-health forced me to give it up - had to move house etc. I did find out that John Jarman was in prison for attempting to murder his wife - as I remember it he'd been to USA and when he came back to his wife and children they had a big public argument when the assault took place. Whilst in prison some friends visited him with a drink. He committed suicide by breaking the bottle. I'm putting this from memory - I got the info from a local newspapers which covered the story extensively. Before I stopped my research I passed all the info I had to a lady in the States, and I think she shared it all on her tree in ancestry. The only question that remained for me was how he afforded the trip to America - and where and why did he go there? I'm guessing there were probably relatives there, but I didn't discover them.

Have been filling my lockdown looking at in-laws tree. Irish - which is an unknown area for my research so am hoping someone here can point me in the right direction. Findmypast produced a hint amongst prisoners of war - and I'd like to know if he is related to inlaws family. The POW records dont give any place of birth or dob or parents' names - very unlikely to be related to my tree but I wonder whether there is anywhere you can find the personal details of the POWs - he was in the Connaught Rangers; inlaws came from Kilkenny but I don't know whether that's any help

Thank you for any help - even if it just confirms my suspicion that this isn't 'my' family

thanks for your reply. I'm not sure whether getting to Kew is a possibility, but I shall pass the information on. I'll also ask whether he has any objection to my putting his father's info online. I am actually a findmypast subscriber - how do I access merchant navy records from that site; I haven't been very successful so far.
I am grateful for any help and will get back to this link if son-in-law agrees to it.
Lesley

Hi David

There is this snippet regarding the Armour Family Bible:

The Armour Family Bible, which contains the record of the marriage of James Armour and Mary Smith, 7th December 1761, and the register of the birth of their children, is in the Burns house, Mauchline. The imprint on the title page is: 'Edinburgh, printed by Adrian Watkins, 1756'.

www.robertburns.org/encyclopedia/Bibles.90.shtml

Monica 

Is there a connection between James Armour and Mary Smith you mention?

He may well be alive - and as the split with the family was acrimonious I can't place details in public domain - I actually hope to find another branch of the family who has the 'missing link' that I've been looking for these 20plus years! Thanks for the hint about births etc - could be vital