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Surrey / Re: Eleanor Ede nee Whitmore
« on: Tuesday 25 October 11 08:13 BST (UK)  »
Hi
Many thanks indeed for all this information. I am interested in her because she was the sister of my 2xgreat-grandfather and I think that she, like him, was born while their father was serving in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars.
I put the message on in the hope that someone might have been tracing her as well and would be able to confirm what I thought.
Anyway, this gives me some more information to work on so many thanks for replying.
Talmage

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Surrey / Eleanor Ede nee Whitmore
« on: Monday 24 October 11 15:14 BST (UK)  »
I am looking for descendants of Eleanor Ede, nee Whitmore. She was baptised in Reigate in 1809, married Josiah Ede at Buckland in 1828 and lived for the rest of her life in Reigate, dying in 1885 (I think).

Any information welcomed.
Talmage

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Armed Forces / Re: Army wife
« on: Tuesday 27 September 11 08:33 BST (UK)  »
Hi Graham
 Thank you for your interest. I think my 2x great-grandfather was born in Ireland while his father was serving there but, unfortunately, I cannot find any proof of this.

I shall just have to keep looking!
Talmage

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Armed Forces / Re: Army wife
« on: Wednesday 21 September 11 11:44 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks for this clarification.
Talmage

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Armed Forces / Re: Army wife
« on: Wednesday 21 September 11 09:23 BST (UK)  »
Hi
Thanks for this. I wonder if I am getting confused and you might be able to clarify something for me. Is there a difference between the 4th Dragoons and the 4th Light Dragoons or are they the same regiment?
Talmage

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Armed Forces / Army wife
« on: Tuesday 20 September 11 12:48 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to work out how the wife of a soldier in the early 19th century would have been able to join her husband in Ireland. The details are as follows:
I believe the soldier in question to be my 3x great grandfather who joined the 4th Light Dragoons about 1809, spent most of the following five years in a French POW camp but re-joined his regiment at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. They returned to the UK but, within weeks had been sent to Ireland. It appears that his wife and possibly one child joined them there as, on his discharge certificate dated November 5th 1818, there is a record of money being paid to help his wife and two children return to England.
Now, whether or not this man was my ancestor, I am curious as to how she would have got herself from Surrey to Ireland. The soldiers do not appear to have had leave when they returned from France, the couple in question could not write so how would she have known where he had gone, let alone got herself to somewhere in south west Ireland?
Any ideas would be very welcome.
Thanks in advance
Talmage

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Armed Forces / Wives accompanying a regiment
« on: Tuesday 16 August 11 13:14 BST (UK)  »
Hi
Does anyone know if regiments kept lists of wives who accompanied their husbands when posted overseas?
I am particularly interested in the 4th Light Dragoons when stationed in Ireland between 1814 and 1818.
I know the wife of the soldier I am interested in was there with him as mention is made of a payment made for him, his wife and two children to return to England when he was discharged.
I need to find her name, if possible, to make sure that I have the right person.
Thanks for any help.
Talmage

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Berkshire / Re: A tragedy in Cold Ash
« on: Tuesday 12 July 11 09:07 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks.
Talmage

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Berkshire / Re: A tragedy in Cold Ash
« on: Wednesday 06 July 11 08:10 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks for this. It is actually my husband's ancestor who died in the snowstorm so I will pass your message on to him.
Talmage

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