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Lancashire / Re: help finding someone please
« on: Saturday 09 July 16 10:17 BST (UK)  »
You guys are great - I wake up in the morning and put my message and just as i go to bed you all have pretty much have solved the mystery that kept me up all last night :)

I am going to order the birth and death certificates of all 3 children.

I am pretty sure that the Annie Barton in the 1881 census is my Annie BUT i can't find her in the 1891 Census and I can't find out what she did to go to Jail - but that is for another day now i think.
thank you again
cheers
Meggles

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Lancashire / help finding someone please
« on: Friday 08 July 16 22:54 BST (UK)  »
I have a ann c  moore who married george barton in Bolton in 1864
Anns parents were Daniel and Martha
Anns birth place is at sea in 1851 and 1861 census  born 1844
George divorced ann in 1876 for a affair that she was having with john harris - this all happened in lancashire
In the newspaper report of the divorce it said thar ann and john were living as men and wife with twins at the time of the divorce   
I cant find ann in 1881 or 1891 i think i have her death in bolton in 1893 - Ann Columbia barton aged 49 
Possibly she could be in prision in 1881 as there is a annie Barton born 1844 at sea on the british ship Colombus
But where are the twins they are not with john as he went on to marry and there is no sign of children 
If this is her in the 1881 census how do i find out what she did and how long did she stay in prison 
And why would she of been born at sea???? Her family for generations were from lancashire 

Sorry so many questions.....
Cheers meggles

21
Armed Forces / Re: Furlough
« on: Thursday 07 July 16 08:00 BST (UK)  »
he was only a private when he first got furlough and then a sergeant /colour sergeant further down the track

Ken are you saying that they did not get it automatically (like we do as part of our job) but if you were really good then you would get it?

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Armed Forces / Re: Furlough
« on: Thursday 07 July 16 00:17 BST (UK)  »
sorry it was 1852-1873

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Armed Forces / Re: Cant find marriage - spent most of life in the army
« on: Wednesday 06 July 16 23:16 BST (UK)  »
yes it did have him as a widower.

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Armed Forces / Re: Cant find marriage - spent most of life in the army
« on: Wednesday 06 July 16 23:01 BST (UK)  »
His father was Edward Harris and was a sailor
On both the 2nd and 3rd  marriage certificate he put this correctly, so I am guessing that he would of put the same for his 1st.

As far as we know there were no children that lived from the first marriage.

You are correct, he only used John Harris. 
And also Yes - James Edward Harris was from the 2nd marriage.

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Armed Forces / Furlough
« on: Wednesday 06 July 16 22:21 BST (UK)  »
Hi - i have noticed that my GG grandfather had Furlough quite a bit while with the coldstream guards and the 2nd battalion 7th Regiment royal fusiliers
was this normal?, it was a month at a time and sometimes 6 months a part.
I am guessing that they were not paid for this time off - is that correct?
cheers
MM

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Armed Forces / Cant find marriage - spent most of life in the army
« on: Wednesday 06 July 16 22:16 BST (UK)  »
Hi John Petherick harris was born 1830 in Denbury Devon.
In the 1841 and 1851 census he was a laborer in Drewsteignton in Devon,
in late 1852 in joined the coldstream guards as a private and the first few years until the Crimean war he was based in London.
He went to Crimea  just after the  start of the war and was their until the end (1854-1856)
In Jan 1857 he paid 20 pound to leave and was discharged one month later in Feb 1857, I don't know where he went or what he did for the next 9 months.
on the 2nd Nov 1857 he joined the 2nd battalion 7th regiment of the royal fusiliers  where he went directly to Wolverhampton as a recruiting officer.
Between 1858-1863 he was in gibraltor
between 1863 - 1865 in was in Malta
between 1865-1867 he was in canada
then in late 1867 in was in Lancashire england
he married his 2nd Wife in Lancashire early 1869

(sorry if too much info before getting to my questions :()

1. how do i find his first marriage??
family story from many different lines  was that he married a Spanish lady - so this would be Gibraltor? is there away to search Gibraltar marriages

2. if he married while in the army why would it not be recorded in the listings that are in the internet with British overseas marriages.

I have his military records as well as all his pay sheets and roll calls from the national archives, but cant seem to get a idea of when he married for the first time. (he married 3 times)

any ideas would be great - thank you

 

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Devon / Re: Newton Abbott - Where are they Buried?
« on: Thursday 31 December 15 23:07 GMT (UK)  »
Yes I did - thank you very much. 
cheers
MM

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