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Ireland / Re: Did married women in 18th/19th century Ireland go by their maiden name?
« on: Wednesday 02 January 13 15:37 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you all!

The ancestor in question didn't migrate, her daughter did. I've found 4 records probably all related to the same woman in County Monaghan, who has the name as my x4 great grandmother. My x3 great grandmother married in County Tyrone. Geographically, it's possible that there's a connection as the counties are close.
I wonder if anyone can help me trace the name of the parish where my x3 great grandmother married. On her son's Scottish birth record the parish is written as "Parish of Drunmore, Co Tyrone, Ireland" (they married in 1855). It's probably a Roman Catholic parish. Unfortnately, due to the differing accents the registrar has spelt it wrong, but I wonder what it should be.

Happy New Year, all!  ::)

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Ireland / Did married women in 18th/19th century Ireland go by their maiden name?
« on: Monday 31 December 12 17:45 GMT (UK)  »
Most of my ancestors are Scottish. However, a large chunk of my ancestors came over to Scotland from Ireland in between 1840-1860.
So far, I've not been able to trace my Irish ancestors within Ireland. Although, each day there are more and more resources available online. I've just carried out an index search on find my past for my x4 great grandmother using her maiden name and have found 4 plausible matches. However, the dates are about the time her daughter was leaving for Scotland, by which time, you'd assume she would be long married and using her husband's surname.
If Ireland used the English naming patten, it would suggest that either, she is not my ancestor, or that my x3 great grandmother was illegitimate.
However, if Ireland used the Scottish naming pattern, this could very well be my x4 great grandmother, as married women often continued to use their maiden names on records, or used them interchangeably.

My gut says that she probably isn't. However, it would be very useful to my research to know whether or not married Irish women are often found on contemporary records under their maiden names.

Thank you for any help :D

Happy New Year to all!

Katrina

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help with naming a disease, please
« on: Tuesday 27 March 12 22:14 BST (UK)  »
I would agree that what we know as dermatitis today is not fatal. However, had he been abroad, he may have caught some exotic skin disease unknown to local doctors at the time which affected his skin. Dermatitis literally means "inflammation of the skin", so it might not be the exact condition we call dermatitis today.

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Armed Forces / Re: What could he have been doing? Soldier:1876-1889
« on: Tuesday 27 March 12 21:32 BST (UK)  »
Thank you! Where did you find those two references?

As the Regimental Number is the same, is it safe to assume that this is the same person, even though two regiments are named?

Katrina

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Armed Forces / Re: What could he have been doing? Soldier:1876-1889
« on: Tuesday 27 March 12 14:04 BST (UK)  »
This is wonderful information, Shaun.

I can't read my own writing, my notes clearly state WO97 / 3647 / 21. I like to attach the reference to all my research, even if it's online too.

These references are brilliant for me to fill in the gaps, I like to know exactly what my ancestor's environment was like.


Thank you  :D


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Armed Forces / Re: What could he have been doing? Soldier:1876-1889
« on: Tuesday 27 March 12 13:01 BST (UK)  »
Shaun, is this from his record? WO97/3647/2/?

That's amazing! I can't wait to subscribe.

Katrina  ;D

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Armed Forces / Re: What could he have been doing? Soldier:1876-1889
« on: Tuesday 27 March 12 12:10 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all.

Neil, as you say the places he was stationed at were British Military bases, is it likely that his duty would be similar to that of soldiers stationed in Northern Ireland in the past few decades? i.e. not at war, but there to maintain control of the territory?

Shaun, unfortunately the information I wrote down in the original post was all that was contained on the final page, along with some entries for "Home" there is no further details for the exact location other than "Mediterranean" and "Gibraltar". It also only states "Egypt", I know he was at Tel-El-Kebir because he has that clasp on his medal, along with another which I could not read.

I'm away for a few weeks, so I'll not subscribe to Find My Past for a few weeks. Once I've done so, I'll confirm the details. It seems that Ken has found my ancestor. I think the first one is probably him. Thanks for the information about the Militia service. This particular record is under WO97, so it isn't militia.

Thanks once again. I've learnt a lot from you all.

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Armed Forces / Re: What could he have been doing? Soldier:1876-1889
« on: Monday 26 March 12 17:21 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much, Neil.

His name was Henry Pew b. 1855, New Monkland, Lanarkshire. He signed up in 1857 and I believe his registration number was 6953A, but I could have mis-transcribed that too.

Thank you,

Katrina

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Armed Forces / Re: What could he have been doing? Soldier:1876-1889
« on: Monday 26 March 12 16:56 BST (UK)  »
Thank you both for your replies.

I got the information from his service record which I accessed whilst at Who Do You Think You Are? Live. via the Find Your Past database. I wrote down the details, so it is posible that in my excitement I wrote down the incorrect regiment.  I defintely do recall seeing "2nd Royal Lanark"--written exactly like that, and that he was transfered from one group to another early on in his career. I must subscribe some time soon so that I have a copy of the original record on my computer. It's very unlikely that he would be in the Middlesex Regiment considering he was from Lanarkshire.
A quick Google search shows me that Militia are reserves called up in times of need, which would explain the long periods he spent stations at "Home" and why he is listed as a miner on all other records.

Any idea what could have been happening in Gibraltar 1880/1881 and "Mediterranean" 1877/1878?

Thank you

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