Army Major

[homeguard]

I am trying to find some information on a Richard Roney, born Ireland about 1822 who in 1861 was a inspector of volunteers living in Swansea, from the dob of his children up until 1855 he was serving in the East Indies and his wife was born in Calcutta, any advice on where to look for extra information would be much appreciated.

[Arfur Mo]

Hi,

There is a Captain Richard Roney mentioned in the 1855 Army list serving with the 96th Regiment of Foot.He had been 17 years on full pay and his promotions were;

Ensign (By Purchase) - 14th September 1838

Lieutenant - 30th April 1841

Captain - 16th July 1850

The 96th Foot deployment;

From http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/096-824.htm

  1836 Ireland 
  1839 England 
  1839 New South Wales 
  1844 New Zealand 
  1847 New Zealand 
  1849 India 
  1854 Ireland 
  1856 Gibraltar 
  1857 England 
  1860 Ireland 
  1862 England -detachment to New Brunswick: St. John, Fredericton (Trent affair)
  1863 Cape of Good Hope 
  1865 India 
  1875 England

So this would tie-in with the children being born in India prior to 1854.


Arf

[homeguard]

Thanks Arf that mre than I could have hoped for, do you know if  it would have been possible for him to have come back to the UK to marry, in Scotland in 1851 ?

[Valda]

1871 census RG10 5760 folio 62
Ashleigh House St Saviours Jersey
Richard Roney 50  Head Married Lieutenant Colonel on staff born Ireland
Rose Ann Roney 37 Wife Married born India
Richard J Roney 16  Son born India
Rose C Roney 13 Daughter born England
Mary L Roney 12 Daughter born England
Ellen L Roney 11 Daughter born England
John D Roney 8  Son born Wales
Charlotte E Roney 7 Daughter born Wales
Charles E Roney 4  Son born England
George B Roney 3 Son born England

The Times 13th May 1880
Naval and Military Intelligence
The deaths of the undermentioned officers were reported at the War Office in the course of last month.....
Lieut-Colonel Richard Roney-Dougal half pay, later 96th Regiment.

Regards

Valda

[homeguard]

Thank you Valda, that confirms the marriage in Scotland and also when the family went up market and added the extra name to their title !

[Arfur Mo]

Thanks Arf that mre than I could have hoped for, do you know if  it would have been possible for him to have come back to the UK to marry, in Scotland in 1851 ?

No problem.

I'm not sure of the regulations regarding returning home to get married. He might have been home on furlough at the time.

Hopefully, one of the experts here will have the answer.

Regards

Arf

[Arfur Mo]

Hello again,

I've just found some interesting info regarding Major Roney and his 'extra' surname.

Click the following link to Google Books and in the search box enter Roney Dougal and search 'Full view books' then click on the top link..

http://www.google.co.uk/books?hl=en

Regards

Arf

[Valda]

Deaths Jun 1880
Roney-Dougal  Richard  59  Warwick  6d 337

1881 census RG11 3097 folio 65
Ashley House Lillington Avenue Lillington Warwickshire
Rose A. Roney-Dougal 47 Widow Income from investments born India
Ellen S. Roney-Dougal 21  Income from investments Chatham Kent
John D. Roney-Dougal 18  Swansea Glamorganshire
Charllotte E. Roney-Dougal 17  Sunderland Durham
Charles E. Roney-Dougal 14 Sunderland Durham
George B. Roney-Dougal 13  Bedford
plus 2 servants

Richard's supposed father according to one tree on Ancestry was Patrick Cusack Roney. This Patrick Cusack Roney by his age could be a brother. He died in 1868 and would appear to have been a Knight.

1861 census RG9 72 folio 136
15 Langham Place Marylebone
Cusack Patrick Roney 51  Widower Knight Railway Director born Ireland
Annie Roney 22  Daughter born London Middlesex
Charlotte Roney 21 Daughter born London Middlesex
Annette Roney 15  Daughter born London Middlesex
Alice Wardroper 13  Niece East Indies
plus 1 visitor and a servant

1851 census HO107 1491 folio 368
10 Hanover Cottages Marylebone
Pateric Roney 35  ? Return Hotel ?
Ann Frances Roney 12 Daughter London
Charlotte Royney 11  Daughter London
Annette Eliza Royney 6  London
Cusach Willis Royney 9 Switzerland
plus 2 servants

1841 census HO107 739/3 folio 25 page 7
39 Church Cross St Martin In the Fields  Middlesex  
Cusack Loney 30  Ireland Gentleman
Annie Loney 20 Middlesex
Annie Loney 3  Middlesex
Catherine Loney 2  Middlesex
plus 4 servants

Regards

Valda

[homeguard]

Thank you Valda, I think I will have to sit down awhile to sort all the information out, and try to fit it together, many thanks.