Help Please: Richard George NASH (born Bristol 1852) )

[krisesjoint]

Morning Ed,

With your oral history of Bristol I thought instantly thought Westbury on Trym but was not able to put the 85th there in 1855. (But as I said I am not experienced in Military)

Sounds like it is hot over there. Hopefully AMBLY is getting a bit of a lie in.

Cheers Kris 

[Marengo]

Kris

I really don't want to interrupt the train of collective thought with levity - but don't worry about us and the 'heat'.
Everything's relative - if the tapwater flows liquid from the faucet, we refer to the weather as 'hot'.
It's never Nullarbor-hot and whenever we plant a banana tree, we're never entirely confident of fruition.

Ed

[AMBLY]

Good Morning everyone

Lie in? No chance. Up and at em   

Without preamble.....

1851: Fulwood Barracks, Lancashire
HO107 /  Piece: 2268 / Folio: 623 / Page: 46
Soldier: James NASH 27, Private Soldier, b Enfield Mdx
Wife: Jane NASH, 26, b Ireland
Dau: Ann NASH 5, b Ireland
Son: James NASH 3, b Ireland
Son: John NASH 1, b Ireland

The Barracks is a 52 pages long of Census. The NASH's are on page 46

On Page 8  there is:
Lt Col. Brook TAYLOR, Lt Col of the ......85 Light Infantry.
Robert L DAY, Cap. of the -----85 Light Infantry
The paymaster, the Adjutant, the Surgeon of the ....85 Light Infantry
And so on!!

As Albert might have said, Howzat 

Looks like them doesn't it! Another 2 children, too?

Cheers
AMBLY

[AMBLY]

http://www.rootschat.com/links/07w9/
An Alphabetical List of the Officers of the Eighty-Fifth, Bucks Volunteers ... By Henry Stooks Smith
Pg 1813
Sep 1847 - Marched to Dublin. Occupied the Royal Barracks.
Jul 1848 - To Tipperary to quell a rebellion - women & children left in Dublin
1850 - to Lancashire
1851 - to Yorkshire

The whole book is not digitised.
Part of what is, details some of the officers. It doesn't go as far as the "N" names - but if you could get your hands on it, you might be lucky to see James listed, depends on his rating and how it may have gone up or down over his term.

Cheers
AMBLY

[Marengo]

Right now I'm like a spectator at Centre Court, Wimbledon.
And I'm just savouring the match.
Right now, it's Advantage Ambly -
Who serves next?

*I found a second marriage of James Nash (snr) (at age 47) to a Mary Ann Lavender (age 16, an immigrant from London - ship 'Forfarshire', July 1875)
on 11 Nov 1885 (NZ BMD). She died, age 32 . (NZ BMD 1891/744.)
I mention this in respect of first wife (and Mother of the Nash gang) Jane (Duff/y) and my query as to her fate.

Ed

[krisesjoint]

Fab AMBLEY,    

Looks Great!

I haven't had a chance this morning yet.

Annie NASH 1846 Buttevant 85th Reg 832 14 (looks like that is Cork)

I wondered about her last night but was too tired to play on. All the others from the 85th I noticed were too late. Back to it.

Cheers Kris  

Yes I saw that book last night AMBLY - alas didn't help with Westbury

[AMBLY]

I think you just served,  Ed ! And that is a very young wife! Same age roughly as his son Charles...
Should'n't talk, one of my merchant Navy ship-jumpers was well in his 30's when he married a 16 year old shipwreck survivor in 1867

So, perhaps Mary Ann added  to the list of James' children?

Then, back to Kris 
Fit like a glove, wonderful!

Cheers
AMBLY

[AMBLY]

This is promising - and might fit for sure later on:

IGI:
James NASH chr 3 Oct 1824, Saint Andrew, Enfield, London
Parents: George NASH and Anne.

1841: Charn Brook - Enfield, Edmonton, Middlesex
HO107 /  Piece 653 / Book: 4 / Folio: 11 /  Page: 14
George NASH 40, Ag Lab - Y
Ann NASH 39 - Y
George NASH 20, Ag Lab - Y
James NASH 17, Ag Lab - Y
John NASH 11, Ag Lab - Y
Mary NASH 13 - Y
Eliza NASH 8 - Y
Caroline NASH 4 - Y
Emma NASH 1 - Y

Cheers
AMBLY

[Marengo]

You know - there's an age you get to when almost nothing shocks or surprises.
I might've held up my hands at the Banns, if I'd been there. (I'm just glad he found Jane Duff first - genetically speaking).
Let's not get distracted by the young wife - but I do think 'Mary Ann Lavender' has a lovely onomatopoeiac lilt.
(So you guys let me chase Mary Ann - after all she's almost closer to my age than my gggrandfather's, and it'll keep you  free for the really technical stuff).

Ed