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Napoleonic War - Elias TOOGOOD
« on: Monday 17 September 12 23:22 BST (UK) »
Family story is that Elias TOOGOOD served in the Napoleonic War.  Son, Thomas, claimed to be born in Sicily!  The only references I have found regarding Elias' service in war are on Nat Archives, stating 27th Dragoons (Light) & 20th Dragoons (Light), discharged aged 42.  Kinmainham.
Does anyone know if the 27th or 20th Dragoons (Light) were in Sicily?
Any help appreciated.
 

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Re: Napoleonic War - Elias TOOGOOD
« Reply #2 on: Monday 17 September 12 23:42 BST (UK) »

Thomas was born in Sicily in 1809, married Edith Purchase and they had 11 children. He passed away on 1859 in Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia

http://records.ancestry.com/Thomas_Toogood_records.ashx?pid=44468978

If you click on Elias Toogood, it says he was born in Sicily, Wiltshire!  ???

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Re: Napoleonic War - Elias TOOGOOD
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 18 September 12 03:03 BST (UK) »
 :)Thanks so much, big help those links.
I don't know about son Thomas dying in Port Fairy, about a dozen others with trees on Anc say he died in Kew...
Also the comment about him being born in Sicily, Wiltshire, that puzzled me a bit too.  If his father was an officer, his wife quite possibly could have been in Sicily....
Does any know if Army births were recorded for Napoleonic War / Sicily etc. ;D