I've been searching for my GG Grandfather Richard Hunt, and have been unable to locate his birth details.
The information I already have for him, is as follows:
His death certificate from the 27th November 1882, in Woolwich Kent stating he was a Pensioner aged 47. And Mary Hunt widow of deceased was present at death
Census returns from 1881, living at 18 Jackson street, Woolwich Kent aged 46, stating he was born in Ireland and living with wife Mary age 30 and children, Richard, Charles, George, and Mary (Ann Catherine, (My G Grandmother)).
His army records when he joined 81st foot on 31st May 1854 aged 20 and 4 months in Rochester Kent, stating his trade was a stonemason and he was born in in the parish of Nenagh, near the town of Nenagh in Tipperary. He left the army as a Gunner in the Royal Artillery on 3rd July 1877 aged 43 and 5 months old.
And I have just received a copy of his marriage certificate from 10th February 1868 to Mary O'Connors aged 17, in Maidstone Kent, where he was living in the Artillery barracks as a Gunner in the Royal Horse Artillery aged 26 (first discrepancy) and his father was Thomas Hunt deceased and a Stonemason by trade.
I've searched through RootsIreland and other ancestry sites but have been unable to find a Richard Hunt born in Tipperary between 1834 and 1842 (If his age on his wedding certificate is correct, it would mean he was only 12 when he joined the Army. So I'm thinking that he may have lied about his age on his wedding).
Are there any records anywhere of people travelling to England in the mid 19th century? Or parish records online for births in Nenagh? Or any registers of Stonemasons in Ireland in the mid 19th century (I've had a look through obituaries on the union of stonemason site, with no luck).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Richard.
