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Travis Gillingham Kent
« on: Thursday 11 October 18 14:36 BST (UK) »
I am searching for information on my great grandmothers side.

She was Mary Travis. She married John Baker and had three children. John (born in India), Kathleen and Elizabeth
Her dad was Joseph Travis and they lived in and around Gillingham, Kent as he was in the Royal Engineers.
Travis (Kent, India), Ward(Old Warden), McGeary
Baker (Barnwell), Bellamy (Kempston), Merryweather (Southill), Clarke(Little Hallingbury, Essex)

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Re: Travis Gillingham Kent
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 11 October 18 14:41 BST (UK) »
Hi,

Could you give us Mary's birth year and her place of birth please?

Equally any census records you have would be useful so we don't repeat what you already have.  :)

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Re: Travis Gillingham Kent
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 11 October 18 14:45 BST (UK) »
I think I may have found them on the 1901 -

John Baker   31
Mary Elizabeth Baker   20 b. Gillingham, Kent
John Baker   2 b. India
Kathleen Mary Baker   5/12

RG13 Piece 738 Folio 96 Page 19, Gillingham.

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Re: Travis Gillingham Kent
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 11 October 18 14:51 BST (UK) »
Possible birth -

Mary Elizabeth Travis
q2 1880 Medway
Vol 2a Page 576
Mother's maiden name - McGary

Mary and John Baker married 18/08/1897 Karachi, Bombay, India.

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Re: Travis Gillingham Kent
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 11 October 18 15:06 BST (UK) »
Quote from: JJen on Thursday 11 October 18 14:51 BST (UK)

Mary and John Baker married 18/08/1897 Karachi, Bombay, India.


He was of full age, Sergeant R.E., son of George Frederick Baker.
She was 17 yrs old, daughter of Joseph Travis.

Both resident at Manora, nr Karachi.

Witnesses: Joseph Travis; John Henry Blackmore.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Travis Gillingham Kent
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 11 October 18 15:08 BST (UK) »
Marriage Reg March 1880;
McGeary,  Ellen, Medway  2a 642
Joseph Travis on same page
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Re: Travis Gillingham Kent
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 11 October 18 15:13 BST (UK) »
Other children apparently of the same couple:

Roman Catholic Military Church, Rangoon

Frederick Valentinus Travis born 14.02.1886, baptised 16.03.1886, parents Joseph & Ellen.
Arthur Edward Travis born 03.03.1889, baptised 30.03.1889, parents Joseph & Helen.

Both records show Joseph's occupation as Sergeant, Royal Engineers.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Travis Gillingham Kent
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 11 October 18 15:25 BST (UK) »
Also:

St Joseph's Chapel, Colaba, Archdiocese of Bombay

Ernest Walter Travis, born 30.03.1891 & baptised 09.09.1891, son of Joseph (Sergt R.E.) & Ellen.


St Patrick's, Karachi

Sidney Harold Travis, born 13.12.1893 & baptised 10.01.1894, son of Joseph & Ellen.


St Paul's, Manora, nr Karachi

Ellen Lilian Travis, born 13.03.1896 & baptised 15.04.1896, dau of Joseph & Ellen, of Manora.

Joseph now a Q.M. Sergt. R.E.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Travis Gillingham Kent
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 11 October 18 15:26 BST (UK) »
Several children on Familysearch.Org for Joseph/Ellen.

A Tree has;
Death of Wife Ellen Mcgeary(1859–1896)
29 Nov.1896 • Karachi Pakistan

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