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John Wickenden b1860 - Did he join the army?
« on: Thursday 13 December 18 04:34 GMT (UK) »
Hi All,

I have a John Wickenden born 1860 Clapton/Hackney who is with his parents Stephen and Sarah in Hackney for both 1861 and 1871 census and then nothing.

I can see a John Wickenden in the Chelsea Pensioners indexes but my subscription doesn't allow me look at it to confirm that it is him.  If some-one could do that for me I would appreciate it.

Many thanks.
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Re: John Wickenden b1860 - Did he join the army?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 13 December 18 07:57 GMT (UK) »
The soldiers of that name who went to pension were born in Kent.

There' s a John Wickenden born 9 July 1860 in London who was naturalised as a US citizen in Massachusetts in 1926. Said he arrived in the US in 1881. He was a gardener.
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Re: John Wickenden b1860 - Did he join the army?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 13 December 18 10:19 GMT (UK) »
Not my guy in the army but the guy in the USA is interesting as birth registration is Sep qtr 1860 (can't remember baptism date but it's at St Thomas Clapton Common) Hackney and his father was a gardener and arriving 1881 makes sense of why I can't find him in UK.

Thanks for the pointers, I shall look at this further
Richardson, Sherman, Gillam, Hitchcock, Neighbour, Groom, Walton, Strange, Littleford, Brown, Guy, Abbs, Tasker, Bartlett, Farey, Etteridge

Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk