HMS Hood - used as Barracks in Gillingham Kent

[WoodP]

I am trying to trace my great x 2 grandfather Joseph Travis. All I have is a marriage certificate as physical proof.
His name was Joseph Travis, he married Ellen McGeary/McGarry in 1880 in Gillingham. On the marriage certificate his residence is the HMS Hood ( But not the famous one that sank). This one had the same name but was deemed not sea worthy, so was used as barracks for the Royal engineers in Gillingham.
He was then sent to India, where he had a few children and Ellen died.
Will the barrack residence be enough to find his details? There are so many Joseph Travis's that I am getting confused. I have got ancestry membership, but that is a dead end too.
Please can you advise what I could do or if anyone has information about the HMS Hood and its men who housed on it.
Thank you

[mckha489]

Did they go to India  before the 1881 census?

Names and occupations  of fathers on the marriage certificate?

How old were they?

Joseph’s exact occupation on marriage cert. 

[WoodP]

Hi

I cant find them on the 1881 census.
Joseph Travis was a Lance Corporal and he was 26 in 1880 and his residence was H.M.S Hood, Medway
His father was Joseph Travis and he was an auditor

Ellen McGeary/McGarry ( spelt both ways on different documents) she was 21 years old in 1880 no profession listed but she lived at 60 Pier Road in Gillingham. Her Dad was Thomas McGeary/McGarry and he was a pensioner.

They had a daughter in 1880 named Mary Elizabeth Travis, so I'm guessing Ellen was pregnant at the time of her marriage.

[MaxD]

Starting at another end.  Elen L Travis born I India father in the Royal Engineers 1896  Ernest W 1891, Sidney H 1893 - are these his children (or some of them?)

He was 13783 Joseph Travis.  His record (it has the wife's name and some of the many children, three mentioned above) is on Findmpast. Link
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01nub/

Back tomorrow if needed.

MaxD

[mckha489]

There is a record on FindMyPast

For a Joseph who joined the RE . There are a lot of pages to scroll through

His next of Kin recorded as wife Ellen which is then crossed out
 Joined 2 sept 1876 aged 21 yrs and 4 months.  Born parish of St Mary’s London
That one was transferred to India 26 Dec 1883.
 Previously posted to Halifax NS from 14/4/1881 and back in England from 7 Sep 1882  then to India as above.

His no 13783

Discharged 1897

modified, sorry Max, crossed with you

[WoodP]

MaxD
Thank you so very much! This is him and his family! He must of left the army after Ellen died in Karachi.
I have findmypast too and have searched since last September and not got this document.

Thank you

[mckha489]

He remarried 14 Jan 1902. Age 45  This marriage cert is in his file and says his father is also Joseph, a Clerk.

[mckha489]

Possible baptism

Joseph Henry William Travis
Birth Date:   23 May 1857
Baptism Date:   16 May 1858
Baptism Place:   Saint Clement Danes,Westminster,London,England
Father:   Joseph Travis
Mother:   Mary Ann Elizabeth

[mckha489]

Yes I think that baptism is right,
They are on the 1871 census in Islington, Father Joseph an Audit Clerk for G.N.R.

(And subsequent years. I’ll leave the thrill of the chase to you