Military musicians?

[liverpool annie]

Good for you!! glad you got the right one!

Shame we're not going to be related!!!!
Trouble with Bank Holiday weekends - you end up spending money on genealogy..........
But at least you can have 2 weeks free!!
Keep going and enjoy!

Annie

[aussiecandy]

Hi,

Maybe this link & email address will help  :-

http://www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk/

info[AT]royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk

Cheers,
Candy

Oh Hack! - now you know why Alcrighton calls me a witch!!!!!

I love it when a plan comes together!! - don't you?

Veron - how cool is that??

Indi - Verons relatives are Greenwich Pensioners - that's the sailor side of the Forces but it might be a good idea to find the Royal Marine Museum !!

Annie

EDIT - I was just thinking - I think that's what Crighton means 

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[Headbanger Veron]

Thanks Candy, that's a really useful link, loads of information and ideas for more help.

Cheers

Veron 

[Headbanger Veron]

I just found out that my Thomas isn't the Trafalgar one after all ( )- that one was only 15 when the battle took place and was killed 2 years later  .....
Back to the drawing board.... But's that's family history for you isn't it!

Veron

[aussiecandy]

Hi Veron,
I have the 1851 census CD of Warwickshire etc. Would you like me to search for your Thomas Horton and his famly in Brum?

Regards,
Candy

[Headbanger Veron]

If it's not too much trouble Candy, that would be great. 

Trouble is, they could be almost anywhere, Joseph and his family had obviously been in E Stonehouse for several years before 1841 since all Joseph's children were born there, and by 1861 all the children have married and moved in the general direction of London.  There are a lot of Hortons in Warwickshire as well and all I definitely know at the moment, is that neither Thomas nor Joseph was born in Devon!  which doesn't narrow it down very much!

However..... if you want to have a try, it will be very much appreciated - otherwise I'm still waiting for Ancestry to get a nationwide 1851 index up and running....

Thanks Veron 

[aussiecandy]

Hi Veron,
Is this him??, not sure if this guy is the right age??   

1851 Census Warwickshire
Thomas Horton Head W 70 M Pensioner (Chelsea) Birthplace: Bicknell - WAR
Census place: Nuneaton Nuneaton - Warwickshire
PRO Ref HO/107/2065
Folio 233 Page 42 Film 0087324

He had a lodger with him that was all in that household.

Haven't looked for Joseph yet but will if you want me to but will leave it til tomorrow as the PC is in the spare room which is a tad chilly.

Hope that helps you a bit!
Regards,
Candy

[aussiecandy]

ooops! sorry Veron, I forgot to add the address where Thomas Horton lived:-

Swan Lane, Nuneaton.

Candy

[Headbanger Veron]

Hi Candy, that's really nice of you but I think that this Thomas is probably too young. The 1841 one has his age given as 65, and in that census they rounded down to the nearest 5 years which would make him at least 75 by 1851.  I think that it's more likely that he would either still be with Joseph in 1851, or he would have died by then - but who knows!

I really want to find Joseph, with the younger children, to positively identify Joseph's place of birth, because all the evidence I have so far about Birmingham is a bit circumstantial.  Please do look though, you never can tell - oh yes, and if the Birmingham Joseph is the right one, his second wife is from Hull isn't she! - so he obviously got about a bit! 

Cheers Veron