Josiah John Cato born devonport plymouth abt 1900

[raa]

Josiah John Cato 1901 cencus is with his mother Ellen aged 21 and father same name as his son Josiah John Cato age 67 b1834 gorvin Scotland by 1911 ellen is in devon asylum Josiah senior has disappeared and Josiah jnr is with his grandfather William burch b 1845 Plymouth ellen I think sadly d#ied in asylum would like to know what happenened to Josiah senior and junior the son might have been using name Jessie in ww1 ? any help appreciated

[sgf28]

Baptism St Marks Church, Ford, Devon
21st October 1900

Josiah John Jesse Cato, date of birth 11th September 1900. Parents: Josiah and Helen Matilda Cato. Father occupation:Chief engineer.

Military record for Josie John Jassie Cato, dob 11th September 1899, Ford, Devonport. Next of kin: Grandfather: Wm Birch, 5 Ker St, Devonport. He enlisted on 11th September 1916 at Plymouth.
Service no:19153  Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division. Was discharged March 1917 - Not likely to become an efficient soldier

[suzard]

there are also these records (various spellings)
Josie John Jassie Cato
b 11 Sept 1899
enlisted 11 Sept 1916
Royal Marine Light Infantry Plymouth Division
reg 19153

British War Medl 1914-1920 Europe WW1
Josei J J Cato
Service PLY 19153

then there is
Josie John Jessie Cato
1914-1920
Private
company WO329
reg Somersetshire Light Infantry
reg no 30545
British War medal & Victory medal

and
Josie J J Cato
Devon reg Somerset Light Infantry
1914-1920
British war Medal & Victory

and
Joseph John Jesse Cato
Private
Disability
Plymouth
Military Service Regiment SW England
Discharge 27 May 1919
service no 30545
Somerset Light Infantry
Military (Army)
Pension record ledger ref 8/MC/4062
Next of kin Joseph John Jesse Cato

Death reg
Jospeh J Cato
Oct/Nov/Dec 1942
Totnes Devon
age 41
5b 265

so did he join the marines and was discharged 1916 and then joined the Army and was discharged 1919???

I cannot locate him in 1939 but there are so many spellings it is proving difficult

Suz

[raa]

many thanks for info looks like he keeps changing spelling of his name  royal marine light infantry definitely him think hes changed his dob to get in

[rosie17]

Do you have the marriage certificate for Josiah John Cato to Ellen Burch ? if so does it give his age and his fathers name ..

Rosie

[Reg Scribe]

Ellen Cato was buried in the Devon County Lunatic Asylum Cemetery at Exminster on September 4th 1911. Follow the links & you'll find her in my indexes.

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/AsylumBurials

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Asylum

[sgf28]

Had a look on https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ for Josiah John Cato born in Girvan, the only one I could see was born in 1875:

Josiah John Cato born 26th December 1875 Parents:Jessie Ensor Cato, gentleman and Jeannie Goudie?. Married 19th July 1867, Otago, New Zealand.

I think this Josiah John ends up in Milwaukee, USA. He first appears on 1910 Census Port Huron, Michigan as Joseph Cato, Scottish and an engineer. He's also on 1920/1930 Census Milwaukee. He applied for naturalization 15th November 1916. Date of birth 26th December 1877. Date and Port of arrival: 1st April 1910 Port Huron.
He dies June 1930 in Milwaukee.

So if we can get the details of Josiah Cato/Ellen Burch as suggested by rosie17, it may confirm this is the missing Josiah snr.

[rosie17]

That's the one I was looking at sg28 born 1875 Girvan 

Rosie

[rosie17]

There is also this record for a Josiah John Cato born Girvan Scotland age 27 ..1st engineer on the
List of officers and crew onshore the night of 31 March 1901
Civil Parish Vessels off Dartmouth Harbour Devon

Rosie