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Title: Help reading ships name
Post by: Stevie b on Monday 14 July 08 19:17 BST (UK)
Can anybody help with reading what I believe to be a ships name?
I can make out "Embarked at the ****** on the 23rd Feb 1851. Invalided".
The soldier in question was my 3rd Gt Grandfather returning to England from Calcutta.
Any suggestions would be welcome.

Steve
Title: Re: Help reading ships name
Post by: Ken MacLean on Monday 14 July 08 19:42 BST (UK)
Steve,

Possibly the name of a place, rather than a ship? I make the last nine letters of the word to read "residency". Perhaps this will have some meaning for other posters.

Not sure of the styling of a sentence regarding embarkation would be crafted at that time, however "embarked on" would seem more likely than "embarked at" if referring to a ship.

Cheers, Ken
Title: Re: Help reading ships name
Post by: nanny jan on Monday 14 July 08 19:50 BST (UK)
Hi,

That's how I read it as ending ......"residency".



Nanny Jan
Title: Re: Help reading ships name
Post by: kerryb on Monday 14 July 08 20:05 BST (UK)
I agree with residency

I see he was returning from Calcutta, wasn't residency the term used for the British quarters in Indian towns??

Kerry
Title: Re: Help reading ships name
Post by: kyt on Monday 14 July 08 20:09 BST (UK)
Seems more likely to be Presidency - with the old fashioned "r" that looks like an "n" with a loop as the second letter.

There were three Presidencies - Bengal, Bombay and Madras. Calcutta was in the Bengal presidency

K
Title: Re: Help reading ships name
Post by: km1971 on Monday 14 July 08 20:18 BST (UK)
I agree with K - Presidency - and it is giving the date he sailed.

Ken
Title: Re: Help reading ships name
Post by: crystalight on Monday 14 July 08 20:24 BST (UK)
I also agree with presidency, Bengal being one of them.

Crystal  :D
Title: Re: Help reading ships name
Post by: Stevie b on Monday 14 July 08 20:31 BST (UK)
A big thank you to everybody, for your help in clearing this up for me.

Steve