RootsChat.Com
General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: margaret elizabeth on Sunday 18 January 09 00:01 GMT (UK)
-
Lt Mylrea from 4th veteran battalion [ hms harpooner ] the harpooner was on way from quebec to deptford england 1816 and hit rocks , Lt mylrea lost his wife, daugher rose age 18 and daughter sophia age 7 yrs,, but daughter mary and son fredrick were saved, the story on the harpooner wreck says Lt mylrea was 70 but i think not, i am trying to find out Lt Mylrea first name, i cannot find death record of his two daughters, where can i find out , please
-
Mylrea is clearly not a common name.
A quick look in the London Gazette finds reference to a Lieut Daniel Mylrea in 1806 in the 7th Veteran Bn.
I'm guessing he's the same man
-
Lt Mylrea from 4th veteran battalion [ hms harpooner ] the harpooner was on way from quebec to deptford england 1816 and hit rocks , Lt mylrea lost his wife, daugher rose age 18 and daughter sophia age 7 yrs,, but daughter mary and son fredrick were saved, the story on the harpooner wreck says Lt mylrea was 70 but i think not, i am trying to find out Lt Mylrea first name, i cannot find death record of his two daughters, where can i find out , please
It was quite common for younger ladies of little substance to marry better off old men. If Rose was the eldest, he could have married at around 52...or a little younger...Not uncommon in this day and age!! Just look at some of the gossip columns!
-
I have a Mylrae as a brickwall in my tree. All roads seem to go back to the Isle of Man. Alternative spellings I have met are Millray (which is how I believe it was pronounced) and Millroy.
Ken
-
Thank you,
daniel could well be him, maybe age is wrong in the two stories of the crew of the harpooner, 1806 what would that be meant for and could a death be found for him
-
maybe age is wrong in the two stories of the crew of the harpooner
Maybe, but it's still possible he was 70 as stated.
1806 what would that be meant for
Not sure I understand exactly what you mean, but the 1806 entry is "To be Lieutenant, Lieutenant Daniel Mylrea from the 7th Royal Veteran Battalion."
So he was still a Veteran 10 years earlier.
could a death be found for him
No death certificates as early as 1816, but always possible you'll find something
-
Can trace Daniel Mylrea back to 1794 when he became an Ensign in the Royal Manx Corps of Fencibles
-
NEIL
THANK YOU , DO I OWE YOU ANY THING FOR LOOKING IN THE LONDON GAZETTE
LIZ
-
No, completely free and online. ;)
-
I have just finished a detailed study of the descendants of Mylrea of the Harpooner. His son Frederick Thomas became an Army Man, daughter Mary Anne lived with her father until his death in France. One of the problems with tracing military people is that they kept their own records in those days which need hunted down. the FIBIS service is good.
Happy to answer any more questions you might have about Daniel and his descendants.
-
Hi Dibanks
You haven't found a Sarah Ellen Mylrae have you?
ken
-
Hi Ken
In amongst all of my Mylreas, I have no Sarah Ellen but a Rose Ellen b 1864 in Sydney Australia, married Richard Mayhew 1891 in Marylebone, London. In the family of Mylrea of the Harpooner, I don't think I"ve ever seen a Sarah, and only Ellen once (attached to Rose above)
I notice a Sarah Ellen Mylrea married in June 1874 in Leigh on the freeukbdm listing. Could she be yours? Warmly Diana
-
Sometimes I think my head might be full of fluff! I have a Sarah Ellen in my family tree. She was born 1827 in Douglas, daughter of Jane Moore and Philip Mylrea. Sorry for my previous mis-information.
D
-
Thanks D
I missed your post about the freeukbdm listing. So I will check that out.
Ken