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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: ValCharlie on Wednesday 26 March 25 10:40 GMT (UK)
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I am looking for help with the above soldier (and his regiment) please.
Julius was born in Suffolk in 1830. In 1851 he married Alice Taylor in Preston, Lancashire giving his address as Cahir Barracks. These appear to be in Kilcommon, Tipperary. Elsewhere I have found that the 52nd was based in Limerick.
Q1: Why was he in Preston?
Alice gave birth to a baby son in September 1853, which puts Julius in Preston late 1852, early 1853 so it looks as if he was there for a while. The baby died in October 1853. In December 1857 Alice remarries as a widow. This gives a window for Julius's death from Dec 1852-Dec 1857 but.....nada.
Q2: What happened to Julius? Does he appear in any military records beyond 1851? Or any records at all?
Thanks
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Possible baby's death on Family Search site, (if the baby was named after dad)
Name Julius Tillett
Sex Male
Death Place Salter St
Event Type Burial
Event Date 12 October 1853
Event Place Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZ34-XWY?lang=en
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Follow up from above, looks like the baby was named after dad
Name Julius Tillett
Sex Male
Father's Name Julius Tillett
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Alice
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Christening
Event Date 25 Sep 1853
Event Place Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J9MJ-8LZ?lang=en
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Marriage detail his name is Tullett ??? ???
Name Julius Tullett
Sex Male
Age 21
Birth Year (Estimated) 1830
Marital Status Single
Father's Name Julius Tullett
Spouse's Name Alice Taylor
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 20
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1831
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Father's Name Peter Taylor
Event Type Marriages
Event Date from 1851 to 1852
Event Place Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKKH-N2RS?lang=en
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Caher Barracks roughly south of the town of Caher.
Choose MapGenie 25 Inch - ITM in Basemap Gallery.
https://arcg.is/1b04ae
Townland that it was located in - Kilcommon More (North).
https://www.townlands.ie/tipperary/iffa-and-offa-west/caher/kilcommon/kilcommon-more-north/
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5570412#map=13/52.36407/-7.92664
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The 52nd Regiment went to India (from Ireland) in 1853 and remained there until 1865. They had been stationed at Fulwood barracks in Preston for a couple of years up to 1850, which probably explains how Julius met Alice.
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Thanks to everyone who replied.
Thanks for the info re the 52nd in Preston. I did my initial officer candidate interview in those barracks before the joys of Westbury! How ironic. Full circle! I had found Ireland and India but nothing on Preson. Is there a link to a reference source please?
Yes, the baby, named after his father, died. Diarrhea for 6 days!
Obviously I can't tell whether the father was still alive when this happened. Maybe Julius (father) went off to India, leaving Alice alone? If the older Julius didn't die, then this would make her second marriage bigamous. So now, I need help on finding Julius!
Thanks again
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Re the 52nd leaving Preston in 1850: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-share/f2dbb70d-e9c2-41fa-ba2b-3700454853dd
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Wow. Thanks. They must have met when they were very young and he appears to have come back to Preston, from Ireland, to marry her. I wonder what happened next?
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Have you traced his brothers and sisters, did he possibly stay with any of them in his old age?.
Father
Julius Tillett married Jane Cornish 28 June 1830 in Bungay
children
Julius bap 28 November 1830 married Alice Taylor
Jane bap 14 April 1833
Louisa bap 13 October 1835
William bap 25 June 1837 died 1837 death registered Wangford age 0.
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Eliza birth reg. 1844 at Wangford
Ann birth reg. 1846 Wangford death reg. Wangford 1846 age 0
Emma birth reg 1849Wangford possible death 1849 age 0
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His wife Jane died 1857 age 48 registered Wangford