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Hi,

I have two second cousins who married each other;

Louisa Mary Whaite born 1865 Westport, Co Mayo, Ireland
(daughter of John Edmund WHAITE & Isabella Du BéDAT, married 1861 Dublin, Ireland)

married 1898 Hampshire, England

Charles David St Clair WEDDERBURN born 1864 Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
(son of John Walter WEDDERBURN & Margaret Anne WHAITE, married 1854 Castle Eden, Durham, England).

John Edmund WHAITE born c1830 unknown (Major in North Lincolnshire regiment of Foot)&
Margaret Anne WHAITE born c1837 Templeton, Ireland, are half siblings. 

I'm trying to find out their mother's names.
(Esp Margaret's mother, the daughter of my husbands gggGrandfather Edward PATON.)

Their father is Thomas WHAITE.

Margaret Anne WHAITE's grandfather, Edward PATON born 1796 Stirling, Scotland was an Armourer & Quarter master of 42nd Regiment.  He was in Ireland & Malta, as was his son, also an armourer, so it's likely that his daughter, Margaret's mother, was also there.

I've found the following, but don't know how to verify it:

from:

 http://website.lineone.net/~remosliema/britisharmy1.htm

Judith WHAITE, died 14th July 1832, Garrison at Malta, aged 24 years, the wife of Colour-Sergeant Thomas WHAITE, buried Msida Bastion Cemetery, near Floriana, Malta.

Thomas WHAITE, Sergeant-Major, 94th Regiment, married 24th October 1834  in Malta, to Sarah PATON

Does anyone know how to find out more about this?

What is a "Colour-Sergeant" and could this be the same Thomas Whaite remarrying after his first wife dies, could a Colour-Sergeant in 1832 become a Sergeant-Major in 1834?

Which 94th regiment is this, there seem to be several? 

Kind regards,
Helen

Thanks for the replies,  The surname is either Coalter or Coulter and changes from one document to the next.  My grandfather was born Coalter but changed to Coulter on his marriage, Dad says they were told that Coalter wasn't spelt with an 'a' so changed, but his siblings kept the old spelling. 
I would have preferred Coalter, it would have meant that people pronounced the name correctly (our our way at least) I grew up in Scotland and they couldn't  pronounce our name correctly, ever.


The Florella that married in 1920 is my great aunt, the granddaughter of Florella Ligget and niece of Florella Coalter.  She married a William Coalter.

I saw the name as Froella.  I know my (great) aunt was Florella, Florrilla in 1911 census.  Perhaps the name should be Froella, who knows, it's not a name I've ever heard before, but I guess the three generations were named after each other.

I was wanting to find out what happened to the brothers and sister of James Coalter b 1868.
Did they marry, emigrate or die? 

Regards,
Helen