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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Jemima Beatty - Citty Derry
« on: Sunday 05 August 12 01:16 BST (UK) »
Hello,
I have been doing some searching for an ancestor of mine named Benjamin Beattie and I have managed to stumble into this chat.
My great-great-great grandmother was called Mary Beattie, her father was Benjamin Beattie and her mother Sarah Robertson.
On Mary's birth certificate in 1863, Benjamin is listed as deceased, and having been a Soldier in the Royal West India Rangers.
In the 1851 Census, he is not there and his wife is declared a widow. In his wife's death record, she is the widow of Benjamin Beattie, Chelsea Pensioner.
However I cannot find any death in those years, nor a record for a Chelsea Pensioner of that name in those years.
I wondered if somehow he had been convicted in London and then transported and he had his family informed that he was dead, rather than them know that he had been sent abroad.
A long shot I know, but you mention that he was born in Scotland, so it started to sound more and more likely.
Anyway, anything that anyone can tell me and shed any light would be much appreciated.
Best
Chris
I have been doing some searching for an ancestor of mine named Benjamin Beattie and I have managed to stumble into this chat.
My great-great-great grandmother was called Mary Beattie, her father was Benjamin Beattie and her mother Sarah Robertson.
On Mary's birth certificate in 1863, Benjamin is listed as deceased, and having been a Soldier in the Royal West India Rangers.
In the 1851 Census, he is not there and his wife is declared a widow. In his wife's death record, she is the widow of Benjamin Beattie, Chelsea Pensioner.
However I cannot find any death in those years, nor a record for a Chelsea Pensioner of that name in those years.
I wondered if somehow he had been convicted in London and then transported and he had his family informed that he was dead, rather than them know that he had been sent abroad.
A long shot I know, but you mention that he was born in Scotland, so it started to sound more and more likely.
Anyway, anything that anyone can tell me and shed any light would be much appreciated.
Best
Chris