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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: Help Thomas Croke born Manchester, Lanc
« on: Tuesday 23 August 11 20:57 BST (UK) »
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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: Help Thomas Croke born Manchester, Lanc
« on: Monday 25 October 10 18:32 BST (UK) »
Hi mshrmh,
Thank you for looking.
His Royal Navy service papers and the Census from 1891 onwards plus his Coast Guard record all state he was born in Manchester Lancs. The Census for 1871 state he was born in Ireland, I've tried one of the main Irish BDM websites for that period of time for his birth but they all come back with the wrong parents. From 1875-1887 he followed his father into the Royal Irish Regt and was in India for sometime that's why he's not on the 1881 Census. His service papers for the Royal Irish Regt have not survived but the muster book for the regiment shows Thomas Croke born about 1860. His headstone over his grave state he was 75 when he died in 1932 which would make him born in 1857 it could be he lied when he joined The Royal Navy in 1889 in which he states he was born on the 25th August 1864.
John
Thank you for looking.
His Royal Navy service papers and the Census from 1891 onwards plus his Coast Guard record all state he was born in Manchester Lancs. The Census for 1871 state he was born in Ireland, I've tried one of the main Irish BDM websites for that period of time for his birth but they all come back with the wrong parents. From 1875-1887 he followed his father into the Royal Irish Regt and was in India for sometime that's why he's not on the 1881 Census. His service papers for the Royal Irish Regt have not survived but the muster book for the regiment shows Thomas Croke born about 1860. His headstone over his grave state he was 75 when he died in 1932 which would make him born in 1857 it could be he lied when he joined The Royal Navy in 1889 in which he states he was born on the 25th August 1864.
John
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Armed Forces / Re: A3 Squad Royal Marines
« on: Monday 25 October 10 15:06 BST (UK) »
Hi Jim
Yes the Bowering that came to see Dad did his time in the Royal Marines
and then came out. He then got a commission in the Army and retired a Lt.Colonel. He let me copy his old squad picture of 961 NS Squad which shows you in the second row Jim and also Ramsden.
John
Yes the Bowering that came to see Dad did his time in the Royal Marines
and then came out. He then got a commission in the Army and retired a Lt.Colonel. He let me copy his old squad picture of 961 NS Squad which shows you in the second row Jim and also Ramsden.
John
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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Help Thomas Croke born Manchester, Lanc
« on: Monday 25 October 10 13:24 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Could anybody help me with this one or point me in the right direction please.
My Great-Grandfather was Thomas Croke, his father was Patrick Croke and his mother was Ellen Croke nee Torpy.
Patrick Croke joined the 18th Royal Irish Regt in Liverpool District on the 13th June 1860 and was sent to Buttevant, Co. Cork for training.
Marriage Records show a Patrick Croake married a Ellen Torpy in Kilkenny on the 11-2-1862. In 1863 Patrick and Ellen leave Cork with two children for New Zealand which was to be the new posting for the Royal Irish Regt. The two children being Thomas and his younger brother James born in Buttevant, Co Cork. When the family return from New Zealand in 1870 they are now in Plymouth.
The 1871 Census for Plymouth show Patrick and Ellen and now four children Thomas and James shown as being born in Ireland, and the other two being born in New Zealand.
I can find the birth for James Croke in Ireland but not Thomas Croke, also later in life Thomas Croke would join the Royal Navy.
His Royal Navy service papers show Thomas Croke being born in Manchester, Lancs in 1864, the family set sail for New Zealand in 1863 ?. With the other documents I have this is the same Thomas Croke. Thomas Croke was a Roman Catholic but I have not been able myself to find any record of his birth.
Any help would be great.
Thank you
John
Could anybody help me with this one or point me in the right direction please.
My Great-Grandfather was Thomas Croke, his father was Patrick Croke and his mother was Ellen Croke nee Torpy.
Patrick Croke joined the 18th Royal Irish Regt in Liverpool District on the 13th June 1860 and was sent to Buttevant, Co. Cork for training.
Marriage Records show a Patrick Croake married a Ellen Torpy in Kilkenny on the 11-2-1862. In 1863 Patrick and Ellen leave Cork with two children for New Zealand which was to be the new posting for the Royal Irish Regt. The two children being Thomas and his younger brother James born in Buttevant, Co Cork. When the family return from New Zealand in 1870 they are now in Plymouth.
The 1871 Census for Plymouth show Patrick and Ellen and now four children Thomas and James shown as being born in Ireland, and the other two being born in New Zealand.
I can find the birth for James Croke in Ireland but not Thomas Croke, also later in life Thomas Croke would join the Royal Navy.
His Royal Navy service papers show Thomas Croke being born in Manchester, Lancs in 1864, the family set sail for New Zealand in 1863 ?. With the other documents I have this is the same Thomas Croke. Thomas Croke was a Roman Catholic but I have not been able myself to find any record of his birth.
Any help would be great.
Thank you
John
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Help with this picture, Please
« on: Monday 25 October 10 12:06 BST (UK) »
Hi Tery,
I hope this is better 300 dpi
John
I hope this is better 300 dpi
John
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Armed Forces / Re: Missing piece of the puzzle- Theophilus Jones
« on: Monday 25 October 10 09:18 BST (UK) »
Hi Ayashi,
No sorry only what is on the Commonwealth War Graves site and if you don't have it you can download his service papers online from the National Archives.
John
No sorry only what is on the Commonwealth War Graves site and if you don't have it you can download his service papers online from the National Archives.
John
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Armed Forces / Re: Missing piece of the puzzle- Theophilus Jones
« on: Sunday 24 October 10 20:09 BST (UK) »
Hi Ayashi,
I took pictures of the grave for the Royal Marines Historical Society of which I'm a member and remembered his name Theophilus Jones I have no link to him.
John
I took pictures of the grave for the Royal Marines Historical Society of which I'm a member and remembered his name Theophilus Jones I have no link to him.
John
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Armed Forces / Re: Missing piece of the puzzle- Theophilus Jones
« on: Sunday 24 October 10 17:03 BST (UK) »
Some more
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Armed Forces / Re: Missing piece of the puzzle- Theophilus Jones
« on: Sunday 24 October 10 17:00 BST (UK) »
Hi Ayashi,
Theophilus Jones grave is well known to me I don't know if you have seen it
John
Theophilus Jones grave is well known to me I don't know if you have seen it
John
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