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Dorset / Re: edith may hayward
« on: Tuesday 22 November 11 23:18 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Nelwild
Have you any luck finding anything out about Edith May Hayward? I have someone by this name in my tree, born 1890 in Pewsham, Wiltshire.
Let me know if we may have a match
Thank you
Helen

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Armed Forces / Re: Army marriage in Ireland
« on: Saturday 25 June 11 11:18 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for all your advice.

I have tried FreeBMD on ancestry and on FimdMyPast but have not had any luck. I have now tried the sites that have been suggested in the thread but again to no avail.

The names are William Manley and Lydia Hallbrook Perry.

I don't think william was in the regiment for that long. I have been unable to find a birth record for him so am trying to find anything that may help me find out who his parents were. He was born in Teignmouth about 1844, and lived in Bovey Tracey 1851& 1861. 1881 he was living in Plymouth with Lydia and their daughter Lillie Martha who was born in Plymouth Dec 1879. On Lillie's birth certificate William is described as a Dock Porter.

The 103rd Regiment of Foot were in Plymouth area in 1874 so I believe that he may have joined them then. I have a citiaton for William's son which says that his dad was a bandsman with the 103rd.


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Armed Forces / Army marriage in Ireland
« on: Friday 17 June 11 23:18 BST (UK)  »

I have been trying to find the marriage of my gt gt grandparents and after a year have hunting have drawn a blank.
I believe that my gt gt grandad served for a short while in the 103rd regiment of foot, which I beleive he joined in Plymouth and then possibly moved to Ireland with them. During this time he may have got married - sometime between 1874 - 1879
Does anyone know if there is anywhere I could search for a military marriage, or else a marriage in Ireland?
Thank you in anticipation

Helen

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: Teignmouth parish records. MANLEY William
« on: Wednesday 02 March 11 20:47 GMT (UK)  »
I have had a quote but it seems such a lot of money, and there's no guarantee I'll get the answer ...

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: Teignmouth parish records. MANLEY William
« on: Wednesday 02 March 11 20:36 GMT (UK)  »
I feel as though I am making progress!!

I have just discovered that the Bn returned to England from India in 1870 so it is quite posible this is the Bn.

It's funny how you can stare at things for ages and don't get anywhere.

I have written to Kew to see if there are any muster rolls there - am waiting for the estimate or to be told no can do....

Would records from the barracks not show on the BMD?


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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: Teignmouth parish records. MANLEY William
« on: Wednesday 02 March 11 20:22 GMT (UK)  »
yes that's my Lydia

Her name is Lydia Hallbrook Perry born June 1859

And to make it more fun Lydia's mum was called Elizabeth Jane - and her census name alternates between Elizabeth & Jane!! lol

That could be him then...... I have just looked and the Bn was Infantry ....

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: Teignmouth parish records. MANLEY William
« on: Wednesday 02 March 11 20:17 GMT (UK)  »
so that could be my William????? ::)

Sorry I can't remember which census that was ......

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: Teignmouth parish records. MANLEY William
« on: Wednesday 02 March 11 19:13 GMT (UK)  »
HI Margaret

Thank you so much for your help!

I have only been doing my family history for about 18months - and I hit this block straight away - I thought it was me so am quite relieved that someone else is coming up against the samebrick walls!

What has made you ask about a William being in the Army - I found a William in the Royal Marines - or is that the Army?

My William served at some point (but I don't know when) with the 2nd Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers the 103rd Foot formerly the Bombay Regiment of the Old East India Company. I found this information out from his children's marriage certificates and his son's citation for an MBE.

I know that my William is the William who lived at 4 Henry Street in Plymouth - so I know where he was 1881 - 1901, and he then died in 1903. I have worked through the William Manleys born around 1844 and have eliminated each by finding out where they were in 1881. This is how I have come up with my William living with Mary Pascoe in 1851 & 61. I had also thought that maybe two people had declared William as living with them for a census. It's very strange because this family has the same issue with an Elias Manley - one born in 1835 & another in 1836 - one of them is in all censuses and the other is only in two!! grrrr

I have been unable to find any marriage record for William and Lydia, yet I have a photo of Lydia wearing a wedding ring

If children were illegitimate would they have been registered in parish records anywhere or did this only happen if the children were born of a couple?

Oh it is just so frustrating!!

Thankyou again foryour help and advice

Helen

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: Teignmouth parish records. MANLEY William
« on: Tuesday 01 March 11 22:15 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Margaret

Thank you for this - it's good to bounce ideas around!!
The parents of William 1843 were Elias (Mary Pascoe's brother) & Elizabeth. William lived with Elias and Elizabeth in 1851 and eventually married a Jane, and I have followed them by census to 1901 where they lived in Fareham, Hants.
My William lives with Mary Pascoe in both 1851 & 1861 censuses. I think he moved to Plymouth and lived as a lodger in 1871, and then 1881 onwards he lived with Lydia and his own family
Thank you again
Helen

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