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Hi 'Osprey'
Just adding this:
I found the name you gave me, an Eliza Stanbury, infant who was buried 28 April 1814. She was baptised in St Mary Magdalene's parish, Launceston on 20 April 1814. Her parents were Henry and Mary Stanbury. No connection that I know about to my Stanburys.
My convict ancestor William Stanbury's native place was recorded as 'Plimpton May Devonshire' on his Tasmanian convict record in 1829. He was at Lawhitton in Cornwall in 1808 when he was married, and had 4 children according to the convict record. I have accounted for 2 sons baptised in 1809 (John) and Thomas (1815) in St Mary Magdalene's parish. In 1815 the family was in West Gate Street, Launceston. same street as Henry Stanbury and family in 1814.

Does anyone know of an Elizabeth Julian from St Mary Magdalene's parish, Launceston, who married my ancestor William Stanbury there on 25 March 1808? (He was living at Lawhitton, just below Launceston, at that time.) Their first son was a John baptised there the next year 1809, suggesting either William or Elizabeth's father could have been named John? In Devon, William was convicted twice, in 1827 and 1828 and transported to Tasmania in July 1829.
Elizabeth's fate in Cornwall is unknown to me. She did not accompany William or emigrate to Tasmania later. I have an Elizabeth Stanbury buried at St Stephens by Launceston on 13 September 1815, which could be for William's wife. It seems William may have deserted his wife and family by the 1820s. He may have remarried in 1816 at North Hill in Cornwall, to a Caroline Cornelius. The marriage entry there says William was of St Mary Magdalene's parish, Launceston. The fate of Elizabeth Stanbury has bothered me for 45 years!
I have read other Julian posts below which suggest a French origin of the surname. If anyone has researched its origin, I would be very interested to hear about that. Neil Thomas, Belair, South Australia

It's likely my James Norris is one of the two men with that name listed in Freebmd.rootsweb.com index as dying in Mere (Wilts) registration district in either June 1842 or December 1843 quarters. He is not in the 1851 Wiltshire census that I could identify. I believe he was baptised at Sedgehill on 20 November 1785, son of William Norris & Elizabeth Crane.
 
A friend found for me on Ancestrylibrary.com the digital image of a document with a James Norris in the 95th Regiment of Foot as a corporal, with the annotation beside his and other corporals' names - "Waterloo Men". I had thought this document referred to recipients of the Waterloo Medal; possibly I am wrong here?

The only real evidence I had about my James being a soldier was in the marriage entry in 1844 for his son William & Eliza Short at Sedgehill, when James is described as "a soldier", plus a family tradition that a Norris ancestor had fought at Waterloo and lost a leg.

I have an ancestor James Norris from Wiltshire who was a soldier and most likely a Waterloo veteran. I don 't know what regiment he may have been in, but it's very likely he was still in that regiment in ca 1817-1818 in Ireland when his first child William was born. Later both father and son were in Sedgehill Wiltshire. Does anyone have any idea how I would begin to research this?