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Armed Forces / Re: 68th regular of Foot
« on: Thursday 23 February 12 06:51 GMT (UK) »
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Armed Forces / Re: 68th regular of Foot
« on: Friday 17 February 12 02:39 GMT (UK) »
Hello again, Chris,
I'm interested in this phrase from your latest post: 'since it was gifted to pensioners of the 68th'. Do you have a source for this information? My ancestor was William Crawford, of the 68th, but I know that veterans of other regiments also settled in Valcartier. Maybe they bought out veterans of the 68th who moved on....
Meanwhile, this evening I'll look for the surname 'Pinckney/Pinkney' in the earliest census record photocopies that I have.
Wanda
I'm interested in this phrase from your latest post: 'since it was gifted to pensioners of the 68th'. Do you have a source for this information? My ancestor was William Crawford, of the 68th, but I know that veterans of other regiments also settled in Valcartier. Maybe they bought out veterans of the 68th who moved on....
Meanwhile, this evening I'll look for the surname 'Pinckney/Pinkney' in the earliest census record photocopies that I have.
Wanda
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Armed Forces / Re: 68th regular of Foot
« on: Thursday 16 February 12 03:34 GMT (UK) »
Hi Rimas,
Abraham Pinckney settled in Valcartier, about 20 miles northwest of Quebec City, where my father's ancestors also pioneered. (Abraham's name appears in census returns for that community.) If you weren't aware of this, I have copies of the 1825, 1831, 1851, and 1861 census returns.
Wanda
Victoria, BC
Abraham Pinckney settled in Valcartier, about 20 miles northwest of Quebec City, where my father's ancestors also pioneered. (Abraham's name appears in census returns for that community.) If you weren't aware of this, I have copies of the 1825, 1831, 1851, and 1861 census returns.
Wanda
Victoria, BC
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Laois (Queens) / Re: Was it possible to get married in Laois at age 13 in 1834?
« on: Tuesday 06 December 11 18:25 GMT (UK) »
To add to what I posted concerning the Marriages Act of 1972:
'On the detailed provisions, section 1 fixes 16 years as the normal minimum age for marriage. There is provision made for exemptions to be given for specified reasons and subject to specified safeguards which are set down in the section. This is the first time we have had a statutory minimum age for marriage and up to now we have been dependent on a common law requirement under which the minimum ages were 12 years for a girl and 14 years for a boy.'
http://www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie/S/0073/S.0073.197211230004.html
'On the detailed provisions, section 1 fixes 16 years as the normal minimum age for marriage. There is provision made for exemptions to be given for specified reasons and subject to specified safeguards which are set down in the section. This is the first time we have had a statutory minimum age for marriage and up to now we have been dependent on a common law requirement under which the minimum ages were 12 years for a girl and 14 years for a boy.'
http://www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie/S/0073/S.0073.197211230004.html
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Laois (Queens) / Re: Was it possible to get married in Laois at age 13 in 1834?
« on: Tuesday 06 December 11 18:16 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for your responses to my question. I did an online search for Irish marriage legislation, and learned that a Marriages Act of 1972 'raised the minimum marriage age to 16 for boys and girls, retrospectively validated so-called "Lourdes marriages".'
http://indigo.ie/~kwood/acts.htm
I'm primarily interested in conditions in Ireland during the early 19th century, so I'll have to do a little more digging...
http://indigo.ie/~kwood/acts.htm
I'm primarily interested in conditions in Ireland during the early 19th century, so I'll have to do a little more digging...
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Laois (Queens) / Re: Was it possible to get married in Laois at age 13 in 1834?
« on: Tuesday 06 December 11 02:45 GMT (UK) »
This is a question for RedRoger...Would you happen to know the name of the 1929 Act concerning marriageable ages? I've been estimating events based on the age of 16--seemingly incorrect--and would like to explore the question further.
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Laois (Queens) / Re: CLONENAGH
« on: Tuesday 06 December 11 02:30 GMT (UK) »
I was just in Ireland, searching the Church of Ireland records for the Parish of Clonenagh, which included the town of Mountrath. I found records for all three of my surnames at the Representative Church Body Library in south Dublin. If you google the library's name, you will find a handlist showing the available Protestant records for Clonenagh.
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