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Cheshire Lookup Requests / Re: Marriage at St John in Frankby, Wirral, Cheshire
« on: Monday 14 October 13 19:29 BST (UK)  »
Hello!

Thank you, everyone, for all the information.  I was able to purchase the marriage certificate from GRO and have more information.

Elizabeth's parents are Alexander Thompson and Sussanah Briscoe and so, yes, one of Robert's children was named after the maternal grandmother.  I have also found Robert's parents who were George Campbell and Anne McIntosh of Bonar Bridge, Scotland.

I am now going to try and find Robert's death certificate!  The parish extractions do not contain much information though.  Wish me luck!

Thank you again.

Regards,
Suzanne

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Cheshire Lookup Requests / Marriage at St John in Frankby, Wirral, Cheshire
« on: Wednesday 28 August 13 03:21 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

Now that I have the index information for my great-grandfather Robert Campbell's marriage, how can I access the parish register that shows more information such as the parents without flying to England from Canada?  lol  I have a subscription to findmypast and to scottishpeople and ancestry. 

Marriage:

Robert Campbell
Elizabeth Thompson
Wirral/Cheshire   in 1888    A/M/J Quarter
volume 8A   page 654A

Suzanne

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Armed Forces / Re: Boer War - Robert Campbell b. 1853 in Bonar Bridge, Sutherland
« on: Wednesday 28 August 13 00:02 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

Now that I have the index information for Robert Campbell's marriage, how can I access the parish register that shows more information such as the parents without flying to England from Canada?  lol  I have a subscription to findmypast and to scottishpeople and ancestry. 

Suzanne

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Armed Forces / Re: Boer War - Robert Campbell b. 1853 in Bonar Bridge, Sutherland
« on: Tuesday 27 August 13 21:11 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, Ken!  I've been poking around a little bit everywhere trying to find out what Robert Campbell Sr. was up to!

Wish me luck!

Suzanne

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Armed Forces / Re: Boer War - Robert Campbell b. 1853 in Bonar Bridge, Sutherland
« on: Tuesday 27 August 13 13:40 BST (UK)  »

Thank you for the marriage information.  Robert Campbell Sr. married Elizabeth Thompson when he was 35.  I can't imagine what he was up to before that.  He may possibly have been married in Scotland where he was born or been in some kind of military until he arrived in Cheshire.  I looked up possible military events and he may have been in the First Boer War (the date fits), hence the Boer War medal that we used to have or fighting somewhere in the Highlands.  Or, maybe just roaming around for work and that's how he ended up in Cheshire!

Suzanne 

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Armed Forces / Re: Boer War - Robert Campbell b. 1853 in Bonar Bridge, Sutherland
« on: Tuesday 27 August 13 13:09 BST (UK)  »
Thank you!  I feel kind of silly calling you gortonboy!  Do you have a name, sir?

Suzanne

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Armed Forces / Re: Boer War - Robert Campbell b. 1853 in Bonar Bridge, Sutherland
« on: Tuesday 27 August 13 04:49 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, gortonboy!

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Armed Forces / Re: Boer War - Robert Campbell b. 1853 in Bonar Bridge, Sutherland
« on: Monday 26 August 13 23:28 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

Robert Campbell didn't emigrate to Transvaal though he did move to Birkenhead, Cheshire, England and married Elizabeth Thompson from Birkenhead.  I'm not sure when he moved there or when he married Elizabeth since I couldn't find any information on these two events.  They had 4 children in Greasby and Birkenhead.  The first was born in 1889.

Suzanne

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Armed Forces / Boer War - Robert Campbell b. 1853 in Bonar Bridge, Sutherland
« on: Monday 26 August 13 14:58 BST (UK)  »
Hello everyone

I would like to know if my great-grandfather, Robert Campbell b. 1853 in Bonar Bridge, was in the Boer War.  My grandfather, George Campbell b. 1889 in Greasby, England had a Boer War medal in his possession.  George said that he had been in the Boer War which was impossible since he was born in 1889 so I'm thinking that the medal belonged to his father, Robert.  My grandfather was a character and fabricated all kinds of stories!  He was also 27 years older than my grandmother!

The medal could also have belonged to John F. Campbell b. 1857 in Creich, Sutherland.  John was my great-grandfather's (Robert's) brother.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you and regards,
Suzanne Desormeaux
Quebec, Canada

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