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Lancashire / Re: One for Liverpool Annie Part 2 william henry cory
« on: Saturday 02 December 17 05:29 GMT (UK)  »
For clarification I am Davida Mary Cory of Sacramento, CA United States of America
William Henry Cory is my ancestor he is laid to rest in St. Helena in Beaufort, South Carolina he was in the Charge of the Lightbrigade and a horse fell on him during the battle he was said to have been awarded the Victoria Cross for his valor, but others have stated that he was in a penal colony for forgery and never received the Victoria Cross because of that my Grandfather and his cousin James Verdier have seen the saber from the war my Grandfather is Gerald A. Cory Jr.  The Southern Cross of Honor is laid in front of his head stone.  The reason it is hard to find the last names is when they came over names were spelled wrong by several people and depending on who was filling out the census forms we have seen several family members names spelled wrong.  Even to date now many people have spelled my name wrong I have seen other relatives spell my name Davita Cory Divida Cory but my name is Davida Mary Cory it happened a lot with our family and we intermarried with the Verdier's.  My great grandma is Alice Verdier and my great grandmother is Marie Alice Verdier so everything is really messed up and almost all the family members gave their daughters the middle name Marie but some would say it different like May ree, Mary, Marie just to complicate things and the Cory's, Verdier's and Grayson's all intermarried and my family starts with Andre Verdier and Rebecca Howard  my email is (*) feel free to contact me

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Family History Beginners Board / William Henry Cory
« on: Saturday 18 January 14 06:30 GMT (UK)  »
Wow, I have seen a lot of crazy stuff written This is my ancestor the reason there is no record is because we have refused to give Victoria Cross back to England.  There have been people who have come all the way from England to take it so they can register it and my family has always said No Way there is also a saber they want and again our family said No Way.  I have always been told that is how they have kept track or something.  I believe that (*) has the saber and actual Victoria Cross this is a person on the other side of the family as the Verdier's from France married into the Cory's from Clapham.
He is buried in St. Helena's cemetery where everyone in my family is buried everyone in that particular cemetery are all interrelated because their social class prevented them from marrying other people of a lower social class the Verdier side controlled all trade in and out of South Carolina and invented a special cotton that was revered all around the world.  The houses still stand as museums in South Carolina.
 
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