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« on: Monday 31 July 23 18:36 BST (UK) »
Thank you Diane - yes, I'd agree with all of your comments.
Samuel Stubbs 1824-1904, father to William, was born in Mayo, as was his father Joseph Stubbs 1770-1855.
Samuel served in the 41st Regiment of Foot and after being stationed in Cork from about 1849 to 1851, the 41st went to Corfu, Greece. From there they went to Malta in February 1853 and then on to fight in the Crimean war.
Mary Anne Clarke died, don't know when or where, as Samuel remarried in 1870 in Dublin, to a Mary Anne Minorgan and after having some children in Dublin, they moved to Canada, where his brother and widowed father had settled. Samuel died in Herschel, Ontario on 13th December 1904. I have wondered if Mary Anne Clark travelled with Samuel to Corfu/Malta, but I've not found that out.
I did meet Annie, in Swindon, would have been in the early 1960s, in the 'corner shop'
All the best,
Tom