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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Francis Bell born Scotland ca 1660-1665
« on: Saturday 23 February 19 21:19 GMT (UK)  »
I just found this thread about Francis Bell & Elizabeth Speed who are ancestors of mine. Regarding Elizabeth being a minor and pregnant when wed, the parish register makes no mention of either. I suspect that the pregnant comment is based on the fact that the son William was baptised in June 1693, four months after the marriage. I've no idea where the source of Elizabeth's minority comes from, since she was baptised in Jun 1668 and would be age 24 at marriage, as has been pointed out. I'd be interested in the source of the Scottish records for Francis' birth/baptism as I can't find him in the records on scotlandspeople.

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Kildare / Re: Curragh Camp. Regiments
« on: Sunday 13 September 09 20:36 BST (UK)  »
My gr gr grandfather John McInnes attested as a Sapper in 1855 in Glasgow. In 1865 he was at the Curragh where my gr grandfather Edward Wells McInnes was born. There is no civil registration for Edward apparently (I spoke to the Irish GRO), but the army birth/baptism certificate was available. The baptism was performed by Rev J Molony, R.C. Chaplain to the Forces, and the Adjutant certifying the entry was correct was E. Simm, Capt. R.E. This baptism was our first indication of the family's Roman Catholic faith. More recently I found the transcription of Edward's church baptism, on the brsgenealogy web site. Having wondered where Edward's middle name came from, the baptism provided a possible clue in that one of the sponsors/informants was John Wells. Nothing further is known of this person.
By September 1867 the family were in Canterbury, Kent.
I'd be interested in information about sappers/engineers at the Curragh at this time.

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