Horace Aldis in US Army

[Jaxied]

Hi,

Anyone in the US able to check out an ancestor for me - Horace Aldis?  I don`t know too much about him, but believe he emigrated to the US c. 1845/6.  There is a record of a Horace Aldis in Ancestry`s 'U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914' as enlisting aged 21 at White Hall in 1846 for 5 years (discharged in Texas).  He married c.1853 and ended up living in Texas, joining the Confederate Army there in the Civil War and dying in 1870.  The Army record on line is of poor quality and I cannot see what his occupation might have been.  Also, it doesn`t say where in England he was from or who his parents were.  Is there any other US record I could consult to find all this out?  My Horace Aldis was from Norfolk and his father could possibly have been Horatio Aldis - the records over here in the UK are very woolly in this regard.  I just know that Horatio had a son born about the right time who was probably named Horace.  Many thanks in anticipation.

[shellyesq]

I'm not sure if this will give you any more information than you have already, but footnote.com has a number of Confederate records for Horace Aldis.  It's a subscription site, but you can search and see what's available. 

[grub]

US Federal Census Mortality Schedule Index

Horace Aldis, age 44, died Nov 1870, in Colorado County, Texas.
Place of Birth: England
Occupation: Painter
Cause of death: Bowelinfla (sic) inflamation??

ID#MRT197-2577

1870 US census
Colorado County, Texas
ALDIS
Susan, 32, born Arberdinia(??)
William 13, b Texas
George, 12, b Texas
Horace, 6, b Texas
Harriett, 3 b Texas
Roderick 11 months, b Texas

Valerie

[Ohio Susan]

From Footnote
George Robert Aldis b Oct 23  1858

Father Horace b England
Mother Susan Howett b Scotland

[Jaxied]

Hey - thanks to All for replying.  I did find some of the information on Ancestry, but the other bits and pieces you`ve found for me are extremely helpful - thanks so much.  I still need to find out where in England (and possibly Norfolk) my Horace Aldis was from, so will carry on searching over here.

The Footnote.com site that has been mentioned looks really interesting.  I have saved it to My Favourites and will have a good nosey round it this weekend.

Cheers..

[tkpickett]

Horace T. Aldis (Born Horatio), born February 14, 1796 in Norwich, England.Wife: Susana Peacock Howat. Horace was AWOL from the British Army, changed his name from Horatio to Horace. He is my wife's 2nd great grandfather.

[Jaxied]

Horace T. Aldis (Born Horatio), born February 14, 1796 in Norwich, England.Wife: Susana Peacock Howat. Horace was AWOL from the British Army, changed his name from Horatio to Horace. He is my wife's 2nd great grandfather.

Thanks for the reply.  Horace - Horatio`s father was Horatio Aldis born 1796 in Norfolk.   He was the sister of Eliza Aldis who married my x2 great grandfather (James Askew).

[tkpickett]

Check the website: Aldis Family History. "How Horatio became Horace". Horace wrote letters to his mother in England in the 1850's. Some of these letters still exist. He urged his brothers to come to America "going to fight the Turks is not worth getting killed".