McMinn Mystery Deepens...

[andycand]

Hi

The 1841 census is as follows

Parish number 858 (Borgue)
Enumeration District 3
Page 4

I found it oriiginally by searching for Alex*, a Mason in kirkcudbrightshire (there were only a handful) and looked for any name remotely similar to McMinn

Andy

[Daisy Loo]

I had forgotten   thanks...have found the 1851, taking ages to load...

I wonder now, Monica, if there are any other records that I can obtain from the TNA regarding this guy?

Thanks Andy...
 

[heywood]

What about pension records- I had a quick look at National Archives site to see if there was any reference to A44 (think that was mentioned on the extract) very naive of me - of course there wasn't 
I was also wondering if Alex may have received a pension for service and a pension for his rheumatism- it sounds pretty bad and he was struck with it in Gibraltar!
On either NA site or an army site, I am sure it said there are records of pensions.
That's my last thought for the night- work tomorrow!!
Kath

[MonicaL]

Kath

I am hoping that the Army crew on the board can see something we can't from the information Marty has now posted (or kindly had moved  ) to the Armed forces board. We have his discharge papers as at 1850. It's where to look next that I personally have no idea now at the TNA. Any records that there may be have not been indexed individually by name on line, so we would need to know specifically now where to look 

[heywood]

I'm hoping that too - they are such experts there!

This is the what I was looking at:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=23&j=1

[Daisy Loo]

Night Kath, and thanks

Yes, there should be pension records, and I am sure he would have got a pension, as he was discharged due to his poor hips and thighs, not voluntarily...it did say he was a pensioner on one of his daughters birth reg's.

No movement on the Armed Forces Board tonight...don't know why it was moved...anyone can have a go at reading surely!
But hopefully, yes, someone with the know, will tell me what to look for in this record I have, to progress further...

Thought you ladies would enjoy knowing that Our Alex...was tall dark and handsome  

5'10" (tall for those days I believe), black brown hair, grey eyes, and sallow complexion  sounds dishy hehehehe

[MonicaL]

Having seen your Nordic blonde genes in your photos, where did it all get mixed up then 

[heywood]

He does sound rather dashing!

I think that those references and that he was receiving 1s 7 1/2d and  hope that someone will confirm /correct it.

goodnight - definitely  

[MonicaL]

Night Kath 

On a more serious note  re the pension records, I did look at this in the last couple of weeks. Unless I'm mis-reading it, I think the pension records are organised by regiment. Chicken and egg, we need to know which regiment of the RA he was in to have any chance of locating this info (similarly I think with the Muster Rolls). I wonder if anyone on the Armed Forces board has access to this book:

If you have any information on place of service, you may be able to identify the regiment stationed there at a particular time from J M Kitzmiller, In Search of the 'Forlorn Hope': a Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and their Records (Salt Lake City, 1988). For the Royal Artillery, there is a similar guide: M E S Laws, Battery Records of the Royal Artillery, 1716-1877 (Woolwich, 1952-1970)