william hart

[Valda]

Hi

Lambeth and Kew are over 9 miles apart and that's if you take the shorter route crossing the winding and semi looping river Thames on bridges that may not all have been in place in 1844. It would be a longer route if you stayed south of the river in the then Surrey, now all London.

William Hart consistently gives his birthplace as Kew but since he is difficult to find on the 1851 census it may be because he was born illegitimately and he appears in another surname on that census which is why it may be worth researching the details of the Hart family of Kew given on the other post particularly any older daughters.

I will move this post to the main Surrey board

Regards

Valda

[nikitah]

thanks for that Valda , Nikita

[bbcitv]

Hi
Thanks Valda that's great all the details fit . We have been trying to find this for ages. What a great site this is, wish we had found it sooner

[nikitah]

Hi, Daisy or Valda I was wondering if "Dated at Newcastle Under Lyme means he enlisted there?

[Valda]

Hi

Attested to serve in the Fourth Regiment of the Dragoon Guards for 12 years
Previously in the 1st Royal Regt of Dragoons

Meaning he had already served in the army which was probably why he was in Newcastle under Lyme when he re-enlisted. You can track his previous service and his date of enlistment through the muster books of 1st Royal Regiment of Dragoons at The National Archives.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=16

Regards

Valda