Adelaide Dillon nee Gough/Goff - would really like to find her marriage

[Luzzu]

Hi,

I am looking for any information on Adelaide Dillon nee Gough/Goff:-

So far I know she married Henry Dillon ca 1857 (according to the 1911 census they had been married for 54 years).  She was aged 69 in 1911.  She died in 1915 in Chorlton, Manchester.

I have her in 1891 - RG12/3172/80 p4 and in 1901 -  RG13/3685/92 p 1 as well as 1911.  She was born between 1842-1846 in Malta.

Henry and Adelaide's known children are:-

Henry George born 24 Mar 1860 at Thorncliffe, Kent (male Dillon Elham 2a 751);
Michael John born 26 Sep 1862 Montreal, Canada and bapt 12 Oct 1862 at the Church of St Patrick, Montreal;
Mary Anne born ca 1864 in Canada and bapt at St John’s Cathedral, Quebec;
George born ca 1872 in Malta;
Priscilla born ca 1874 in Italy (no record after appearing on 1891 census in Manchester);
Alexander James born ca 1878 in Malta;
Mary R born ca 1882 in Malta;

Henry died in 1888 (buried in Phillips Park, Cemetery, Manchester) and Adelaide was recorded in Manchester living at 52 Elizabeth Street, Gorton.  In 1901 they were still in Elizabeth Street, Adelaide at number 52 with eldest son, Henry George and his family at number 48.  Adelaide died in 1915 in Chorlton, Manchester.

Eldest son Henry George Dillon married Carmella Darmanin In Malta ca 1893 who was Maltese and second son, Michael John married Mary Buck in 1916. Alexander James married Amy Parker in 1906 and he served in WW1.  I have found his service record on Ancestry.

I have Henry's service record but it is very difficult to read.  He was born 23 Nov 1830 in Ireland (possibly Kiltulagh near Galway).  He joined the army 23 Oct 1848 (98731) at the age of 17 years and 11 months.  He served in 47th Regiment of Foot as a Private from 23 Dec 1848 and transferred to Royal Canadian Rifles 13 Apr 1863.  He was discharged 11 Jan 1870, aged 29, after 21 years of service, with the intention to live in Liverpool (don't think he ever went there though).  He died 28 Mar 1888, aged 57, in the Chorlton Union (Withington) Workhouse, Manchester and was buried in Phillips Park Cemetery 3 Apr 1888 grave no RC F 572.

I would really like to find a marriage for Henry and Adelaide.

As always any help is much appreciated.

Luzzu

[lizdb]

It seems he was in the army at the time of the marraige, and he certainly moved around the world!

Have you tried the overseas marriages (available I think on line at FindMyPast, otherwise I am not sure where now - used to be in big books at the Family Record Centre and before that at ST Catherines House, but both now closed)

[Luzzu]

Thanks for your reply.  Have checked the overseas marriages but just can't see anything.  Its a real puzzle and I really need the marriage to go any further because I have no idea who their fathers were.

Luzzu

[MonicaL]

Hi Luzzu

There is a possible death for an early born son showing on http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start

James Dillon, aged 3, buried on 28 January 1861 in Dover, England - parents Henry (Hy.) and Adelaide Dillon.

Monica

[Luzzu]

That looks very promising.  I can see the reference for his death on FreeBMD but not his birth so it is looking likely to be an overseas birth.  Knowing his birth was ca1858 narrows down the marriage date a lot and if I can find out in which country James was born, maybe they married in the same country.

At least I can see a way forward now.

Thank you.

Luzzu

[arabrab]

Hi Luzzu

If Henry was in the 47th foot around  1857 , can you find where they were stationed? When I Googled "47th Foot" I found a reference to the regiment being in Malta in 1857, and then returning  to England. I guess this needs checking
Does anyone know where to check?

Barbara

[MonicaL]

A little bit here on the regiment's movements (seems to fit with most of the children's birth places) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47th_%28Lancashire%29_Regiment_of_Foot Less clear on the movements through the 1870s when some of the children show as born back in Malta, and one in Italy.

The Armed Forces board here on RC will hopefully be able to provide further details 

Monica

[arabrab]

 And my info came from this web page
http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page3f-CorporalJohnMcDermondVC47thFoot.html

Barbara

[Barbara.H]

Its a bit of a slog, but if you go through the online newspaper archives you can find lists of the various regiments' postings.

If you search on "47th Foot" then scroll down the list of results (about 400 for period 1856-1860!) looking for the headline "Stations of the British Army" or something like, you gets lists of where they all are.

For example
3 May 1856 (thats the date of the newspaper) 47th foot in Crimea; depot at Templemore - for Malta.
6 Mar 1857: 47th Foot in Malta, depot at Fermoy
1 Nov 1858: 47th Foot in Aldershot, depot at Cork
2 May 1859: 47th Foot in Aldershot, depot at Cork

there are more than that! But you get the picture.. I've done this looking for a birth (didn't find it  but at least got a picture of the parents whereabouts)
Avoid the London Gazette reports for this purpose, they tend to be promotions of individual officers.

Good luck!
  Barbara