Dilemma: Keep looking for a possible Chelsea pensioner, or set aside?

[Annette7]

Have found the marriage on FindMyPast:

John K. Evans married Ann Buse 16/4/1821 Bideford, Devon.

Annette

[straea]

Thanks so much, Annette.  I found an Ancestry tree that had John Kinsman and Ann Evans as John Evans' parents, and listed his wife's maiden name as Ann Buse and William's middle name as Buse (William was the only child of John and Ann that was listed in the tree).  But it didn't have  sources, and it was evening by then here in the US, so I decided to wait to try to follow up on it till today.  And then I logged in and you already had! :-)  What does FindMyPast stand for?  Did you find the other baptisms/marriages on FamilySearch too?  I've looked more through the Devon Family History Society's indexes than FamilySearch's so far but it seems like this particular family has more of theirs on FamilySearch than in the DFHS's old parish register holdings.

[straea]

Also, if you would like to move the part of this thread that doesn't have to do with John's possible service to the Devon board, that would be fine with me.  I don't want to bother anyone by cluttering up this board with stuff that doesn't have to do with the military.

[Billyblue]

Thanks so much, Annette.    What does FindMyPast stand for?   

FindMyPast = FindMyPast (website)

Dawn M

[straea]

Thanks, Dawn - I didn't make the connection   I think their Devon baptisms are mostly from the DFHS collection.

[Annette7]

FindMyPast is findmypast.co.uk.    According to that site the source is Devon Family History Society.

I added the marriage and birth details because you stated originally that you'd only found one instance of John Evans with a middle initial of K and weren't sure if this was fact or not.

Believe that FindMyPast are continually adding to their service records so perhaps a record for John Kinsman Evans will emerge in due course.

Annette

 

 

[straea]

Annette, I know why you added it, and I thank you again very much for helping me.  I was just saying that if you want to continue discussing on the Devon board instead of this one that would be fine with me.  Since, as I mentioned in my first post, there are several John Evans in the FindMyPast Chelsea pensioners record set that don't have much identifying info, he could already be up there without my knowing it's the right John.  Hopefully the information that you all have found will help me narrow down the possibilities.  Thanks again!

[straea]

Just wanted to provide an update.  After looking through the Chelsea pension records again I have still been unable to identify the correct John Evans and am still not sure whether he was really a Chelsea pensioner or not, though in what seems to have been a fairly small parish I'd imagine the census taker probably knew all the residents.  I did easily find Charles Evans' service file though and based on the age he said he was when he was enlisted I believe that it is likely the other Charles Evans from Hartland, who was baptised in 1829 rather than in 1826 as "my" Charles was.  The  Charles who served said he was only 16 when he was enlisted so it would only be my Charles if he lied about his age and I am not sure why someone would lie and say they were a minor if they weren't.  I also realized when I looked back through my small-so-far file on William and Isott (John and Ann's next door neighbors in the censuses) why the surname Buse sounded familiar - according to the transcript it was Isott's maiden name.  I wonder if two brothers married two sisters. 

[Billyblue]

FindMyPast is findmypast.co.uk.     Annette 

While this thread is about UK, FindMyPast is not just findmypast.co.uk.
There are other country versions, e.g. findmypast.com.au and findmypast.ie at least.
Which is why I didn't put an ending on the name.   

Dawn M.