James Cassidy Hampshire Regiment

[TonyCassidy]

hello

James Cassidy is my great grandfather

he was born in 1817 at Kingston, Ontario, Canada

he was attested into the Hampshire 37th Regiment Of Foot when aged 15yrs on 4th Sept 1832 at Ballincollig, Co Cork, Ireland

he then served for over 15yrs at
Jamaica (3yrs)
Halifax Nova Scotia (3yrs)
Ceylon / Sri Lanka (9yrs)

then, he was discharged at Ceylon / Sri Lanka on April 13th, 1856

he was awarded the Silver Medal

where he went then, i don't know for sure

i have a note of him marrying Catherine Gallagher but i am not sure of that, neither where nor when

and importantly, i have comment from previous generations that his father was called Nicholas Cassidy

i don't know how Nicholas go to Kingston, Ontario, Canada in the first place...possibly via boat from Ireland

why did James enlist at Ballincollig, why at that precise location ?

i dunno

but i do know that in 1830, the Irish made up 42% of the regular army that were posted in Ireland, or at least among those that were in the Cork area

i know too that historically the name Cassidy comes from the County Fermanagh area

and in the 1641 Depositions, there is mention of a Phelim Cassidy (or Caiside, or whatever)

anyway, any help re James and Nicholas would be appreciated !!

docs attached related to James' discharge in 1856 at Ceylon
(i have 2 more ages on that)

kind regards
Tony
Glasgow, UK

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[Annette7]

A Public tree on Ancestry shows he married Catherine Gallagher 4/2/1859 in Glasgow, Scotland and that he died there 31/10/1897 at Govan.

Looks like you will have to view certificates on Scotlands People - his marriage certificate will show both of his parents.

Yours answers lie in Scotland.

Annette

[TonyCassidy]

Annette

you are a legend !

thanks for that

so do i simply search those 2 sites you mention ?

and is it easy to access the tree you talk of ?

kind regards

Tony

[Annette7]

You have to be a member of Ancestry.co.uk to be able to view Public trees I'm afraid - I think that some libraries have a link enabling you to do so but you'd have to check with a library in your area.

As to Scotlands People - you have to buy credits to enable you to see copies of original documents - £7 for 30 credits.

Annette

[ev]

Tony 

Sign up to the Mundia website , it's free and should give you access to contact the owner of the tree

http://www.mundia.com/gb/

Search for James Cassidy born Canada , died 1897

ev

[TonyCassidy]

Annette and ev

THANKYOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP !!

mods
sorry if i made a mistake - am new to this

i have been finding what i need via the Ancestry site

THANKS AGAIN !!