cambria birth place

[Gadget]

The only Ruth Merrylees death is Oct q, 1862, Greenwich so I think the tree might have been 20 years out on this one. (2nd Nov 1882 on tree)

(My 2/£ key is sticking so please bear with me!)

Still doesn't get us nearer to Cambria though, apart from my Reply #9. It could be that cristiane knows all this - it might be her tree 

[stanmapstone]

Ruth has multiple references of her birth on the Military births Overseas indexes.

I don't understand "multiple references", but the Military births Overseas index should show where she was born. Wales would not be overseas. As 'gortonboy' suggests more details would help.

Stan

Regimental Birth Indexes – may show several index references for the same person
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/most_customers_want_to_know.asp#FamilyHistory
As Gadget says Cambrai does look probable.
Stan

[Galium]

I think Gadget is probably on the money with Cambrai - there are nine people in the 1851 census giving Cambray , France as their birthplace. 
The Merrylees family are perhaps in Ireland in 1851, and I believe that  some 1861 census records for Woolwich  are missing.

[stanmapstone]

I think Gadget is probably on the money with Cambrai - there are nine people in the 1851 census giving Cambray , France as their birthplace. 

And seven of them in 1818  one, a soldiers wife, is in the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich.

Stan

[cristiane]

Hello all,
Ruth Lovatt (as Lovett on marriage to John Merrelies/Merrylees), military births all come under 'overseas indexes', these are the only ones that I know of that have actual birth certificates pre 1837.
Her father was Samuel Lovatt and his army papers state he was ''at home'' with his time in the army.  All to be found on Ancestry and some on Find My Past.
He was in the 2nd and then the 7th Battalion RA, died in Woolwich, have marriage record to wife and certificates of her siblings births.
The Merrylees family were in Ireland in 1851 but no records available, church burnt down a long time ago which held all local records including the censuses.
Ruth did die in 1862.
I have yet to add my family tree to rootschat or any other sites myself.
After Ruth's death, her hubby John married her sister Louisa, all details have in my records as I do on Ruth and John's children.  My link is with Catherine Louisa who came to Queensland, Australia and married John James Truscott.  Catherine is my great grandmother.
John Merrylees was born in Pencaitland, Haddingshire, Scotland.
Have a relative descended via sister Louisa who has added family on the Ancestry site and another site am unable to access myself, his details came from me.
I will look into the name as Cambrai to find more on it's history.
thanking you all for your input, hope who-ever is trying to access military BDM's will get there, they can also check via ancestry/find my past as these indexes are listed there.
from Cristiane.

[cristiane]

Forgot to mention that 2 areas of the Woolwich Kent censuses have been missing for over 100 years, so if anyone else had families there will not find them, unless a miracle happens.
from cristiane.

[cristiane]

To all,
Mistake on Sam Lovatt's death place, should read Staffordshire where he lived.  Death details previously mentioned belonged to another army man, his in-law.
from cristiane.

[stanmapstone]

Forgot to mention that 2 areas of the Woolwich Kent censuses have been missing for over 100 years, so if anyone else had families there will not find them, unless a miracle happens.
from cristiane.

The 1861 Census, RG9/407 Woolwich Arsenal. Cambray/Cambrai was the headquarters of the English Army in 1818.

Stan

[cristiane]

If you go into the Google site and type in ''Cambria" you will find out just where in the region of Wales it was. 
Very interesting this site was and very informative.
Also states that it is an 'old' name for Wales.
Have fun searching Google.