George Bradburn,Mary Ann Walker, Peggy Ayers.

[trish1120]

May I ask how you know he was born c 1806 Great Haywood?
Cant seem to find him on 1851 Census with that pob.

Trish 

[ChrissieL]

There is a tree on Ancestry giving the birth of a George Bradburn in Great Haywood in 1807.  According to the tree he was married in India in 1840 to Mary Ann Walker and died in India in 1845

Chris

[Bona]

Hi Everyone ,

Thanks for your replies re . my ancestor George Bradburn. Yes that is the correct , George who went to India. His son George Henry came to New Zealand. I am his g.g.grand daughter. Don't  have any verified info about his actual birth date and place of birth.Thus my query. Have got this information from other sites, but never find  an entry in parish and other records so far.

[trish1120]

The only entry I could find on Fibis for George Snr;

Military records > Medal rolls : China Campaign, 1842 (Madras Artillery & Staff only)
Geo.
Surname   Bradburn
Rank   Gunner
Regiment   Madras Artillery
Troop or Company  'D' Co.   
Service     3rd Batt.

And from Familysearch.Org;

MARRIAGE
9 September 1840, Bangalore, Madras, India
George BRADBURN to Mary Ann TAUCELL**

BURIAL;
MARY ANN Bradburn, Widow of GEORGE, 21 May 1847 Madras
Death 21 May 1847
Age 20**

[KGarrad]

So, he wasn't in the British Army, but in the Madras Army  of the Presidency of Madras.
The presidency armies were part of the British East India Company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Army

[trish1120]

Yes.  I did a bit of googling also

[Bona]

Hi Trish,

Thanks for the info, There are a few errors in those entries. Mary Ann was actually born in 1815,she was 32 when she died leaving my g. great grand father an orphan as his father had been killed in a campaign in China.She was a widow when she married George and her previous married name was Fawcett. Her parents were Peggy Ayers , an Indian woman and John Walker of the 30 th foot regiment  in Madras.

 Still hoping to find a birth record somewhere for George.

[Bona]

That's interesting, so we're did that army originate ? We're they English soldiers ?

[KGarrad]

Most of the Armies with the British East India Company were British (& Irish) - certainly the officers.
There were also native Indian regiments in all 3 Presidency Armies.

In the Madras Army there were 51 regiments of Native Infantry, 3 regiments of European Infantry, 8 Regiments of Light Cavalry and 3 regiments of Artillery.

(All from that Wikipedia page I mentioned)

An ancestor of mine was in the Bengal Army, a veterinary surgeon in the Cavalry Regiments.
He apparently survived a massacre during the Indian Mutiny by hiding in a cellar?