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Date of death from army pension records
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Carolyn | Report | 24 Jul 2010 15:04 |
Does anyone know where to trace the date of death from army pension records? |
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Helen | Report | 24 Jul 2010 18:57 |
Might be worth trying to trace him on the following three census assuming he came back to England. |
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Joy | Report | 24 Jul 2010 19:55 |
I am looking at the 1891 census for him - do his discharge papers give next of kin? Do you know his wife's name? Do you know when she died? There is a Thomas Williams age 55 in Bedminster, Bristol with wife Sarah, there is a widowed 57-year-old Thomas Williams in Silver Street, Bristol and a 55-year-old Thomas Williams in Newport with wife Charlotte. |
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Carolyn | Report | 24 Jul 2010 20:20 |
Thanks for your help. Thomas's wife was a Clara Agnes but she remarried in India in 1890 (from her 2nd husband's army records) - presumably after Thomas died. However there is a family photograph supposedly of Thomas, Clara Agnes and their daughter Lily Irene (who was born in India in 1888) - the child looks about 4 years old and the photograph was thought to have been taken in 1891/2. The man is in uniform and wearing medals which match Thomas's - he looks nothing like the 2nd husband. Nothing quite adds up which suggests some deception or bigamy etc! |
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Joy | Report | 24 Jul 2010 21:03 |
You could try asking Ann Swabey for advice - she is here - http://www.militaryandfamilyresearch.co.uk/index.htm |
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Madmeg | Report | 24 Jul 2010 21:11 |
A branch of my family has "army people" in it. I'm only on the edges, so I didn't go into it in detail, but another member of the family did, and has given me to believe that in the 1800s, it was totally unacceptable to have illegitimate children or marry a second time without proof of the first spouse dying. |
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Carolyn | Report | 24 Jul 2010 23:59 |
Thanks Joy for the website - it looks very hopeful. |