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Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 63,167 Send Message	AnninGlos	Report	11 Feb 2007 21:24
	don't know much about the history of the Spanish army at that time but is there any chance he was British serving in the Spanish army? maybe he had a british father, Spanish Mother. Ann Glos
	Researching: Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin
Member Since: November 2006 Posts: 0 Send Message	Helena	Report	11 Feb 2007 19:39
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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 17 Send Message	Elizabeth	Report	11 Feb 2007 18:04
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 17 Send Message	Wonder if anyone can help: tracing the family of a man listed as born in the West Indies (no place given) in 1830 - suspect more like 1827 - and given in all census where he appears as a British Subject. But....his father is an 'officer in the Spanish Army' on the marriage certificate. Was his mum British? would that have made him a British Subject? Or would being born on a British island (lots of them in 1830) have made him a British subject? Although can't imagine what the Spanish Army was doing on a British island..... Any thoughts? Might help me narrow down his place of birth.