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Regimental Registers
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Lynn | Report | 23 Aug 2006 07:58 |
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Can anyone answer a question about the Regimental Registers? See below for details |
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Lynn | Report | 23 Aug 2006 07:59 |
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My great x 3 grandfather, Samuel Stowell, joined the Coldstream Guards in 1824. He married in Lambeth in 1832 (from IGI) and had his son Samuel in 1833 and daughter Catherine in 1838. I found Catherine's birth in Quebec, via the regimental registers on 1837 website. However, there is no mention of Samuel's birth ( which would have been in England) or any other births or Samuel's marriage in 1832. Why does only 1 birth come up? Are the regimental birth and marriage registers only for overseas, or are the ones on 1837 not complete? I don't believe that they are only for births/marriages overseas, as I found the birth of my great great uncle's 2 sons listed, both born in London. Anyone any ideas? Lynn |
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 23 Aug 2006 08:19 |
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The 2nd Coldstream Guards were based in Quebec 1838-42 and 1869. I would bet that their base was Île aux Noix (also known as Fort Lennox), an island fort on the Richelieu River and Lake Champlain border in Quebec, a few kilometres from the Canada-U.S. border. Erected between 1819 and 1829, the fort consists of defence works and a number of stonework buildings of outstanding beauty. The complex was designed to protect the colony in the event of an American invasion by way of the Richelieu River. The site is now designated as a National Historic Site of Canada and their website is well worth a look. http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/lennox/index_e.asp |
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Lynn | Report | 23 Aug 2006 08:23 |
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Thanks Paul, that is very interesting, I knew he went out to Canada and the dates but you have given me more info, I will have to look at that site Lynn |
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Lynn | Report | 23 Aug 2006 09:50 |
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Has anyone any idea about the registers? Lynn |
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Jennifer | Report | 23 Aug 2006 10:35 |
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Lynn, Usually the Regimental Registers record events overseas, if the children were born in the UK, they would have come under civillian registration and that did not come into being until 1837, you would need to search Parish registers for Samuel's marriage. Jennifer |
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Lynn | Report | 23 Aug 2006 10:39 |
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Thanks Jennifer, I thought that might be the answer, but i doesn't explain why I found 2 births of my grandfather's cousins listed. They are also listed on the GRO as well. Lynn |
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Jennifer | Report | 23 Aug 2006 10:54 |
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Probably just a matter of someone being very thorough. wanting to make sure they were well and truly recorded, or different units may have had different rules for their troops. Jennifer |
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Lynn | Report | 23 Aug 2006 12:43 |
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Thanks Jennifer, that would probaly be it. Their father was with the Scots Guards Lynn |
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