Hi everyone!
I have a rather frustrating issue in that I am trying to determine which company my 3GreatGrandfather was assigned to, and who was his Regimental Captain.
I spent a few weeks in...
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24-05-2023 3:41 AM
Thread: Determining Companies in a Regiment
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Determining Companies in a Regiment
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03-08-2021 10:09 PM
Thread: Estimated Pay for a Private
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Well, Lesley - I don't really feel dim at all......
Well, Lesley - I don't really feel dim at all... I didn't see the show, so I really have no anchor point for the question.
And Pam - 4 pennies (one penny plus a threepence) make a Groat - is... -
02-08-2021 11:36 PM
Thread: Estimated Pay for a Private
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Pam - are you testing me? 12 pennies make a...
Pam - are you testing me?
12 pennies make a Shilling
4 threepenny bits make a Shilling
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02-08-2021 9:03 AM
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And that is why I started this thread off as "my...
And that is why I started this thread off as "my brain hurts"!!!
I will have to tweak the spreadsheet to round up and use other fancy formulae, but I think it works!!! Hurray!!!
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02-08-2021 5:49 AM
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WOW!!!! Thank you, Pam - though I had to read...
WOW!!!!
Thank you, Pam - though I had to read it five times until I understood what you were doing, your annual result of £25 17s 1d is very much in the ballpark that I counted up on my fingers... -
02-08-2021 1:33 AM
Thread: Estimated Pay for a Private
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Estimated Pay for a Private
Sorry folks, but my brain hurts from trying to figure out the answer to my question of how much does a per Diem rate convert to an annual salary... Trying to calculate Pounds-Shillings-Pence with a...
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31-07-2021 6:54 AM
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And there is that, too.... I was singing as I...
And there is that, too.... I was singing as I typed my initial message!!!! Thanks, Lesley!
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31-07-2021 4:51 AM
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Hmmmm! Some have a cushy job!!! I'm of the...
Hmmmm! Some have a cushy job!!!
I'm of the thought that he was more like a figurehead/patron... I like the way the Dictionary of National Biography phrased it... He apparently inherited the family... -
31-07-2021 3:48 AM
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63rd Regiment of Foot - where's the Colonel?
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I have been reviewing the images I took of the Muster Rolls for the 63rd Regiment of Foot, and I have a conundrum that I need answering, please.
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31-07-2021 3:28 AM
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Hi Robyn - sorry for the tardy reply to your...
Hi Robyn - sorry for the tardy reply to your query.
My 3rd GGFather (Edward Mackay) was enlisted in the 63rd Regiment of Foot in 1819, and served in VDL between 1829 and 1833. He relocated to... -
23-04-2020 1:04 PM
Thread: Definition of the phrase "On Command"
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Thanks for your response, Guy! Makes sense to...
Thanks for your response, Guy! Makes sense to me...
I also found this while searching for the ON COMMAND phrase:
https://www.royalprovincial.com/etc/gloss/gloss.htm
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23-04-2020 2:11 AM
Thread: Definition of the phrase "On Command"
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Definition of the phrase "On Command"
In researching my 3GGrandfather's British Army military record and using the War Office Muster Books for the 63rd Regiment of Foot at TNA at Kew, I have noted that for a number of quarters, my...
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28-10-2018 8:14 AM
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This information comes from other research,...
This information comes from other research, warncoort...
I have not included all the data I have for John Townsend, as my question is based on requesting information with respect to the Norman... -
28-10-2018 7:52 AM
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John Townsend was married in 1804 and he died by...
John Townsend was married in 1804 and he died by 1816. He was not around in 1841.
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28-10-2018 7:39 AM
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Norman Cross POW Depot, Yaxley, Huntingdonshr
Thanks, warncoort - I'll keep searching...
I was successful in finding the Church Registration for his (John Townsend) marriage in 1804, but nothing tying him to the Norman Cross POW Depot.
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28-10-2018 2:25 AM
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Norman Cross POW Depot, Yaxley, Huntingdonshr
Has anyone found any information regarding the Norman Cross POW Depot, near Yaxley, Huntingdonshire during 1796-1815?
I have found:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cross
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08-10-2018 11:30 PM
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Brickwall: Mary SMITH from Ireland
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My brick wall involves my 4th Great Grandmother, Mary SMITH, who married John TOWNSEND in 1804 at St Peter's Church, Yaxley, Huntingdonshire.
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08-10-2018 9:51 PM
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That's "them" - the Agnew family I am after....
That's "them" - the Agnew family I am after. Thank you so much, Sue! I will PM you regarding the shipping info.
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08-10-2018 10:25 AM
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Thanks, Pam - we do have an inter-library system...
Thanks, Pam - we do have an inter-library system and I will have to investigate whether it works interstate, though I think that only works with the National Library.
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Passenger List - UK to South Africa (ca 1860)
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I did see a previous and older thread (2008!!!) which mentioned a book:
"Aided Immigration from Britain to South Africa 1857-1867" by Esme Bull (Pretoria 1991)
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12-06-2017 3:44 AM
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Charles Matthew DIXON - arrival per BOGERT
Thank you Dundee10. I will go back to the Sydney arrivals as that is where Charles DIXON's half-brother arrived. Charles definitely did NOT arrive with his parents as his mother stayed in Coventry.
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Emma Eveline DIXON
Thanks so much - you've clarified a question that I had as to where the name "Eveline" came from. I now suspect it might be Charles' mother's name. More researching required now!!!!
Megan in... -
11-06-2017 6:27 AM
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DIXON, Charles Matthew born Coventry 1835
Hi, Everyone!
I am searching for any information regarding my half 2nd Great Uncle Charles Matthew DIXON.
Charles Matthew was baptised in St Michael's, Coventry on 06 Mar 1835 as the son of... -
11-06-2017 6:13 AM
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MACKAY, Edward and daughters - 63rd Regiment
Hi, Everyone!
I am searching for any information regarding my 3rd Great Grandfather Edward MACKAY. I have seen a number of variations of his surname MACKAY (that is: Mackie, Mackey, McGee, etc.),... -
11-06-2017 5:49 AM
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Orphans as apprentice Cordwainer
Hi, Everyone!
I'm looking for information about how to trace my 4th GGrandfather, William MEASOM (also possibly named William Oliver Measom).
I have found the following info from various...
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