Part of this you already have but I found John in the 1870 Sierra Co. census. I can send you the page if you need it. That is the last place I can seem to find him but a clue may be in the census and another spelling of his name on his service record. John Dineen 1870 United States Federal Census about John Dineen Name: John Dineen Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848 Age in 1870: 22 Birthplace: Australia Home in 1870: Table Rock, Sierra, California Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: View Image Post Office: Table Rock Household Members: Name Age Wm Heckels 28 Laben Thaxter 25 John Dineen 22 U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about John Diemean Name: John Diemean Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: California Regiment Name: 8 Cal. Inf. Regiment Name Expanded: 8th Regiment, California Infantry COMPANY: I Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Corporal Rank Out Expanded: Corporal Alternate Name: John/Dimean Film Number: M533 roll 2 I looked for a pension but so far haven't found it. Maybe someone will recognize this and find more information for you. I have a couple of more places I think I might find it. There is a John Dineen-born 1845 who says he was born in Ireland in Sutter, California. Pat Morano -------------- Original message from [email protected]: -------------- > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. John Dineen - Calif. Civil War Veteran ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:39:20 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" > Subject: [CASIERRA] John Dineen - Calif. Civil War Veteran > To: > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: jamesmgray1 > Surnames: Dineen > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.sie > rra/620/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > I am looking for any available information on a Calif. Civil War veteran John Dineen who was supposedly born in Sydney, Australia. His residence was not provided at his time of enlistment, but he enlisted as a Corporal at Howland > Flat, California on December 11, 1864 and on December 20, 1864 was mustered into > "I" Company, California 8th Infantry. He mustered out at Fort Point, San > Francisco, California on October 24, 1865. I am looking for anything, especially > his birth, death and where he is buried. Any assistance will be appreciated. > > James Gray > www.acwv.info > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like > to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond > on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the CASIERRA list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the CASIERRA mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the > email with no additional text. > > > End of CASIERRA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 19 > ***************************************