> From: "deb" <spare1@dodo.com.au> > I have a photo of a family relative "Uncle Jack" My first thought is that "Uncle Jack" was in the British or Canadian army during the last half of the nineteenth century. This does not look like a US military coat. The alternative is that Uncle Jack was a member of a militia, fraternal or circus band. Bill Christen -- gwjchris@earthlink.net

Hi Bill I thank you for the response " Uncle Jack was a member of a militia, fraternal or circus band " I hadnt even thought of that I was presueming might have been American then also came across both UK and Canadian on the website . Uniform: scarlet; facings: yellow (to 1881), white (1881-1946), blue (1946-1960) I found this I think was the UK Lincoln site and now wondering if UK as my Nana;s uncle William was born in 1881 in Bromley England , and cant find any more information about him although Nana always called the picture Uncle Jack , doesnt really mean that was his real name The picture itself is a very large wooden frame when taken out of frame it acutually looks like might be a painting on silk ? I presume he might be her fathers brother ? or maybe her grandfathers brother ? Richard ROBESON b 1826 United States , where is U.S I dont know as yet . his occupation was a Stevesdore Labourer , he married Elizabeth ? I presume in England as Elizabeth was born in Middlesex , England they had 5 children , 2 being boys 1 Richard Henry Alfred Robeson b 1874 Harwick , England 2 William C Robeson b 1881 Bromley, Middlesex , England , no further information on William Richard Henry Alfred Robeson is my great grandfather , who was a seaman he married Marie Wakelin one of there daughters , my Nana ,Thelma had this framed picture , this is why I think it is possibly her Uncle , maybe it is William , but called Uncle Jack as this uniform does have whilte on collar and bottom of sleeves for the years 1881-1946 , I am starting to think more likely to be William b 1881 Thank you very much Debbie @ dodo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill and Glenna Jo Christen" <gwjchris@earthlink.net> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 10:25 AM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: Help for Uniform Please > > From: "deb" <spare1@dodo.com.au> > > I have a photo of a family relative "Uncle Jack" > > My first thought is that "Uncle Jack" was in the British or Canadian army during the last half of the nineteenth century. This does not look like a US military coat. The alternative is that Uncle Jack was a member of a militia, fraternal or circus band. > > Bill Christen > -- > gwjchris@earthlink.net > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email CIVIL-WAR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.548 / Virus Database: 341 - Release Date: 12/5/2003