Hi Allison I will leave it to Peter to clarify but Militia lists of that period are usually a full list of all men, by age So a means to establish who was eligible to serve and who was exempt Those above 60 were exempt so your men are listed but exempt from duty Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 27/04/2013 12:38, Alison wrote: > Hi list, > > I've just been having a browse through seeking some of my Wildgoose, > Holmes, Higgott connections. I had a look on the 1821 Militia page and > found a couple of Wildgoose entries - the people were between 60-70 and > 70-80. > Is there any explanation for this? > > Alison Merricks
Allison It has been my belief that the upper age limit was 55 BUT... I cannot find the source of that belief! I will be guided by Nivard on that. Thos & Geo Wildgoose do stick out rather in the record I have searched through my office to see if I copied it from a photostat (I may have transcribed from the original at DRO of course) and to see if I had omitted some information or mistranscribed. Could not find a photo copy but my office became tidier in the process! I have to go to the DRO very soon to check up on some details for my WWI project so I will take another look at the 1821 census to double check my accuracy. Would hate there to be an error. Mind you the local Wildgoose family were a tough breed and a geriatric soldier would not be a surprise :-) I will let you know Peter On 27 Apr 2013, at 13:50, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Allison > > I will leave it to Peter to clarify but Militia lists of that period are > usually a full list of all men, by age > > So a means to establish who was eligible to serve and who was exempt > > Those above 60 were exempt so your men are listed but exempt from duty > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 27/04/2013 12:38, Alison wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> I've just been having a browse through seeking some of my Wildgoose, >> Holmes, Higgott connections. I had a look on the 1821 Militia page and >> found a couple of Wildgoose entries - the people were between 60-70 and >> 70-80. >> Is there any explanation for this? >> >> Alison Merricks > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message