Hi Bev. in a way you are right , they did emigrate but only as far as Wales . The 1911 for Swansea shows Wm Sam King, 30, house painter, b Totnes, with Minnie , 26, b Dartington, married 2 yrs , no children. living at 16 Norfolk St, Mt Pleasant , Swansea . William Samuel joined the Labour Corps from 78 Rhondda St , Swansea aged 35 yrs 5 mnths , he is 5ft 5 inches, has blue eyes and fair hair , his chest measurement is 34 1/2 inches and he has no distinctive marks , he was a painter , and married with one child . 1st Dec 1915. His wife Minnie Edmunds King whom he married in Staverton on June 8th 1908, is his next of kin and his child is Leslie William b Oct 15th 1912. There is a further note asking for his correct Labour Corps number, saying he was transferred from 5th Bedford Regt Agric Coy on 11th April 1917. He was discharged " no longer physically fit for war service" in Dec 1917 . and seems to have been in hospital in Chatham , his character is good. His disability is given the number 164. By July 1918 the widow of Pte William S King is awarded a pension of 20/5 a week for herself and one child following the cessation of Pte King`s payment. " I am directed by the Ministry of Pensions to inform you that the death of 179850 Pte Wm S King , 337 H S Coy , Labour Corps is regarded as due to disease contracted on or commencing on active service . " . Sadly it seems from another page of these records that disability 164 is " General paralysis of insane". Further it originated in Sept 1917, at Chatham, he was " admitted to Fort Pitt 25 Oct 1917, very talkative, noisy, ? in a state of mental disease sisnce admission, he has developed exalted and grandiose ideas and is difficult to restrain . " A further note says that the disability was not so caused by war service but was constitutional . A sad tale ....do you know what happened to Minnie and her son ? life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Edmonds" <beverley@yourisp.com.au> To: <DEVON@rootsweb.com>; <eng-dev-southhams@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 5:40 AM Subject: [DEV] William Samuel KING and Minnie EDMONDS > Afternoon all, > > Revisiting old brick walls in the hope that someone has seen this couple. > > William Samuel KING married Minnie EDMONDS Totnes R/D 1908. > > My last sighting of her was in 1901 when she was a Domestic for Frederick > P. > Wakeham at West Alvington. In her mother's Will she is granted Probate in > 1916 so I know she was alive then. > > She was born in Dartington 1884. Did they immigrate?? > > Also, anyone know who William Samuel King is? > > Regards > Bev > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Elizabeth What a great find, thank you. And, what a sad tale, I never knew any of this. Was all this on FMP, I can look for the records next year when I go back to LDS? Hopefully get a printed copy. I can now try to see what happened to Minnie. Goodness I am all at sea now. Minnie was Arnold's 2nd cousin twice removed. Thanks again so much Elizabeth. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "elizabeth howard" <elizgh@btinternet.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 9:57 PM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: [DEV] William Samuel KING and Minnie EDMONDS > Hi Bev. in a way you are right , they did emigrate > but > only as far as Wales . > The 1911 for Swansea shows Wm Sam King, 30, house > painter, b Totnes, with Minnie , 26, b Dartington, married 2 yrs , no > children. living at 16 Norfolk St, Mt Pleasant , Swansea . > William Samuel joined the Labour Corps from 78 Rhondda > St , Swansea aged 35 yrs 5 mnths , he is 5ft 5 inches, has blue eyes and > fair hair , his chest measurement is 34 1/2 inches and he has no > distinctive marks , he was a painter , and married with one child . 1st > Dec > 1915. His wife Minnie Edmunds King whom he married in Staverton on June > 8th 1908, is his next of kin and his child is Leslie William b Oct 15th > 1912. There is a further note asking for his correct Labour Corps > number, > saying he was transferred from 5th Bedford Regt Agric Coy on 11th April > 1917. He was discharged " no longer physically fit for war service" in > Dec > 1917 . and seems to have been in hospital in Chatham , his character is > good. His disability is given the number 164. By July 1918 the widow > of > Pte William S King is awarded a pension of 20/5 a week for herself and one > child following the cessation of Pte King`s payment. " I am directed by > the Ministry of Pensions to inform you that the death of 179850 Pte Wm S > King , 337 H S Coy , Labour Corps is regarded as due to disease > contracted > on or commencing on active service . " . > Sadly it seems from another page of these records that > disability 164 is " General paralysis of insane". Further it originated > in > Sept 1917, at Chatham, he was " admitted to Fort Pitt 25 Oct 1917, very > talkative, noisy, ? in a state of mental disease sisnce admission, he has > developed exalted and grandiose ideas and is difficult to restrain . " A > further note says that the disability was not so caused by war service but > was constitutional . > A sad tale ....do you know what happened to Minnie and > her son ? > > > > > > life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B. Edmonds" <beverley@yourisp.com.au> > To: <DEVON@rootsweb.com>; <eng-dev-southhams@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 5:40 AM > Subject: [DEV] William Samuel KING and Minnie EDMONDS > > >> Afternoon all, >> >> Revisiting old brick walls in the hope that someone has seen this couple. >> >> William Samuel KING married Minnie EDMONDS Totnes R/D 1908. >> >> My last sighting of her was in 1901 when she was a Domestic for Frederick >> P. >> Wakeham at West Alvington. In her mother's Will she is granted Probate >> in >> 1916 so I know she was alive then. >> >> She was born in Dartington 1884. Did they immigrate?? >> >> Also, anyone know who William Samuel King is? >> >> Regards >> Bev >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >> and >> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >> List archive for Devon can be found at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3658/6428 - Release Date: 12/17/13 >