Hi Bev, yes I imagine that LDS will have it but got these pages on Ancestry`s WW1 service records , and what sad reading it made too . poor chap . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Edmonds" <beverley@yourisp.com.au> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [DEV] William Samuel KING and Minnie EDMONDS > 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 >> > ------------------------------------------ > 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 >
Thanks Elizabeth, I will look when we go back next year. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "elizabeth howard" <elizgh@btinternet.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 11:01 PM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: [DEV] William Samuel KING and Minnie EDMONDS > Hi Bev, yes I imagine that LDS will have it but got > these pages on Ancestry`s WW1 service records , and what sad reading it > made > too . poor chap . > > > > > life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B. Edmonds" <beverley@yourisp.com.au> > To: <devon@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 8:36 PM > Subject: Re: [DEV] William Samuel KING and Minnie EDMONDS > > >> 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 >>> >> ------------------------------------------ >> 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: 3658/6431 - Release Date: 12/18/13 >