On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 05:40:38 EDT DEBBIEKENNETT@aol.com wrote: > I wonder if Barbara or John could possibly have a look at the > Kingsclere registers to see if there is a burial record for David > TIDBURY. I now have a copy of his death certificate. He died in > North Sidmonton aged 84 years on 19th December 1867 so presumably > would have been buried shortly afterwards. I would also be > interested to know if there is a burial record for David's wife > Phoebe Tidbury who died some time after 1851 and probably before > 1861. Hello Debbie David Tidbury of Sydmonton buried on Dec 25 1867 age 82 years. Entry number 201. He would have been buried, I'm fairly certain, at St. Lawrence Ecchinswell as I don't think there was a burial ground at the church in Sydmonton Park Phoebe Tidbury of Sydmonton, age 56 buried at St. Lawrence on 17 May 1860 entry number 138 Also on same fiche, Ann Tidbury of Ecchinswell age 55 buried at St. Lawrence on 1 Jun 1857, entry number 120 > According to the death certificate David was a Chelsea pensioner but > so far I have not managed to find any evidence of his army service. > When his children Devine, Solomon, and David were baptised in > Greenham David Tidbury senior was a labourer. The other children > were all baptised at St Mary's, Kingsclere, but I don't seem to have > any record of David's occupation at the time of their baptism. Could > you possibly have a look at the registers and let me know what it > says about David's occupation? The four children born in Kingsclere > are: > > Mary Ann Tidbury, baptised 26 April 1832 of Ecchinswell, labourer > Joshua Tidbury, baptised 7th December 1834 of Ecchinswell, labourer > Joseph Tidbury, baptised 23 April 1838 of Sidmonton, labourer > Hannah Maria Tidbury, baptised 30 January 1842 of Ecchinswell, labourer I copied this for you: "It is important for you to establish what regiment he was in before searching WO 97. It is possible to find a pensioner who died prior to 1865 with only a name and date of death if you know where he died. The fact that he was a pensioner means that he would have been admitted to pension and would therefore be entered into all relevant pension registers. It is also more than likely that if he was discharged to pension prior to 1854, he could be located in the newly developing but not quite completed indexes to soldiers documents. On their own, they are not good enough since you can often have a man of the same name, similar age and same place of birth in the same regiment and whilst one may get a pension, the other may not. However, the indexes are a good starting point to get on with the proper research to establish if that is the right man. In that case, one can usually trace a man who died prior to 1875 and know that you have located the correct ancestor." HTH -- John Lewis <jayellatntlworlddotcom> from Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. using Debian GNU/Linux and GeneWeb genealogy software