There is only one Jeremiah in the National Archives Catalogue but he may have been too early born about 1778 You might try familysearch though PhilipMaddocks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Robinson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 3:20 PM Subject: [Ess] Essex Military Records > Hi > My ancestors , the James family, lived for many years in Little Clacton > Essex. > Although I have found most of the records in the St James parish records, > and have confirmed them in the official records from the GRO I have been > unable to find a marriage for Jeremiah James and Clara Elizabeth (Bessie) > Duggan, who married around 1875. When their first child, Jeremiah James is > baptised in 1876, the father Jeremiah is listed as a soldier. Bessie’s > background is Irish, although in the various census, she gives a number of > different places in England as her birthplace.The family story is that she > was born at sea. Anyway, I am wondering if perhaps they were married > outside of the country. I believe permission to be married had to be > granted by the regiment. > > My questions are: what regiment was Jeremiah likely to belong to? Where > would these records be found? > > Thanks for any input. > > Elaine Robinson > Georgetown Ontario > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message