On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:37:29 +0000, MB <MB@nospam.net> wrote: >On 25/11/2015 11:13, David Marshall wrote: >> In 1876 Richard Rhodes married Georgina McKerron in Aberlour Banffshire. >> Richard was a senior NCO of the 62nd Regiment of Foot, stationed in >> Maryborough, Queens County, Ireland (now Portlaoise, Co. Laois) which he >> gave as his home parish and where the couple lived immediately after the >> marriage. Aberlour was Georgina's birthplace and hometown (although in >> 1871 she was living with an aunt in Elgin). >> Leaving aside speculation as to how they might have met, my questions are - >> How long might it have taken to travel from Maryborough to Aberlour and >> back? >> Did regular soldiers have an entitlement to statutory or discretionary >> leave at this time? >> >> David > > >Could he have spent some time as a Drill Instructor in Aberlour or >wherever she was working? > Or could she have been working in or near Fort George ? The tendency then was for the marriage to be in the bride's home parish whether or not they were resident at the time.