"Graeme Wall" wrote in message news:[email protected] >On 19/01/2015 10:54, Richard Smith wrote: >> On 19/01/15 06:16, Anne Chambers wrote: >> >>> Sheer speculation - if the 104th Regiment had been in the Falklands >>> (I haven't looked), Margaret may have followed him to Ireland where >>> they married. >> >> There's a short history of the regiment here: >> >> http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/104th-regiment-foot-bengal-fusiliers >> >> >> It makes no mention of them being in the Falklands. >> >I'm not sure any regiment was based in the Falklands that early. Before >1982 it was a Royal Marine posting and I think that was post WW2 anyway. >Argentine claims to the Falklands date from the Peron regime. The British colonised the Falkland Islands in 1833, I'm not familiar with Irish marriage certificates but if they have details of parent(s) I would be interested in Margarets fathers occupation. He could have been an islander but he could have also been part of the Administration of the Islands and the family returned to the UK. James and Margaret could have met in Ireland (or anywhere for that matter) but there is an interesting marriage registered with with the British Consul at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1876-1880 for a James Wallington, the 2 possible brides are MARIA EUSTAYUIU S DEVALDEVESSO (MARIA EUSTAQUIA SPINOLA DE VALDEVESSO) and MARY ELIZABETH J SHARP. Andy

On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:59:13 +1100, "Andy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >"Graeme Wall" wrote in message news:[email protected] > >>On 19/01/2015 10:54, Richard Smith wrote: >>> On 19/01/15 06:16, Anne Chambers wrote: >>> >>>> Sheer speculation - if the 104th Regiment had been in the Falklands >>>> (I haven't looked), Margaret may have followed him to Ireland where >>>> they married. >>> >>> There's a short history of the regiment here: >>> >>> http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/104th-regiment-foot-bengal-fusiliers >>> >>> >>> It makes no mention of them being in the Falklands. >>> >>I'm not sure any regiment was based in the Falklands that early. Before >>1982 it was a Royal Marine posting and I think that was post WW2 anyway. >>Argentine claims to the Falklands date from the Peron regime. > >The British colonised the Falkland Islands in 1833, I'm not familiar with >Irish marriage certificates > They are much the same style as for England and Wales. >but if they have details of parent(s) I would be >interested in Margarets fathers occupation. He could have been an islander >but he could have also been part of the Administration of the Islands and >the family returned to the UK. > >James and Margaret could have met in Ireland (or anywhere for that matter) >but there is an interesting marriage registered with with the British Consul >at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1876-1880 for a James Wallington, the 2 possible >brides are MARIA EUSTAYUIU S DEVALDEVESSO (MARIA EUSTAQUIA SPINOLA DE >VALDEVESSO) and MARY ELIZABETH J SHARP. > >Andy