Elaine, Mine received a pension and moved to NZ where he still got the pension, admittedly he went to NZ on a military scheme for pensioners so it was all part of the package deal, but I would imagine your guy would still have been eligable, if as you say he qualified in the first place. From my look thru records the qualification seemed to have been, of no further use to the military, and of good character. Good character seems generally to have meant not thrown into prison too often for being drunk. regards Jane Pearson jtpoutdoor@xtra.co.nz ----- Original Message ----- From: "E.Sharp" <bellemarco@hotmail.com> To: <IRL-CAVAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 7:24 AM Subject: [IRL-CAVAN] Surname, pension > On some family records and documents our ancestors last name is O'Reilly. > On others it is Riley. Is their original surname O'Reilly shortened to > Riley? > > Also, if an ancestors served with Wellington and received a pension and > moved to Canada, would he still have received that pension in Canada (so > far, I have not ascertained he qualified/received a pension - still > researching). > > Thank you. > "E"laine > > > ==== IRL-CAVAN Mailing List ==== > For the IRL-CAVAN-L archives, go to > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/IRL-CAVAN >