Yes I have checked the Army records at Kew, and nothing comes up. Any suggestions appreciated. Regards Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: Mary Ellen Chambers Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 8:14 PM To: irl-limerick@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Can anyone help with my problem? Did you check out the online records from the KEW?? You did not state just where & what data you checked. Mary Ellen Chambers >________________________________ > From: Jennifer Smit <jayarsmit@ntlworld.com> >To: irl-limerick@rootsweb.com >Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 11:03 AM >Subject: [IRL-LIMERICK] Can anyone help with my problem? > >I am hoping that someone can come up with an idea to help me with this >problem. > >I have an ancestor who lived and died in South Africa. Her Death Notice >there shows that she was born 'in Ireland', that her parents were James and >Mary Childerhouse, and I know her birthdate - 1816. I also know that she >went to SA with her husband who was a soldier, and I have found her >marriage >certificate in Cork records. Her name was Ellen Childerhouse, and the only >Childerhouse's I can find are in Limerick, but none of the above mentioned. > >It is possible that James was related to the Limerick Childerhouse's and >that any record of him there may no longer exist. I have also found that >the Childerhouse name is most prevalent in Norfolk. It is my guess that he >may have been a soldier and could have been stationed in Ireland at the >time >of Ellen's birth, but there are no military records for him that I can >find. > >I hope someone may be able to come up with a theory, or a course of >research >that I may have missed, as I am stymied! > >Thank you - and a Happy New Year to the list >Jennifer Smit >Folkestone, Kent > >====================== >Query Board >http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ====================== Query Board http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There is a website for the Childerhouses at http://www.childerhouse.org/ Unfortunately, it appears that you need to register to do any searching.  Hope this helps   Jack Reidy  http://www.jackreidy.com/genealogy/surnames.htm ________________________________ From: Jennifer Smit <jayarsmit@ntlworld.com> To: Mary Ellen Chambers <maryln61@yahoo.com>; irl-limerick@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Can anyone help with my problem? Yes I have checked the Army records at Kew, and nothing comes up. Any suggestions appreciated. Regards Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: Mary Ellen Chambers Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 8:14 PM To: irl-limerick@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Can anyone help with my problem? Did you check out the online records from the KEW??  You did not state just where & what data you checked. Mary Ellen Chambers >________________________________ > From: Jennifer Smit <jayarsmit@ntlworld.com> >To: irl-limerick@rootsweb.com >Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 11:03 AM >Subject: [IRL-LIMERICK] Can anyone help with my problem? > >I am hoping that someone can come up with an idea to help me with this >problem. > >I have an ancestor who lived and died in South Africa.  Her Death Notice >there shows that she was born 'in Ireland', that her parents were James and >Mary Childerhouse, and I know her birthdate - 1816.  I also know that she >went to SA with her husband who was a soldier, and I have found her >marriage >certificate in Cork records.  Her name was Ellen Childerhouse, and the only >Childerhouse's I can find are in Limerick, but none of the above mentioned. > >It is possible that James was related to the Limerick Childerhouse's and >that any record of him there may no longer exist.  I have also found that >the Childerhouse name is most prevalent in Norfolk.  It is my guess that he >may have been a soldier and could have been stationed in Ireland at the >time >of Ellen's birth, but there are no military records for him that I can >find. > >I hope someone may be able to come up with a theory, or a course of >research >that I may have missed, as I am stymied! > >Thank you - and a Happy New Year to the list >Jennifer Smit >Folkestone, Kent > >====================== >Query Board >http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ====================== Query Board http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ====================== Query Board http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, thank you Jack, I have been to that site - and had a small bit of luck too. My ancestor actually appears there! Onward and upward... Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: Jack Reidy Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:24 PM To: irl-limerick@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Can anyone help with my problem? There is a website for the Childerhouses at http://www.childerhouse.org/ Unfortunately, it appears that you need to register to do any searching. Hope this helps Jack Reidy http://www.jackreidy.com/genealogy/surnames.htm ________________________________ From: Jennifer Smit <jayarsmit@ntlworld.com> To: Mary Ellen Chambers <maryln61@yahoo.com>; irl-limerick@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Can anyone help with my problem? Yes I have checked the Army records at Kew, and nothing comes up. Any suggestions appreciated. Regards Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: Mary Ellen Chambers Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 8:14 PM To: irl-limerick@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Can anyone help with my problem? Did you check out the online records from the KEW?? You did not state just where & what data you checked. Mary Ellen Chambers >________________________________ > From: Jennifer Smit <jayarsmit@ntlworld.com> >To: irl-limerick@rootsweb.com >Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 11:03 AM >Subject: [IRL-LIMERICK] Can anyone help with my problem? > >I am hoping that someone can come up with an idea to help me with this >problem. > >I have an ancestor who lived and died in South Africa. Her Death Notice >there shows that she was born 'in Ireland', that her parents were James and >Mary Childerhouse, and I know her birthdate - 1816. I also know that she >went to SA with her husband who was a soldier, and I have found her >marriage >certificate in Cork records. Her name was Ellen Childerhouse, and the only >Childerhouse's I can find are in Limerick, but none of the above mentioned. > >It is possible that James was related to the Limerick Childerhouse's and >that any record of him there may no longer exist. I have also found that >the Childerhouse name is most prevalent in Norfolk. It is my guess that he >may have been a soldier and could have been stationed in Ireland at the >time >of Ellen's birth, but there are no military records for him that I can >find. > >I hope someone may be able to come up with a theory, or a course of >research >that I may have missed, as I am stymied! > >Thank you - and a Happy New Year to the list >Jennifer Smit >Folkestone, Kent > >====================== >Query Board >http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ====================== Query Board http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ====================== Query Board http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ====================== Query Board http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message