Dear 'Oceanstrands, when a british soldier was discharged to pension or if he died in service, then the attestation papers for him are in Kew. Unfortunately, my Lawrence died from a surfeit of alcohol so his papers would have been destroyed. I understand that, when a soldier died his place of birth is entered at the back of the last muster book in which he would have been entered. To add to my frustration, this muster has been lost. Thank you for your reply. Regards, Anne ======================================== Message Received: Apr 25 2009, 12:02 PM From: "Oceanstrands" To: irl-mayo@rootsweb.com Cc: Subject: Re: [IRL-MAYO] Lawrence Waters Anne, Civil registration didn't start in Ireland until 1864 so there won't be a civil birth record for him. There aren't any surviving census records before 1901. Trim is in County Meath and there's a possibility if that's where he enlisted he might have been from that area. Did you get his British military records from Kew in England? Don't they include where he was born? You'll want to search in County Meath in the Roman Catholic parish records in the county. Oceanstrandds --- On Fri, 4/24/09, anne@celliddu.freeserve.co.uk wrote: > From: anne@celliddu.freeserve.co.uk > Subject: [IRL-MAYO] Lawrence Waters > To: irl-mayo@rootsweb.com > Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 5:38 AM > > > Dear Listers, > I am trying to find out where my greatgrandfather, Lawrence > Waters, was born. It would have been around 1844. > > He joined the army in 1856, enlisting in Trim. Giving his > birth year as 1840, he would have received the bounty of a > man instead of that for a boy. He then went abroad and was > only back in Ireland for a short spell of duty in > 1876. I have no idea which part of Ireland he came > from. > > The three indications I have for his year of birth are on > his marriage certificate, 1871 census and death certificate. > They all indicate a birth year of 1844. > > His marriage and death certificates state that his father's > name was James and that he was a clerk. His eldest child's > christian names were Kathleen Jane Etheridge (Kathleen after > his mother or a sister? Jane Etheridge were his mother's > christian names). > > His children were baptized by the roman catholic army > chaplain. > > Have any of you come across Lawrence? > > Yours sincerely, > Anne Vinnicombe > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-MAYO-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message