Hi listers, On a shipping entry into NSW, dated Jan 1853, my Mary Jane Alexander said her parents Charles and Mary Alexander were both dead, and I have found likely death entries for both of them in Greenwich in 1848. Charles and Mary were married in 1823 and had 4 children, Elizabeth Ann, Mary Jane, Caroline and Henry, all in Woolwich. I have 2 questions I hope SKS can help me with. One, How can I prove these death entries are or are not mine, apart from buying the certs? I have no idea what Charles did for a living. Two, Can anyone find a likely family on the 1841 census for me? Any help appreciated. Cheers, Robyn of Oz.

PS - by the time Henry is baptised in 1829, Charles is a Serjeant in the Royal Artillery Anne Francesco Acciarito wrote: > Hi listers, > > On a shipping entry into NSW, dated Jan 1853, my Mary Jane Alexander said her parents Charles and Mary > Alexander were both dead, and I have found likely death entries for both of them in Greenwich in 1848. > Charles and Mary were married in 1823 and had 4 children, Elizabeth Ann, Mary Jane, Caroline and Henry, all > in Woolwich. > > I have 2 questions I hope SKS can help me with. One, How can I prove these death entries are or are not > mine, apart from buying the certs? I have no idea what Charles did for a living. Two, Can anyone find a > likely family on the 1841 census for me? > > Any help appreciated. Cheers, Robyn of Oz.

PPS I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is him in The National Archives Catalogue WO Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies Division within WO Records of the Royal Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals WO 97 Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents Subseries within WO 97 1760-1854: discharge papers arranged by regiment, but each described at item level. (WO 97/1-1271) WO 97/1210 Royal Artillery: Abb - Amo Record Summary Scope and content CHARLES ALEXANDER Born WARE, Hertfordshire Served in Royal Artillery Discharged aged 42 FindMyPast are indexing Chelsea Pensioners Records, you can sign up for notifications as to when they get to that era - they only seem to have done the late 1800s so far. (They still have a million records to go, so don't hold your breath!) Anne Francesco Acciarito wrote: > Hi listers, > > On a shipping entry into NSW, dated Jan 1853, my Mary Jane Alexander > said her parents Charles and Mary Alexander were both dead, and I have > found likely death entries for both of them in Greenwich in 1848. > Charles and Mary were married in 1823 and had 4 children, Elizabeth > Ann, Mary Jane, Caroline and Henry, all in Woolwich. > > I have 2 questions I hope SKS can help me with. > One, How can I prove these death entries are or are not mine, apart > from buying the certs? I have no idea what Charles did for a living. > Two, Can anyone find a likely family on the 1841 census for me? > > Any help appreciated. > Cheers, Robyn of Oz.