This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RonaldDale100 Surnames: Furseman, Crossland Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.arm.general/4127.1.1.4.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Debbie, This all makes sense given the movements of the regiments that you have outlined. The 46th Regiment was in Inda from 1817 but show up back in England in 1833. In 1837 they shipped off from Ireland to Gibraltar and then on to the West Indies in 1842. They were in Canada from 1845 to 1848 at which time they shipped back to England. They remained in England until 1854 when the regiment shipped off to the Crimean War. The 84th had been in Asia from 1842 through 1857 after which they returned to England. The 11th were in Canada in 1839, returning to England (and Ireland) until 1845 when they shipped off to Australia for the next 14 years. During the 19th century, roughly 12% of the soldiers on foreign service were permitted to have their wives and children in barracks. The family could draw rations. Children were allowed "on the strength" until 14 years of age at which time they were considered "old enough to shift for themselves." Widows could not remain on the strength but would be provided with the first available transport back to the parish in which the husband enlisted. In a number of cases, widows remarried to another soldier very soon after the funeral to avoid being shipped back to Britain. Soldiers had to have permission to marry from their commanding officer. Otherwise, there was no hope of the wife receiving shelter, rations or transportation if the regiment was shipped to another posting. Marriages and subsequent baptisms were normally done in the parish in which the regiment was stationed. Pay lists still exist for a number of regiments but these give little more than a soldier's name, rank, company and where exactly he was when paid. Unfortunately many of the attestation papers and other records, once stored in the War Office files, were destroyed in the late 19th century by a clerk with fetish for tidy storage areas. If the soldier received a pension, then his enlistment and attestation papers along with his record of service were shipped to the Pensioners Hospital and those records have been preserved and are in the PRO in Kew. The names Furseman (and variations) and Frederick Crossland are not in the PRO on-line catalogue for these records but that catalogue index is not complete--not all names have been added to that index. There is a complete index of Pension records that was put on microfilm. You can order that film through your nearest LDS Family History centre. That might be a logical next step in your research. Ron Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.