Imphal Barracks, Fulford Road.... http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/organisation/7581.aspx This has spooked me! Will now have to check my grandfather's army history. David On 26 July 2011 21:19, David Mills <david.mills001@googlemail.com> wrote: > I'm sure that there was/is a barracks on or near Fulford > I seem to recall a Fulford Barracks for some strange reason! > Strange. > Here goes to look up.! > > David > > > On 26 July 2011 11:03, xpn11 <xpn11@aol.com> wrote: > >> Nan, I found a William Rawlings on the 1881 giving his birth place >> just as Cambridgeshire ( which I think Town Street would have been in >> 1863 and he does give his birth county as Cambs in 1891) Piece 4727 >> Folio 105 page 32 as a soldier in Fulford Road Yorks but you would have >> to eliminate the other three or four with Cambs births by looking at the >> census records either side I think. >> Rosie >> >> On 26/07/2011 04:01, Nan Bailey wrote: >> > I am trying to find where William Rawlings was in the 1881 census and so >> far >> > have not been able to find him, even with trying many different >> spellings >> > of his surname. >> > >> > William was born on the 21 Nov 1863 to Frances Rawling /s and unknown >> > father, at Upwell Norfolk. >> > >> > In June qtr 1870, Frances married William Maywood >> > >> > In the 1871 census, William aged 7 was with his Mother and William >> Maywood, >> > under the name William R. Maywood and living at Town St. Upwell. >> > William was no longer with his Mother in the 1881 census >> > >> > William married on the 31 January 1888 to Harriet Spinks In St. Peter >> Church >> > Upwell. >> > In the 1891 Census, William was living with his wife Harriet and family >> at >> > Draw Dyke, Tydd St. Mary, Lincs. He is listed as an Ag Lab. This is >> Harriets >> > birthplace >> > In the 1901 census, William and his family were living at Walton Common, >> > West Walton, listed as a farmer >> > In the 1911 census, he and his family were living at Watlington, >> Downham, >> > listed as farmer, employer. >> > After William retired, he went to live in Kings Lynne, then later with >> my >> > husbands parents at Walpole St. Andrew, where he died on 28 March 1953. >> > >> > Family history says William as a boy worked leading the horses on the >> barge >> > tow paths., before working as a farm hand. When he married, he was a >> > successful farmer, leasing many fields and running a good business. >> > >> > I feel that my being unable to find him in the 1881 census is because >> his >> > name was mis transcribed and wondered if anyone on this discussion list >> may >> > have better luck than I. >> > >> > Thanks in advance, >> > Nan Bailey >> > Queensland >> > Australia >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORFOLK-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 >> NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >