Hello My 3rd great grandfather, William Shooter b about 1786 Tibshelf, Derbyshire, was a member of the Derby Militia serving in Quebec in the 1812 war. He was a 2nd class Private but by 25th Sept 1816 he was a 3rd class Private and his pay had been reduced. He remained a 3rd class Private until the period of 25th March to 24th June 1819 when he was at Quebec and "temporarily discharged 24th May having completed his term of service". William met my 3rd great grandmother, Elizabeth GENT, b about 1799 Montreal, while serving in Quebec. He (apparently) married Elizabeth and she was pregnant with their son Samuel in May 1819. Elizabeth sailed to England when William was discharged and Samuel was "born at sea". William returned to coal mining back in England. William and Elizabeth had a total of 11 children including Samuel. I have a photograph of Samuel in 1874 - he was in a group of men sacked for organising labour in the mines for action to improve the conditions in the Derbyshire mines - he never worked in the mines again. William died in 1866, Elizabeth died on 29 April 1871 in Codnor, Derbyshire, aged 71. I have a number of questions: - what action, if any, was William involved in during the War, with the Derby Militia? - why was William retained in Quebec for 5 years after the war ended? what were the British troops doing during this time? - any ideas why he might have been reduced from 2nd to 3rd Private - something to do with his relationship with Elizabeth? - any record of the marriage of William and Elizabeth in the army records? - would William have been forced to go back to England? did many men remain in Quebec? - any record of Elizabeth's baptism in Montreal? However any information regarding William, Elizabeth or the Derby Militia would be gratefully received. Regards Mark Poxon Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

Hi Mark My 3x grt grandfather also served in the War of 1812. He had enlisted in a Veteran Battalion at Edinburgh Castle . He was already married & some wives were allowed to got too. So my 2x grt grandmother Maria Snow WALKER was born in Quebec in 1808. Her father James WALKER was discharged to pension in 1816 but never claimed it. So I don't know what happened to James & his wife, Margaret. Maria somehow gets to Stockton on tees & marries George GIBSON. I was wondering if you have been on line to the Canadian National Archives because I borrowed 2 films from them about the Vetera Battalion. They will let them come to an Archive or Lbrary or perhaps a mormon family history centre. I looked at them here on Teesside & was allowed to keep it for quite some time & the archives posted it back for me . So I was wonderinf if they had any films on the Militia for you. HOW DID YOY FIND OUT HOW YOURS CAME BACK TO ENGLAND/ HOW DID THEY GET HERE. Afyter the War troops were engaged on Garrison duty. My Jas Walker was rediced from Corpoarl to private just before he was discharged I wonder if it was so that they didn't have to pay them so much pension ? i knoe the troops were ofeered land in Canada after the war or a passage home. I joined the Quebce family history society & got a baptism & 2 burials which i think were mine. Quebec had a garrison church. Perhaps montreal did too. There are lists of land grants too but mine did not seem to be among them. Have you been in contact with derbys Archives? They will have records about the Militia. I hope this helps in some way/ Let me know how yopu get on. The Family Record Centre in London have lists of army CMB but not sure if they cover this time period. Regards Margaret Holmes ----- Original Message ----- From: <MarkPx@aol.com> To: <WAROF1812@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:22 AM Subject: [WAROF1812] William SHOOTER, British Soldier and Elizabeth GENT > Hello > > My 3rd great grandfather, William Shooter b about 1786 Tibshelf, > Derbyshire, > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 4028 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now!