Trying to obtain birth records - Corfu

[Russell]

Hi Alastair

Despite Sarah's slightly pessimistic note don't give up hope. My wife discovered a lithograph of her GG-uncle who had been a teacher. There was a whole chapter devoted to him ina book about Paisley Grammar school. From another family line a very early photograph of her great aunt was discovered at the back of a cupboard on an estate in Australia. She never left a tiny village in Kirkcudbrightshire so it must have been sent out to her husbands relatives in Oz. Just don't keep your fingers crossed,you'll get cramp These finds were out of the blue

Russell

[alastair01]

Good grief Sarah you're absoulutley right...I'm so silly I totally forgot about the dates !!!
I suppose when you get so involved in the project you actually forget you're dealing with people who lived over 200 years ago and the dates surrounding them haha

Thank you anyway
Kind regards Alastair

[Currie]

Hello Alastair,

The re-enactors and war-gamers seem to be very interested in the Napoleonic period of the 88th Foot and that’s probably where you’re likely to get the best idea of what he would at one time have looked like in uniform. http://www.88thfoot.co.uk/welcome.htm Here’s a good drawing someone has done. http://orloprat.deviantart.com/art/The- ... -260972466

It looks like they had a fairly quiet time in the 1820’s because whenever you see something like a history that period is just skipped over. There’s a bit of info about Corfu in the Nautical Magazine, published 1832. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0hU ... fu&f=false

Sylvester Thornton was a convict of about age 14, convicted of arson, and referred to a higher court because it was suspected a confession had been forced out of him. Because of that it was very well documented in the newspapers and elsewhere. His GGGranddaughter is an actor who got to be on a local version of WDYTYA which meant they covered Sylvester’s story as well. So that was all very convenient.

All the best,
Alan

[SarahND]

Alastair,
I know just what you mean! I often get so involved with people who lived 200 years ago that I almost feel as if they have only just left the room I remember saying once, completely seriously, "It wasn't that long ago so there really should be a trace of these people" and getting odd looks from my children

Be sure to let me know if you find a way to get photographs of people in the early 1800s

All the best,
Sarah

[Russell]

And ME I love hearing about serendipitous finds. Then your family [who claimed Not to be interested in genealogy] start looking over your shoulder looking for family resemblances

Russell

[Alan SHARP]

Hi Alastair

Despite Sarah's slightly pessimistic note don't give up hope. My wife discovered a lithograph of her GG-uncle who had been a teacher. There was a whole chapter devoted to him ina book about Paisley Grammar school. From another family line a very early photograph of her great aunt was discovered at the back of a cupboard on an estate in Australia. She never left a tiny village in Kirkcudbrightshire so it must have been sent out to her husbands relatives in Oz. Just don't keep your fingers crossed,you'll get cramp These finds were out of the blue

Russell

Greetings Russell.

You will find it was a very common practise to send, down under, photos and press clippings of notable events. For this very reason I joined the contributors to TalkingScot and got assistance to post Glasgow produced photos, that have survived in a 100 year+ old album in NZ, but for which we now have no knowledge of their significance.

Also why I advise to check the local press, on the other side of the world, as often a request was made for home papers to "copy" public announcements, of weddings etc of the kinfolk in far off lands.

Editors also clipped interesting snippets from the "old country papers" to pad out their editions, with gossip from home.

Alan SHARP.

[alastair01]

UPDATE !!
I have found John Stewart's death certificate !
He died in 1869 in Canongate Edinburgh entry number is 1308 and it states his occupation as chelsea pensioner and the certificate is signed by Thomas Stewart his son. It also says his widows surname which is Ronald but I can't make out what the other words say there except he was 76 years old when he died which matches his birthdate of 1792.
If anyone can view the certificate can they make out the rest of the words in the first column ?

Kind regards Alastair

[WilmaM]

Great!

Now armed with that information you can search for her death and birth too.

If you post the image to the Talking Scot gallery we'll all have a go at interpreting the rest of the info.
[I haven't posted anything on the new gallery set-up so I can't help with instructions]

[AndrewP]

Hi Alastair,

I took a look at the death certificate and this is what I can make out from it:

• John Stewart
  Chelsea Pensioner
  married to Margaret T______, widower of Nancy Ronald
  1869 December Second, 3h 20m AM
  37 Carrubbers Close, High Street, Edinburgh
  M [male]
  76 years
  [no parent information]
  Chronic Bronchitis (Years?), as cert by ____ Matthew, Physician
  [Informant] Thomas Stewart, Son, 4 Canmuir(?) Close
  [Registered] 1869 December 2nd at Edinburgh, A M McAlpine, Registrar

So the implication is that he was married twice, and his second wife probably survived him.

All the best,

AndrewP

[Alan SHARP]

Greetings Alistair.

Have you checked out the Chelsea Pensioner records like those held by this site ?

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/army-servic ... rch.action

I know I checked out one of ours many years ago, when looking for records, but can not remenber which site I used.

Some one with an existing subscription may offer to assist, if you give pointers to which John STEWART c 1790 you are interested in.

Alan SHARP.