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hi could anyone tell me how i would go about trying to find a marrige that took place in india i.m looking for marrige of

william lowth born england
&
julia magness born ireland

any help or points in the right direction would be greatfully recived
thanks for taking the time to read my thread and any info that you might be able to help me with

kind regards
jacky

do you have an approximate year for the marriage?

hi pete
all i can say is that we belive it was between 1871 & 1877 as it shows william in the 1871 census in aldershot with his regiment and there first born thomas was born abt 1877 in india

kind regards

jacky

hi

forgot to mention there was 2 children born to them in india all rest born back in england the place in india that they were born was a place called

ALLABHAI

jacky

Dear Jacky

Found this entry on IGI: -

Mary Louisa
Birth: 24 JUL 1874 India Office Ecclesiastical Returns-Bengal Presidency,,Misc, , , India

Father: William Lowth, mother Julia

Best wishes

Maria

I have had a quick look through the GRO index of Army marriages but could not see anything that fits.

Have you bought one of the birth certs for one of the British born children to prove Julia's maiden name?

Of course, it is entirely possible that he married an irish girl during a tour of duty in Ireland and then took her with him to India.

hi maria
thats really intresting as i thought i had all there children already but this one new to me and i can.t find her with william & julia on any census so i.m wondering she was born & died in india would you know if there was a way of finding this out

many thanks
kind regards
jacky

hi pete
yes i have the birth cert of james francis alexander lowth born 31st may 1881 carlton scroop sub district of grantham lincolnshire parents
william lowth
julia lowth formally magness or it could be maqness
all the birth cert is very readable but mmn a bit dogy but defo either of the above

kind regards
jacky

hi pete

would it have been the norm in them days to take your wife with you on tours of duty presuming they might of married in ireland and then taken her over to india with him

kind regards

jacky

Dear Jacky

Soldiers wives did travel with them.

My gggg grandfather was in the army in the 1840s and was posted to Ireland where he married an Irish girl and she went with him to Malta with his regiment.

Best wishes

Maria

Dear Jacky

What regiment was he in? If he got married in Ireland the regimental museum might have records.

Do you have his army no? His army records might be at Kew.

best of luck

Maria

P.S. I had another thought - if you know where his regiment might have been in Ireland you could ask Inis for a lookup - she has a thread on this board offering lookups.

h all

thanks for the info and advise
william was in the

2ND BATTALION
2ND BATTALION REGIMENT
CHESHIRE REGIMENT

but i have googled the above regiment but can.t find anything i can.t find his army number either
any help would be brilliant
many many thanks
kind regards
jacky

hi only me again

is there a site that i can find out what his army number was

kind regards

jacky

Nothing online. His records should be at National Archives ,Kew. If there is a museum for the regiment, then they might have a little information on him., so worth a try!

hi ann

thanks for your reply i have done as you suggested already and either its not there or i.m doing it wrong but will keep going

many thanks
kind regards
jacky

Do you mean you've looked at National Archives and can't find him? Well, you won't because he won't be listed by name on the catalogue. You'd need to go there to search for any record of him. Or do you mean you can't find a museum for the regiment? Let me know what you mean, and I'll explain!

hi ann

sorry for the confusion i can.t find a museum i have googled the regiment to see if there was a way to contact them and asking them if and where any info could be found but it kept bringing me back to the top of the page

jacky

The website for the museum seems to be www.chester.ac.uk/militarymuseum

hi ann
thanks i will try that one as that is not the one i have been trying today

thanks so much

jacky