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Hi I have found on the Census that the person I have been looking for was born in 'AUXNAX CANADA' in 1831. Any ideas what AUXNAX could be - I can't find it on Google! Must be that writing again.........

Hi Deryn Did you look at the original? If not, whats the ref for the census you saw?..... Lets have a butches and see what we think?

hI DERYN,No such place as that i live in ontario canada

I found him on the 1881 Census. RG11/4514 It says on the printout AUXNAX CANADA. I have just found out his Dad was also Joseph and in 1826 he was a Sgt in the British Army posted in Ireland. Please try and see if you can help with the AUXNAX!

wot name tho as a blanket search brings up too many hits

its the Auxnax I am trying to find out - It is down as his place of birth in Canada, but no such place exists. He is Joseph Buttery born 1831. Mother and father were Joseph and Elizabeth Buttery.

on the 1871 its down as Aux Noix which seems to an island . Quebec seems to associated with it when you Google. GOT IT!!!!!!!!!! Its, Iles Aux Noix and is an island off Quebec. Shirley

Well done Shirley! It gets better. He was undoubtedly stationed at Fort Lennox which, astonishingly, is preserved as a national monument and tourist site. The British were stationed there up until 1870. FORT LENNOX, Île-aux-Noix, Richelieu River, Quebec This website is fantastic - I want to go there myself now. www(.)historiclakes(.)org/canada/fort_lennox(.)htm You can google lots of information about the place.

ÎLE-AUX-NOIX Île-aux-Noix, island, 210 acres (85 hectares), in the Richelieu River near St. Jean, S Que., Canada; site of Fort Lennox National Historic Park (est. 1921). During the French and Indian War (1759) the French built a fort there to delay the British advance on Montreal but were forced to surrender it in 1760. Named Fort Lennox and occupied by a British garrison, the island fell (1775) to American forces and was used as a base by the American generals Schuyler and Montgomery for attacks on Montreal and Quebec until abandoned in 1776. The British then used the island to supply their operations against the American fleet on Lake Champlain. The present Fort Lennox dates from the 1820s, when the old fortifications were repaired and additions were built. It was a military post until 1870. Fort Lennox National Historic Site of Canada 1 61st Avenue Saint-Paul-de- l'Île-aux-Noix Quebec Canada J0J 1G0 Tel: (450) 291-5700 Toll Free: 1-888-773-8888 TTY: 1-866-558-2950 Fax: (450) 291-4389 Email: parkscanada-que followed by 'at' followed by pc(.)gc(.)ca

In 1827 the Fifteenth went to Canada, and served there until 1840, a period embracing the political riots at Quebec and Montreal in 1832 (suffering heavily in the visitation of Asiatic cholera), as well as the insurrection in Lower Canada in 1837-8. v. 361 15th Rgmnt. of Foot: Abbey-Carr 1760-1854 FHL Film 876909

Wow - you guys are amazing! My G.G.G.Grandad was posted there. I have seen photos on the one site of the place. Now I need to find out what happened to Sgt Buttery and where he came from originally! Its so interesting finding out things like this. Thanks everyone.