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From: Bill Davidson <>
Subject: Re: [ONT] H.M. 77th Regiment
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 15:22:30 -0400
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Doug,

Do you have their marriage certificate? Those serving in the army
back then had their marriage (if in Canada) registered at the nearest
Anglican church. I found one of mine in Fredericton, NB in 1816.


bill


On 21-May-06, at 3:09 PM, Doug Porteous wrote:

> Hi Pat,
>
> It's all quite confusing to me since my knowledge of military
> history is
> quite poor (something I hope to rememdy soon!). One of my biggest
> challenges
> is figuring out the various places where Joseph REID might have been
> garrisoned.
>
> I finally found some information at the PRO site that seems to
> match my
> Joseph, but the number of regiments he served in seems quite high:
>
> "Covering dates 1827-1848
> Scope and content JOSEPH REED
> Born DRUMACOZA, Londonderry [Google thinks that should be 'DRUMCOURA
> Londonderry'] Served in 56th Foot Regiment; 68th Foot Regiment;
> 77th Foot
> Regiment; 81st Foot Regiment; 11th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 45"
>
> He would have been discharged ca. 1848 (the 1871 census gives his
> age as 68,
> indicating a DOB of 1803), the year following his marriage to Isabella
> Harrison. I'm inferring that the regiment somehow ended up in
> Toronto (but
> when, I wonder, did Joseph arrive?).
>
> The obit only mentions one regiment (perhaps it was the one he was
> serving
> in when he met Isabella, or it was the best known). The "military
> angle"
> makes him more interesting than my other gg-grandfathers (George
> PORTEOUS,
> Archibald BELL, Henry MCCUAIG, Peter MCARTHUR, Alexander DOUGLAS,
> Thomas
> ARTHURS and Joseph GODSON), who all seemed to be in the "farming
> business"
> in Scotland or England. :-)
>
> Thanks for your note (I believe I've thanked all other responders
> offline).
>
> Cheers,
> --Doug
>

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