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From: "Betty" <>
Subject: Re: [S-I] S.I. EARLY family
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:25:30 -0400
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Hi Frank,

I recently mentioned on other Lists that my (possible) ancestor, James CLARK
(~1790-??) was a possible "travelin' man." * But, your Francis EARLY
was definitely a "travelin' man" - all his life.

I don't know if it would help you at all but I wondered whether you had
searched the archives of the Canada and Quebec Lists for the KING name.

Betty (near Lowell, MA)




(* My "educated guess" is that James CLARK is an ancestor - as his only
daughter that I know of, as a married woman adopted a little girl. The
little girl was my grandmother, and I believe John and Mary DEXTER were her
grandparents, but can't prove it.)



----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Lyn" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 2:30 AM
Subject: [S-I] S.I. EARLY family


> Hello Folks
>
> I've been lurking for a while, trying to get a feel for the tone of the
> List
> before posting my query. I was surprised (pleasantly) to find myself
> reading
> about whisky and suet pudding, braised calf's liver, pickled tongue, fried
> brains and black pudding. Sounded just like home - in Africa. My Scottish
> grandmother used to prepare those dishes a long way from Glasgow.
>
> But, to business. Been trying for many years to find some background on my
> g-grandfather. Every year or so I dust him off and give him an airing on
> various lists in the hope that someone recognizes him.
>
> He was Francis EARLY, born ca 1827 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. At the
> age
> of 7 he was enlisted in the 54th Regiment British Army, and shipped out to
> Madras, India. He was educated in a regimental boarding school and at
> 13 was formally taken into the regiment as a Private. With his regiment he
> was posted all over the old British Empire; Malta, Gibraltar, West Indies,
> Canada. While stationed in Quebec in 1853 he met and married Lillian KING,
> a 16 year old Irish girl. ( Birthplace, "Ireland". No sign of parents.) In
> 1855 Francis, and wife, were posted to Gibraltar, where their first child,
> Ellen,
> was born. Then to Essex in England, 2 more children; Francis Frederick and
> Charles Henry. In 1866 Francis EARLY retired on pension from the army and
> joined the British War Office as Paymaster's Clerk. He and his family were
> transferred to Lanarkshire, Scotland. They lived in and around Glasgow for
> about 25 years where they had another 6 children:
> Thomas King
> William King
> Samuel Ernest
> Lillian King
> Henry Hamilton (my grandfather)
> Albert
>
> In the 1880's 6 of the brothers migrated to South Africa to seek their
> fortunes on
> the Kimberley diamond fields. Francis EARLY died in Essex, England, in
> 1897.
> Lillian EARLY nee KING died in South Africa in 1902.
>
> Anyone recognize my bunch?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Frank Early
> South Africa
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