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From: Forrest Anderson <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] PATRICK GLASGOW 7 INF. 7
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 02:26:12 +0100
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On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 22:13:51 +0100, Rose Reeves <>
wrote:

>PATRICK GLASGOW in the 1891 census is living in Edinburgh and is stated
>as being a Porter (Pensioner Private and what looks like 7 Inf.
>7.)

Perhaps you could scan the entry and upload it somewhere? This list
has a sister one called Greatwar-Comminity at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Greatwar-Community/ and you can post
photographs into the photos or files sections there so that people can
see it.

>I know he married in County Antrim in 1842 and subsequently they had
>family in the following places and years:-
>
>Corfu 1871
>Gibraltar 1873 and 1875
>Benares, India 1882
>Sitrling 1884
>Dublin Barracks 1886

Soldiers didn't usually marry when they were very young, but let's say
he married when he was 22, meaning he was born in 1820. This would
make him aged 66 when he was in Dublin Barracks, and had spent 46
years in the Army if he had joined at 18. These figures look highly
suspicious, since a full career in the Army was usually about 21
years. My first reaction is that you may have two people of different
generations. Could you confirm the dates?

Forrest

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Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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