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Dea..and that is why we "amateur helpers"" love it too...you have helped me quite a bit in my family tree conundrums and I do soooo want to put something back in...my "avatar" circa 1966......I don't look like that anymore and the haircut is a bit better1!! :-)

Ha ha ha ! I do look a bit grumpy! My daughter took that without me knowing.
But I thought it would help to take me seriously !

It is really great tho, I started on this site years ago trying to find my mother. whom I did find, but too late , she'd already died. So I kinda lost interest. But then this year I got more interested again and this line we've been looking at today is a direct line on my maternal side so it's all the mums I 've never known and it sort of helps. :-)

British Army Service Records 1760-1915
First name(s): Alexander

Last name: BARBER
Calculated year of birth: 1807
Parish of birth: Ipswich
Town of birth: Ipswich
County of birth: Suffolk
Age at attestation: 18 years
Attestation date: 26 July 1825
Attestation corps:
Attestation soldier number:
Discharge rank: Quarter Mr Serjt
Discharge corps: 83rd Foot
Discharge soldier number: 323
The National Archives reference: WO97 / 923 / 43

Trade - Shoemaker.

Dea x

Judith - we are all 'amateur' helpers but some of us have been doing it for longer than others !!

ALL help is very welcome !!!

Dea Xxx ;-)

oo I'm liking this a tree on ancestry gives Helen Manning 1810 Ireland for
Sarahs mother

him


Alexander Crickett Barber
Birth 1808 in ,Ipswich,Suffolk,England

Ah I've found him on 1881 as a Chelsea pensioner living with Helen.

Shoemaker? before he went in?

x

You have confused me now - who was living with Helen on 1881 ??

Couldn't have been Alexander (before he went in?) as he would have been in his 70's ???

Dea Xxx

Go Lindsey... go Lindsey.. go Lindsey... whoop whoop!

Isnt it amazing what info is on the net after all those years ?
I guess the crystal ball is a bit tired now, so well done all !
:-D

Ah Dea crossed messages. Yes Alex Must be when he retired .

I was confused with your info as it said trade; shoemaker, so I wasn't sure if that ment before he went in or whilst he was there . .

Ah thanks so much Lindsey ... You've been such a great help. :-D
xxx

He was a shoemaker before he enlisted!

Dea Xxx

Ohh - get them now - I was searching for Alexander Smith instead of Barber !!!!!!!!!!

I think I must be tired !! :-D

Dea Xxx

Oh my god ! So was I !! Ha ha ha how funny?

Oh well - I can be excused then !!! :-D - I thought it was 'my age' creeping up on me !!

Dea Xxx

I ain't no spring chicken ;-) x

I ain't no spring chicken ;-) x

atch it's no good , kids driving me mad now.
I'll come back on after they're in bed!

Thanks so much Dea, Jude and Lindsey. You've brightened my day and I'm so greatful xxxxx <3

SO - Is that a VERY old photo of you then ??

Dea x

Oh well - If you are putting kids to bed at this time you must be quite a lot younger than me !! - I am on to grandchildren now ;-)

See you later, or, more probably, in the morning coz 'grannie goes to bed quite early nowadays' !! :-D

Dea Xxx