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Kayak

Kayak Report 2 Aug 2020 14:57

Hi

Ancestry have a record in their UK Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records 1760-1920 for a JOB KEENS

Does anyone have access to 3 fold to see the details on the original image by any chance.

TIA
Tiggit


Maddie

Maddie Report 2 Aug 2020 15:11

Job
Last name Keens
Birth year 1795
Birth parish Newbury
Birth town Newbury
Birth county Berkshire
Birth country England
Service number 262
Rank PRIVATE
Regiment 80Th Regt Of Foot
Year 1817
Attestation date 12 Apr 1817
Attestation age years 22
Discharge corps 80th Regt Of Foot
Discharge service number 262
Document type Discharge
Series Wo 97 - Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913
originally a labourer

Job
Last name Keens
Birth year -
Year 1833
Regiment -
Regiment / service number as transcribed 80th Foot Sir R Donkin
Candidacy year 1833
Pension age 38
Parish Newbury
County Yorkshire
Series Wo 23 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: Admission Books, Registers, And Papers 1702-1876
Archive
The National Archives
Archive reference WO 23
Piece number 4
Piece description Admission books.
Year range 1833

Job
Last name Keens
Birth year -
Year 1845-54
Regiment 80Th Foot
Regiment / service number as transcribed 80 Foot
Pension year 1833
Series Wo 23 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: Admission Books, Registers, And Papers 1702-1876
Archive
The National Archives
Archive reference WO 23
Piece number 44
Piece description 80-89 Foot. Dates of service 1820-1854.
Year range 1845-1854

Job
Last name Keens
Birth year -
Year 1852-62
Regiment 81St Foot
Regiment / service number as transcribed 81st Foot
Pension year 1833
Return year 1861
Return month Jan
Series Wo 22 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: Returns Of Payment Of Army And Other Pensions 1842-1883
Archive
The National Archives
Archive reference WO 22
Piece number 108
Piece description Trowbridge.
Year range 1852-1862

Job
Last name Keens
Birth year -
Year 1855-65
Regiment 80Th Foot
Regiment / service number as transcribed 80 Foot
Pension year 1833
Death year 1861
Series Wo 23 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: Admission Books, Registers, And Papers 1702-1876
Archive
The National Archives
Archive reference WO 23

Maddie

Maddie Report 2 Aug 2020 15:15

Job
Last name Keens
Age 66
Birth year 1795
Residence Newbury, St John, Raymonds Almshouses.
Death year 1861
Burial year 1861
Burial date 30 Nov 1861
Church St John the Evangelist
Place Newbury
County Berkshire

Record Transcription:
1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Raymonds New Alms Houses, 5, St Bartholomew, Newbury, Berkshire, England
.
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Job Keens Head Married Male 65 1796 Milliner Chelsea Pensioner Newbury, Berkshire, England
Ann Keens Wife Married Female 51 1810 - London, Middlesex, England
Joseph Keens Son Unmarried Male 23 1838 Tallow Chandler Highclere, Hampshire, England
Eliza Keens Daughter Unmarried Female 20 1841 Dressmaker Highclere, Hampshire, England

JOB
Last name KEENS
Marriage year 1836
Marriage day 20
Marriage month Nov
Place EAST WOODHAY
Groom's first name Job
Groom's last name Keens
Bride's first name Ann
Bride's last name New
Groom's notes -
Bride's notes -
Parish East Woodhay
County Hampshire

Kayak

Kayak Report 2 Aug 2020 15:20

Thanks Maddie, much appreciated!

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 3 Aug 2020 10:12

More re the same man, on Ancestry:

Job Keens
in the Ireland, Royal Hospital Kilmainham Pensioner Discharge Documents, 1724-1924
View Original Image on Fold3.
Name: Job Keens
Pension Admission Age: 38
Birth Date: abt 1795
Pension Admission Date: 12 Jun 1833
Pension Admission Place: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Regiment: 80thDragoons







Job Keens
in the UK, Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Regimental Registers of Pensioners, 1713-1882
Name: Job Keens
Residence Date: 12 Jun 1833
Document Type: Regimental Registers of Pensioners

From image of the above register:
Residence: Oxford.
Died 25th Nov 1861, Trowbridge.


Deaths Dec 1861 (>99%)
Keens Job Newbury 2c 133