Your "Toe Rag" ???
British Army Service Records Camberly, Surrey, England
First name(s) William Attestation corps Royal Artillery Last name Haggerty Discharge corps Royal Artillery Birth year 1878 Document type Attestation Birth parish Camberly Archive reference WO 97 Birth county Surrey Series Wo 97 - Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913 Birth country England Box 5014 Service number 88934 Box record number 121 Regiment Royal Artillery Archive The National Archives Year 1892 Country England Attestation date 15 Feb 1892 Record set British Army Service Records Attestation age years 14 Category Military, armed forces & conflict Attestation age months 5 Subcategory Regimental & Service Records Attestation service number 88934 Collections from Great Britain, England
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Gosh what a muddle! Ty for finding all that.
At the barracks in 1901 it says his father is Charles Milne???That has confused me!
So he was a bit of a "toe rag", leaving Clara, marrying someone else and was he actually married in the first place?
Thankyou AG for your assistance
Florence in the hebrides
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The 1901 military census record for William clearly records him as SINGLE
He would have required Army permission to marry
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Does the Census identify which Battalion he was serving? It would make it easier to try to find his service record (which may include marriage details) in the National Archives website
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Perhaps they didn't marry? Maybe they had only been together since 1898, and said they were married for respectability.
Posting 1901 for our reference:
Clara E Haggerty in the 1901 England Census Name Clara E Haggerty Age 23 Estimated Birth Year abt 1878 Relation to Head Wife Gender Female Spouse William G Haggerty Birth Place Erith, Kent, England Civil parish Woolwich Search Photos View blank form Ecclesiastical parish St Michael and All Angels County/Island London Country England Registration district Woolwich Sub-registration district Woolwich ED, institution, or vessel 22 Neighbors Piece 567 Folio 89 Page number 21 Household schedule number 151 Household Members (Name) Age Relationship William G Haggerty 23 Head Clara E Haggerty 23 Wife Alice E Haggerty 2 Daughter Minnie Ada Haggerty 1/12 Daughter
HAGGERTAY, ALICE ELIZA mmn APPLETON GRO Reference: 1899 M Quarter in DOVER Volume 02A Page 1043
HAGGERTY, MINNIE ADA ELIZABETH mmn APPLETON GRO Reference: 1901 J Quarter in WOOLWICH Volume 01D Page 1242
William is also recorded at the Royal Artillery Barracks in 1901:
William George Haggarty in the 1901 England Census Name William George Haggarty Age 23 Estimated Birth Year abt 1878 Relation to Head Son [most of the many soldiers are listed as "son" - wrong! ] Gender Male Father Charles Milne [NO! mistranscription ] Birth Place Camberley, Surrey, England Civil parish Woolwich Search Photos View blank form Ecclesiastical parish St Mary County/Island London Country England Registration district Woolwich Sub-registration district Woolwich ED, institution, or vessel Royal Artillery Barracks, Green Hill Schools, Repository, Gun Park and Observatory Neighbors Piece 569 Folio 132 Page number 40 Household schedule number 1
William and Clara appear to have separated. In 1911 he's with another "wife" Rosina Frances (formerly Evans; nee Marlow), whom he didn't marry until 1914 - and a "daughter" Lilian. He's claiming to have been married for 10 years, which isn't true .
William George Haggarty in the 1911 England Census Name William George Haggarty Age in 1911 33 Estimated Birth Year abt 1878 Relation to Head Head Gender Male Birth Place Cam Civil parish Plumstead County/Island London Country England Street Address 189 Sandy Hill Road, Plumstead, Woolwich Marital Status Married Occupation Officers Servant Registration District Number 30 Sub-registration district Plumstead West ED, institution, or vessel 04 Piece 2886 Household Members (Name) Age Relationship William George Haggarty 33 Head Roseina Francis Haggarty 33 Wife Lillian Haggarty 9 Daughter - Woolwich
Lilian is Rosina's daughter from her first marriage.
EVANS, LILIAN ROSINA mmn MARLOW GRO Reference: 1902 S Quarter in WOOLWICH Volume 01D Page 1343
Rosina married again in 1927, to William Balch.
Confusingly, Rosina's first marriage was in 1898:
Marriages Sep 1898 (>99%) Evans Thomas Woolwich 1d 2146 Marlow Rosina Frances Woolwich 1d 2146
But I don't see any marriage for Clara and William.
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William G Haggerty b 1878 Kent d 1922 m 1898? Clara E Appleton b 1878 Kent
In the 1911 census, Clara is with her parents George & Alice Appleton. Clara has 2 children Alice E Haggerty b1899 Dover Minnie Ada E haggerty b 1901 Woolwich
It shows on the household that Clara is married and gives the year as 1898 but for the life of me I cannot find that marriage. I looked on Genes, Family.search free BMD.
William was a Soldier Gunner Ryl Artillery. on the 1901 census
I tried various spellings of Haggerty/Haggarty/Hagerty/Hagartay but cannot find the marriage.
Anyone able to try and find the marriage for me please
Just for info he was 1 of 5 children. First 3 were born in Gibraltar as his parents were there for 5 years, William and Emily were both born in Kent. But his parents were also born in uk. James Haggerty b 1849 london Elizabeth Sexton b 1845 d 1915
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