Thanks to Sue's thread I was reminded of a question I have been meaning to ask for some time
My great great great grandmother was born on the 21st August 1851.
Her name is given as Olivia Melvina Newbury January and her father is a Private. Parents are James and Sophia, and she was baptised in Kingstown later in 1851. (however, it doesn't say where Kingstown is on the cert - it is an overseas one).
Olivia had four daughters in India in the 1870s (her husband, Thomas Kerr, was in the army) so I think she must have married him out there.
In 1881 the family are in Scotland and Olivia's place of birh is St Vincent, West Indies.
Am I right in thinking that this is where she was born?
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sadly, Olivia died in 1882 but her Scottish death certificate does give some extra information:
Father was James Jannaway, barracks sergeant, deceased.
Mother was Sophia Ann Jannaway, maiden name Abbott.
I can find nothing else about James and Sophia anywhere and I can find no records of Olivia and Thomas' marriage.
Any ideas?
My great great great grandmother was born on the 21st August 1851.
Her name is given as Olivia Melvina Newbury January and her father is a Private. Parents are James and Sophia, and she was baptised in Kingstown later in 1851. (however, it doesn't say where Kingstown is on the cert - it is an overseas one).
Olivia had four daughters in India in the 1870s (her husband, Thomas Kerr, was in the army) so I think she must have married him out there.
In 1881 the family are in Scotland and Olivia's place of birh is St Vincent, West Indies.
Am I right in thinking that this is where she was born?
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sadly, Olivia died in 1882 but her Scottish death certificate does give some extra information:
Father was James Jannaway, barracks sergeant, deceased.
Mother was Sophia Ann Jannaway, maiden name Abbott.
I can find nothing else about James and Sophia anywhere and I can find no records of Olivia and Thomas' marriage.
Any ideas?
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