David,
Thanks for the lead ........ had spotted the Hants location but not
considered the military angle and location as Aldershot.
Cheers Tim.
----- Original Message -----
From: Meredith-Fam-Hist <meredith_meredith(a)ntlworld.com>
To: <CATLEY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [CAT...] James.W.Catley b 1863 or 1865, Leeds.
Tim,
'Guess you will have these details of this 'Amos Catley'.....
1871 Aldershot, Hampshire
2nd Battalion 2nd Regiment, Cheshire Regiment
RG10.818.65.p32.~12
Amos Catley . unm . 25 . Private . York Garforth
> Has anybody got a lead on a James W Catley born Leeds circa 1863, son of
Amos
> Catley?
>
> Amos and his wife Sophia lived in the Leeds area but in the early 1870's
> immigrated to Pennsylvania USA and then moved on to Kansas.
>
> Son John seems to have been quite a lad having worked on railway line
building
> in both Australia and the USA, somwehere along the line he
returned to
the UK
> and married here and then returned to the USA for good. He
worked for
quite a
> number of "Railroads" including The Rock Island Line.
>
> He finally became a storekeeper in Rosedale Kansas.
>
> Have found his gt grandaughter in the USA who would like to know more
about
> her UK roots
>
> Cheers Timcatt
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