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Author: steven_cavanaugh
Surnames: Cavanaugh/Kavanaugh
Classification: queries
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I am with the Kavanaugh clan and here is some ideas forwarded by one of our researchers.
Just had another thought, I visited the Enniskillen regimental museum whilst we were
staying in the town a few years ago they were absolutely fab as far as regimental history
was concerned and very friendly. Nice people worth speaking to them.
Hi Steven
What Mary needs to do is to check regimental records with the Royal Enniskillen regiment
who will have his details on enlistment and his service with the army. They would know
where he was living prior to joining the army, his next of kin, whether married or single
and possibly his parents and if he is in receipt or has been of an army pension he would
have to provide them with an address to send this to. Trouble is they normally ask for
his paybook number and if you don't know that it could be difficult.
As he was born in 1928 he is getting on a bit if he is still alive. If he has lived in
the British Army and in Northern Ireland for any great length of time it is highly
possible he may have drawn a British State pension or if in the army for a long period of
time an Army pension. Again the army regimental records would be a great help but in this
case they would not be totally open and would want to know who was asking and why as the
man may still be alive. If so the only info she may get would be yes he is still alive.
One immediate problem springs to mind but in this case it looks like he would have been
too young to serve in the army during the second world war, it is highly unlikely he
would be amongst those casualties so that cuts one search down.
Because of the great interest in family history and the overbearing amount of enquiries
they have received, the old enquiry section with the standard State Pensions people in
Newcastle upon Tyne has stopped in England (for England Scotland Wales). Belfast may
offer a similar facility.
For the purpose of lost very close relatives and birth parents being sought by adopted
children there used to be a search. Alas no longer available but if you write with a
decent reason for trying to make contact it could depend on who opens the letter if you
know what I am saying, it is worth a try. What they did used to do was to contact the
living missing person if they were still in receipt of a pension and let them know the
name and address of the person making the enquiry or forward the letter with advance
postage sent through with it and leave it to them if they wished to make contact. I
don't know if the Republic have any such facilities you would need to speak to Jimmy
or Fergus on that one.
Failing that there is only the British and Irish phone books and not everyone is listed
these days depending on which phone company they use, electoral registers which really
you need to know where or you would be here from now to domesday, then again he may have
emigrated when he left the forces, if he has died St Catherines index would show the issue
of a death certificate in England and Wales, you would have to check with Belfast for
Northern Ireland and Edinburgh for the Scottish deaths and Dublin for the Irish deaths.
Older records are far more easy to find as 100 years clears the copyright and data
protection and records are then freely available.
Yes our Clann is where this lady should be she is a Cavanagh.
Celia
Thanks
Steven Cavanaugh
Clann Chaomhanach
Canadian Research
Member #726
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