Val,
Neither the 1871 nor 1881 census entries gave more than "Scotland" as his
birthplace? Have you located his wife and daughter still in Llanfyllin in
1891? Have you checked the website
www.1837online for his death in the GRO Indexes? (There can't be more than
one James Anderson dying in Montgomeryshire in those years, I wouldn't
think. You might also consider Denbighshire, as the border is so close.)
His death certificate might help you to determine where he may be buried and
perhaps there may be something on his memorial inscription to help you or a
death notice in the local newspaper.
I suggest you also post this query to the
Powys list so as to reach a broader audience and, hopefully, strike a chord
with someone knowledgeable on the subject who may not be monitoring the
Montgomeryshire list. I thought there would be fairly good documentation on
"Chelsea Pensioners".
Regards,
Julie Preston
juliefpreston(a)sbcglobal.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Val Levy" <vall(a)penymaes.fsworld.co.uk>
To: <WLS-MONTGOMERYSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 11:50 AM
Subject: [WLS-MGY] Inspiration needed - Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
I wondered if anyone had any ideas on what I could do next to find
out
more about James ANDERSON who was a sergeant major in the Yeomanry round
about 1871 - 1881. In 1871 James was living at Llwyn Terrace, Llanfyllin.
He was then a Sergeant Major in the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, aged 52. By
1881 he was a Chelsea Pensioner, having previously served with the Royal
Artillery for many years, and lived at LLwyn Hall in Llanfyllin with his
wife and daughter.
I have looked at two books about the Mont. Yeomanry but there was
nothing
in them of much help I have also looked at Llanfyllin records (electoral
rolls) with no success.
I think he died between 1881 and 1891, but there is no record of his
death
in the Llanfyllin parish registers.
I employed someone to look up his military records in the PRO at Kew
but
with no success.
In the census he was noted as having been born in Scotland, and his
marriage certificate in 1855 indicates his father was Robert - all too vague
to enable me to pin down his birth records.
I'm not sure where to go from here and would be ever so grateful
for any
advice, ideas etc - perhaps on where I could get more information on the
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, maybe there is somewhere they keep records on
individual soldiers?
Val