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my ggg granfather born abt 1827 cirencester glos, wifw ada driver born abt 1837 jamaica, in 1861 census living in army house alverstoke hamp 1/8th regiment cant find which regiment in 1881 census occupation agent general, any help please

1st Battalion, 8th Regiment of Foot at Gosport Barracks, Alverstoke, Hampshire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_(The_King's)_Regiment_of_Foot

Tracey x

Here's his Army records -


British Army Service Records 1760-1913
First name(s): John

Last name: DRIVER

Calculated year of birth: 1829

Parish of birth: Cirencester

Town of birth: Cirencester

County of birth: Gloucestershire

Age at attestation: 17 years 1 months

Attestation date: 14 February 1846

Attestation corps:

Attestation soldier number:

Discharge rank: Sergeant

Discharge corps: 2nd Battn 8th Reg Of Infantry

Discharge soldier number: 2384

The National Archives reference: WO97 / 1410 / 40

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Husband's Name
Edmund DRIVER (AFN:1ZDQ-L1L) Pedigree

Born: 1807 Place:
Christened: 1 Aug 1807 Place: Moreton In Marsh, Glos., England
Married: 11 Nov 1826 Place: Moreton In Marsh, Glos., England

Father: William DRIVER (AFN:1ZDQ-KR0) Family
Mother: Martha SHARPE (AFN:1ZDQ-KS6)

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Wife's Name
Elizabeth WALKER (AFN:1ZDR-KBF) Pedigree

Born: Abt. 1805 Place:
Married: 11 Nov 1826 Place: Moreton In Marsh, Glos., England

Father:
Mother:

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Children

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1. Sex Name
M John DRIVER (AFN:1ZDR-KCM) Pedigree

Born: 1827 Place:
Christened: 5 Dec 1827 Place: Moreton In Marsh, Glos., England

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2. Sex Name
M Joseph DRIVER (AFN:1ZDR-KDT) Pedigree

Born: 1833 Place:
Christened: 22 Jan 1833 Place: Moreton In Marsh, Glos., England

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3. Sex Name
M William DRIVER (AFN:1ZDR-KF2) Pedigree

Born: 1836 Place:
Christened: 9 Jan 1836 Place: Moreton In Marsh, Glos., England

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4. Sex Name
M Thomas DRIVER (AFN:1ZDR-KG8) Pedigree

Born: 1839 Place:
Christened: 16 Feb 1839 Place: Moreton In Marsh, Glos., England

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5. Sex Name
M James DRIVER (AFN:1ZDR-KHG) Pedigree

Born: 1840 Place:
Christened: 9 Aug 1840 Place: Moreton In Marsh, Glos., N

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6. Sex Name
M Charles DRIVER (AFN:1ZDR-KKV) Pedigree

Born: 1847 Place:
Christened: 5 May 1847 Place: Moreton In Marsh, Glos., England

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7. Sex Name
M Benjamin DRIVER (AFN:1ZDR-KJN) Pedigree

Born: 1842 Place: Moreton In Marsh, Glos.
Christened: 15 Aug 1842 Place: Moreton In Marsh, Glos., England

to ann of green gables, thanks for your reply, im not sure if this is the same driver family john drivers parents were charles and sarah driver bevons farm evesham glos, could this be another branch of the family thanks dorothy teresa

any help please, im looking at 1871 census at the bottom of document only john driver, cannot find the rest of his family
thanks, regards teresa

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1871 England Census

Name: John Driver
Age: 43
Estimated birth year: abt 1828
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Ada M Driver
Gender: Male
Where born: Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Civil Parish: Elton
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
Town: Bury
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Bury
Sub-registration district: Elton

John Driver 43
Ada M Driver 34 Where born: India(?)
Frederick I W Driver 11
George E Driver 9
Albert E Driver 7
Emma E Driver 5
Francis C Driver 2
Ada F Driver 10 Months
Lucy Capewell 22
Agnes Capewell 19

Birthplace above is Jamaica, having looked at image.
Jan

hi brummiejan your right it is jamaica thanks teresa

Re. other thread (which you should delete) - this is it:

1881 England Census

Name: John Driver
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Ada M. Driver
Gender: Male
Where born: Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

Civil Parish: Elton
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address: 38 Bolton Road
Condition as to marriage: Married

Occupation: Agent General

Registration district: Bury
Sub-registration district: Elton

John Driver 54
Ada M. Driver 54
Frederick J.W. Driver 21
Elizabeth E. Driver 15
Francis C. Driver 12
Ada F. Driver 10
John W. Driver 7
Herbert Driver 5
Martha Driver 3
Thomas Driver

your a star brummijen , regards teresa

So - are you going to delete the other thread? Better say thanks to Michael who has duplicated the research - this is why it's better not to post different threads on the same subject.
Jan

brummiejan ill try and delete thread, thanks for your help michael, sorry about my big mistakes
regards teresa

All you do is click "delete" on the first posting and it will disappear.
Jan

hello, could anyone help please think ive been barking up the wrong family tree re:john driver born c1828 cirencester gloucestershire
married ada maria driver (nee pearson c1837) john served for nearly 20 years in the 2nd bat 8th reg foot, i have all his children and where he and ada lived info. But not sure if his parents were charles driver c1798 bpershore worcs and his wife sarah bc1800 pershore worcs. on all census they lived at bevons farm evesham hinton on green glos with there family, but now not sure if the john driver charles and sarahs son is the same john driver . john and ada driver were my ggrandparents on my fathers side there son was francis charles driver b c1867 rugeley staffs who was my fathers parents
any help please
thankyou
dorothy teresa

Whoa there! A lot of stuff in one sentence!
Have I got this right - you are trying to find parents of John Driver who was born Cirencester, the same John on the above censuses? Why did you originally think his parents were Charles and Sarah?
Jan

I assume this is why. It seems pretty reasonable, why are you querying it, or is it just that you have no other evidence?

1841 England Census

Name: John Driver
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Gender: Male
Where born: Gloucestershire, England

Civil parish: Hinton On The Green
Hundred: Thornbury (Upper Division)
County/Island: Gloucestershire

Registration district: Evesham
Sub-registration district: Evesham

Charles Driver 43
Sarah Driver 40
Jane Driver 20
William Driver 15
James Driver 15
John Driver 13
Ann Driver 5
Resiah Driver 1
Charles Driver 7

Jan

Seeing the problem - the above person was born Hinton, I take your point as this is him:

1871 England Census

Name: John Driver
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Relation: Son
Father's name: Charles Driver
Mother's name: Sarah Driver
Gender: Male
Where born: Hinton On The Green, Gloucestershire, England
Civil parish: Hinton On The Green
Town: Hinton
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Registration district: Evesham
Sub-registration district: Evesham

Charles Driver 74
Sarah Driver 71
John Driver 43
Sarah Driver 15

What about this one?

1841 England Census

Name: James Driver
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
Gender: Male
Where born: Gloucestershire, England

Civil parish: Brimpsfield
Hundred: Rapsgate
County/Island: Gloucestershire

Registration district: Cirencester
Sub-registration district: Cotswold

William Driver 35
Hester Driver 35
Marlin Driver 15
James Driver 15
Jane Driver 10
Frances Driver 7
Lucy Driver 5
Alford Driver 3

Apologies - James not John! Will leave above 1841 just in case it turns out to be relevant.
Jan