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 John Chard of Dingle (1837-1873)
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| daerjech2000 |
Posted on 06/02/2012 18:13
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I am looking for information on John Chard who married Elizabeth McCarthy 15 Sep 1864 (daughter of Harbour Master of Tralee Robert McCarthy). He was in the Coast Guard and was buried at Dingle 30 Sep 1873. |
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| crimea1854 |
Posted on 06/02/2012 22:27
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Welcome to the Forum. John Chard was nominated to the Coastguard Service in August 1864, with a first posting to Ferrites Cove. This nomination was made after he was signed off from HMS Encounter, which had just returned from an extensive period in the far east. During his time in China Encounter took part in the 2nd China War, for which he was awarded the China Medal with clasps for Canton 1857 and Taku Forts 1858. In addition to serving on Encounter he is also on the medal roll for HMS Furious, rated as Capt. Mizzen Top - a petty officer. There are service records available on the National Archives website (£3.50 each) for his pre 1873 service (ADM 139/427) and post 1873 service (ADM 188/63). These records show that he was born on 7 August 1837 in Arthurstown, Wexford. From the marriage record his father was Samuel Chard, who at the time of his birth was a Commissioned Boatman, in the CG Service, working at Arthurstown CG Station. It would take very little effort to trace his fathers career, just let me know. I did start to use the ADM 175 records to trace John's CG Service, which indicate that he moved to Dingle on 6 February 1866, but to be honest the above service records are a far faster way of tracing his career. Hope this is of some interest. Martin Edited by crimea1854 on 06/02/2012 22:44 |
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| daerjech2000 |
Posted on 07/02/2012 11:32
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That is very helpful! And when I plugged his birthplace into my Ancestry.com tree, he popped up in the 1861 British census on the Encounter in Japan! His wife Elizabeth was the sister of my ancestor Harriet McCarthy. After John Chard died (I should get his death ctf. to find out how he died so young) Elizabeth married a John Watson of the Royal Irish Constabulary and then I lose track of her. I would be interested to know a little more about his father Samuel. I found a picture of Coast Guard Housing at Harbour View in the book Blennerville: Gateway to Tralee. Do you think that is where John and Elizabeth Chard would have lived? Edited by daerjech2000 on 07/02/2012 11:37 |
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| crimea1854 |
Posted on 07/02/2012 14:35
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I'm pleased the information was of some interest. Re Samuel, he was nominated to the CG Service on 5 March 1821 from Castle Townsend. As a general rule this location is in, or near to where he normally lived. The following are his subsequent movements: 30 January 1822 promoted to Commissioned Boatman and posted to Barlouge 10 October 1823 to Baltimore 5 July 1826 to White Horse 10 October 1827 to Banmahon 28 February 1831 to Arthurstown 4 Sepember 1839 to Upper Cove 8 September 1842 to Garnish 8 April 1851 Discharged the service (ADM 175/19 pdf 145) I also did a search online, and found a return for Griffith's Valuation (year unknown) for a Samuel Chard, Kilnamangh, Cork - might be your man. Martin |
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| daerjech2000 |
Posted on 08/02/2012 10:12
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Thank you very much. He certainly had to move around a lot. I guess he would have to have been born 1800 or earlier to join the Coast Guard in 1821. I think he must have died before Civil Registration since I find no death that fits. |
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