Hello everyone:
following the discovery of some old family papers, I have a bit more information on my Irish granddad, and would like to take this further. Any tips on where to look are appreciated, I have already searched Ancestry without luck.
Name: James Joseph Dempsey
DOB: 16.07.1903 (taken from death certificate)
POB: Dublin, Ireland (as above)
I would love to find his birth record, and order the certificate. As far as I have been told, his mother was called Elizabeth Kirby/Kirkby and came from the North of England.
His father was Irish, named John.
I have a possible family in Dublin in 1911, although the mother isn't stated as English, so I'm not sure if this is them. I haven't found a marriage for them yet either.
On an old postcard to my granddad was the following information:
posted 12 Sept 1927, postmark Baile Atha Clait? (Gaellic), stamped Dublin,Eire
Addressed to J Dempsey
Indian Draft Depot
Royal Fusiliers
Hounslow
London
"Dear Jimmy
I am posting your clothes on now as I only got your letter this morning. Watch out for them. Send word when you're coming. Maryan is gone off since last Wednesday. No wedding"
Frustratingly, it is unsigned, so I have no idea if it is from his mother/father/sibling etc. There is also no clue who Maryan is (the spelling and punctuation isn't great, so this is quite possibly Mary Ann or Marian). On a side note, I would love to know her story :)
Anyway, back to the point. My granddad lived in Ireland but served with the British Army, he definitely went to India and he definitely contracted malaria. I don't know when he came out, but he signed back up during the second world war.
So, can anyone help me to:
A. Locate a birth and/or baptism record
(I have his marriage record thanks to this site)
B. Find out more about his army career
Thanks very much in advance
Denise
Help with my grandad: military and birth
following the discovery of some old family papers, I have a bit more information on my Irish granddad, and would like to take this further. Any tips on where to look are appreciated, I have already searched Ancestry without luck.
Name: James Joseph Dempsey
DOB: 16.07.1903 (taken from death certificate)
POB: Dublin, Ireland (as above)
I would love to find his birth record, and order the certificate. As far as I have been told, his mother was called Elizabeth Kirby/Kirkby and came from the North of England.
His father was Irish, named John.
I have a possible family in Dublin in 1911, although the mother isn't stated as English, so I'm not sure if this is them. I haven't found a marriage for them yet either.
On an old postcard to my granddad was the following information:
posted 12 Sept 1927, postmark Baile Atha Clait? (Gaellic), stamped Dublin,Eire
Addressed to J Dempsey
Indian Draft Depot
Royal Fusiliers
Hounslow
London
"Dear Jimmy
I am posting your clothes on now as I only got your letter this morning. Watch out for them. Send word when you're coming. Maryan is gone off since last Wednesday. No wedding"
Frustratingly, it is unsigned, so I have no idea if it is from his mother/father/sibling etc. There is also no clue who Maryan is (the spelling and punctuation isn't great, so this is quite possibly Mary Ann or Marian). On a side note, I would love to know her story :)
Anyway, back to the point. My granddad lived in Ireland but served with the British Army, he definitely went to India and he definitely contracted malaria. I don't know when he came out, but he signed back up during the second world war.
So, can anyone help me to:
A. Locate a birth and/or baptism record
(I have his marriage record thanks to this site)
B. Find out more about his army career
Thanks very much in advance
Denise
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