Fanny Huddlestone

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1881; Pupil Teacher

Other Events and Attributes:

• Miltary Service: Between 1841 and 1855; Private in Leicestershire Regiment 17th Foot
• Occupation: Aft 1855; Pensioner after discharge due to Wounds
• Residence: 1881, Prospect Place, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
• Residence: 1891, 23, Snow Hill, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
• Residence: 1894, Storer's Almshouses, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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Peter Huddleston is the subject of a War Office army record WO97/1445

Case 4094 H.M. Leicestershire Regt of Infantry Limerick 12th Sept 1855
Discharge of 1691 Peter Huddlestone, labourer b. Wymondham
Height 5' 5? " ; Hair dark brown; Eyes dark brown; complexion fresh;
Enlisted on 11th February 1841 at 3 'o' Clock PM by Private Jack Stafford 17th Foot for a bounty of ?3/17/6
(signs with his mark)
Attested for 17th Regt of Foot at Leicester 12th February 1841 age 18 6/12 years (b.1822)
Joined at Chatham 24th February 1841, approved 24th February 1841
Served abroad in the East Indies from 7th July 1841 to Jan? 1847, 6 1/12 years
Discharged for being " unfit for further service " - his general character is good
Details of Service:- 17th Foot
Private 12th Sept 1841 to 12th Sept 1855, served 14 years 213 days
Entitled to wear the Distinguished Mark with Good Conduct Pay attached from 12 Feb 1846 although this was removed and reinstated on several occasions.
Finally discharged at Chatham 23rd October 1855, 41 days later, bringing his pensionable service to 14years 254 days.
Rendered unfit for service through ---?, giddiness, vertigo and impaired vision, the result of a gunshot wound to the right temple producing a fracture of the frontal and temporal bones, which occurred on 17th of February in the trenches?

Extraction by Eric Bird
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Peter married Sarah UNKNOWN about 1855. Sarah was born in 1835 in Galway, Ireland; died in Aug 1909 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 18 Aug 1909 in Saint Peter's Churchyard, Wymondham, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Cecelia UNKNOWN

Notes:

Peter's wife is consistently shown as Sarah until the 1891 census and on her memorial stone.
Is she the same person. Note also that Fanny Huddlestone is called Fanny Doughty in 1891 Census.
The only way to confirm details is by civil registration documents

Other Events and Attributes:

• Proviso: No Baptism found as yet
• Occupation: Cottager

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Living with son Henry in 1841 Census

John married Mary Atter on 16 Jun 1802 in Saint Peter's, Wymondham, Leicestershire, England. Mary (daughter of William Atter and Patience Pattison) was born in 1780 in Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England; died in Jan 1837 in Wymondham, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 14 Jan 1837 in Saint Peter's Churchyard, Wymondham, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Otter
• Baptism: 7 Jul 1780, Saint John the Baptist, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England

John married Frances Bursnell on 8 Apr 1776 in Saint Peter's, Wymondham, Leicestershire, England. Frances (daughter of James Bursnell and Ann Penniston) was born in Sep 1749 in Edmondthorpe, Leicestershire, England; died in Nov 1829 in Wymondham, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 16 Nov 1829 in Saint Peter's Churchyard, Wymondham, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 9 Sep 1783, Saint Michael's, Edmonthorpe, Leicestershire, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: William Otter
• Residence at marriage: 1775, Oakham, Rutland, England

William married Patience Pattison on 14 May 1775 in Saint Wulfram, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. Patience was born in 1752; died in 1817; was buried on 28 Dec 1817 in Saint John the Baptist Churchyard, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: 1775, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England