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Mulgrue

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Edward

Edward Report 22 Jun 2013 20:21

WOW thank you everybody you have certainly given me a lot to go on, really appreciate it. Thanks again best regards Eddie

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 22 Jun 2013 19:11

Household transcription
1911 census

Person: SELLEX, Alice Jane
Address: 54 Campbell Road Southsea

MULGUE, Beatrice Alice Wife F 33 1878 Hants Portsmouth VIEW
SELLEX, Alice Jane Mother In Law Widow F 53 1858 Hants Portsmouth VIEW
SELLEX, Jane Ellen Sister In Law Single F 24 1887 Hants Netley VIEW
SELLEX, Lillian May Sister In Law Single F 20 1891 Hants Netley VIEW
BROOKS, Gwendoline Beatrice Niece F 4 1907 South Africa Pretwin VIEW
SHAWCROSS, Elsie Visitor Single F 18 1893 Surrey Guildford VIEW
TAYLOR, Sarah Jane Servant Single F 21 1890 General Servant Domestic Scotland Aberdeen VIEW
RG number: RG14
Piece: 5610
Reference: RG14PN5610 RG78PN254 RD90 SD4 ED18 SN68
Registration District: Portsmouth
Sub District: Portsmouth and Mid Southsea
Enumeration District: 18
Parish: Portsmouth
Address: 54 Campbell Road Southsea
County: Hampshire

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 22 Jun 2013 19:02

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
about George Alfred Sellex Name: George Alfred Sellex
Probate Date: 23 Aug 1904
Death Date: 18 Jun 1904
Death Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Registry: London, England

Of Bulford-camp Salisbury.

To.........Mark Anthony Barrett railway-clerk and Frederick William Gould post-office-clerk...

Effects: £132 10s 9d



PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 22 Jun 2013 18:54

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
about George Alfred Sellex Name: George Alfred Sellex
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1904
Age at Death: 48
Registration District: Amesbury
Inferred County: Wiltshire
Volume: 5a
Page: 98

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 22 Jun 2013 18:53

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
about George A Sellex Name: George A Sellex
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1875
Registration District: Portsea Island
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume Number: 2b
Page Number: 656

Spouse........Alice Jane Barrett

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 22 Jun 2013 18:28

Beatrice A Mulgrue on the image..........


1901 England Census
about Beatrice A Waldren Name: Beatrice A Waldren
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Alice J Selles
Gender: Female
Where born: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Civil Parish: Portsmouth
Ecclesiastical parish: St Marks
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration District: Portsmouth
Sub-registration District: North End and Buckland
ED, institution, or vessel: 20
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 4
Piece: 981
Folio: 23
Page Number: 1
Household Members: Name Age
Alice J Selles 43 (Widow)
Beatrice A Waldren 24 >>> (Married)
Florence M Selles 20
Alice L Selles 11
Jane Selles 14
Margaret A Selles 12
Lilian M Selles 10
Sarah Selles 70 (Mother in Law)

Sellex mistranscribed as Selles.



1891 England Census
about Beatrice Alice Sellex Name: Beatrice Alice Sellex
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: George Alfred Sellex
Mother's Name: Alice Jane Sellex
Gender: Female
Where born: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Civil Parish: Hound
Ecclesiastical parish: Hound St Mary
Town: Netley
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration District: South Stoneham
Sub-registration District: St Mary Extra
ED, institution, or vessel: Royal Victoria Hospital
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 923
Folio: 109
Page Number: 10
Household Members: Name Age
George Alfred Sellex 35
Alice Jane Sellex 33
Beatrice Alice Sellex 14
George William Sellex 12
Florence Maud Sellex 10
Alice Louise Sellex 8
Alfred John Sellex 6
Jane Helen Sellex 4
Margaret Ann Sellex 2
Lilian May Sellex 7/12
William Sellex 60 (Visitor)
Sarah Sellex 60 (Visitor)




Cynthia

Cynthia Report 22 Jun 2013 17:08

As Edward is a fairly new poster, I will send him a friendly message on how to return to his thread. :-)

Gee

Gee Report 22 Jun 2013 09:11


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Name:Edwin Cecil Mulgrue of 54 Campbell Road

Probate Date:9 Jun 1953

Death Date:14 Feb 1953 Died at Clarence Parade

Death Place:Portsmouth
Registry:London, England

To: widow Beatrice Alice £367 4s 3d


Ancestry is playing up and wont let me open the image!

There is info about him at the NA


http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details/C1069960?descriptiontype=Full&ref=WO+339/16033

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 22 Jun 2013 09:02

I don't think Edward has this attached to his Ancestry tree:

UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949

Name: E C Mulgrue
Campaign or Service: Ashanti
Service Date: 1900
Service Location: Africa
Regiment or Unit Name: Special Service N C O of The A F Force

Served on the Gold Coast, rank Qtr Sergt (which tallies with the Chelsea record)

Was with the Royal W'wick regt.

George_of_Westbury

George_of_Westbury Report 21 Jun 2013 21:54

Found by google, lots of other info as well

View Tree for Lt Colonel Edwin Cecil MulgrueLt Colonel Edwin Cecil Mulgrue (b. 04 Apr 1867)
Edwin Cecil Mulgrue (son of George Mulgrue and Arthurina Matilda Campbell) was born 04 Apr 1867 in Uppark Baracks Kingston Jamaica. He married (1) Emily Rachel Garner. He married (2) Beatrice Alice Selles on 02 Jun 1894 in Columbo Ceylon.

More About Edwin Cecil Mulgrue and Beatrice Alice Selles:
Marriage: 02 Jun 1894, Columbo Ceylon.

Children of Edwin Cecil Mulgrue and Emily Rachel Garner are:
Peter Edward Garner Mulgrue aka Mulgrue-Green, b. 17 Apr 1919, Wolverton Buckinghamshire, d. Dec 1992, Bedford.


George

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 21 Jun 2013 21:44

Is it your tree on Ancestry? According to this he was born in Kingston Jamaica in 1868, and he was an army captain.
Jan

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 21 Jun 2013 21:43

British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription

First name(s): Edwin Cecil
Last name: MULGRUE
Calculated year of birth: ?
Parish of birth:
Town of birth:
County of birth:
Age at attestation: 33 years 11 months
Attestation date:
Attestation corps:
Attestation soldier number:
Discharge rank: Quarter Master Sgt
Discharge corps: P S 5th Bn Rwark
Discharge soldier number: 260
The National Archives reference: WO97

ADDED:
The age refers to that on discharge in 1901.

He was 14 yrs 8 mths when attested 1882 in Warley, occupation musician. Next of kin just given as "father warley depot".

Married Beatrice 02 June 1894 in the church of St Michael & All Angels, Columbo

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 21 Jun 2013 21:41

Marriage:

Armed Forces registration event: Marriage

MarriageFinder: Edwin Cecil Mulgrue married Beatrice Alice Sellex

Name: MULGRUE, Edwin Cecil
Place: Colombo
Country: Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Year: 1894
Page: 232
Spouse's last name: Not available before 1911 for GRO Index Army Marriages (1881 to 1955)
Record source: GRO Index Army Marriages (1881 to 1955)

Name: SELLEX, Beatrice Alice
County: Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Year: 1894
Page 232
Spouse's last name Not available before 1911 for GRO Index Army Marriages (1881 to 1955)
Record source: GRO Index Army Marriages (1881 to 1955)

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 21 Jun 2013 21:39

Possibly his birth:

Armed Forces registration event: Birth

Name: MULGRUE, Edwin C
Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1966
Regiment: 6th Foot
Place: Up Park
Country: West Indies
Year: 1867
Volume: 980
Page: 43
Record source: GRO Regimental Birth Indices (1761 to 1924)

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 21 Jun 2013 21:33

Says married 16 years, no children to current marriage:

1911 England Census
Name: Beatrice Alice Mulgrue
Age in 1911: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Civil Parish: Portsmouth
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Street Address: 54 Campbell Road, Southsea
Years Married: 16
Estimated Marriage Year: 1895
Registration District: Portsmouth
Registration District Number: 90
Sub-registration District: Portsmouth and Mid Southsea

Beatrice Alice Mulgrue 33
Alice Jane Sellex 53
Jane Ellen Sellex 24
Lillian May Sellex 20
Gwendolen Beatrice Brooks 4
Elsie Showcross 18
Sarah Jane Taylor

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 21 Jun 2013 21:32

Do you have this?


British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 about Edwin Cecil Mulgrue
Name: Edwin Cecil Mulgrue
Regiment or Corps: Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Warwick R, Royal Air Force


Name: Edwin C Mulgrue
Birth Date: abt 1868
Date of Registration: Mar 1953
Age at Death: 85
Registration District: Portsmouth
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 637

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 21 Jun 2013 21:30

What is it you are trying to find out Eddie?
Jan

Edward

Edward Report 21 Jun 2013 21:26

Please can anyone out there help me, I am trying to find out about my great uncle Edwin Cecil Mulgrue and his wife Beatrice Alice, they married in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) both died in Portsmouth. That is all I know I would be very grateful for any help.
Thank you
Eddie Clark