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John Mitchell is my 2x great grandfather. I am trying o find out information about his parents. I believe his father was William Mitchell but there is some confusion about who was his mother. John Mitchell was in the Royal Artillery and married a Harriet Shaw from Guernsey. John and Harriet had a number of children one of whom was my great grandfather James Henry Mitchell. James Henry was born in Donegal presumably in army barracks. James Henry, who was also in the Royal Artillery, married Jane Rufus, who also had a number of children including my grandfather Donald Hamilton Mitchell who was born in army barracks in Templemore Ireland.
My particular interest is to find out more about William Mitchell

Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks
John Mitchell

Name Harriet Mitchell
Event Type Census
Event Date 1851
Event Place Plumstead, Kent, England
Registration District Lewisham
Residence Note Frederick Place
Gender Female
Age 22
Marital Status Married
Occupation Corpl Wife
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Birth Year (Estimated) 1829
Birthplace Channel Islands
Page Number 21
Registration Number HO107
Piece/Folio 1590 / 326
Affiliate Record Type Household


John Mitchell Head M 29 Scotland
Harriet Mitchell Wife F 22 Channel Islands
John Mitchell Son M 8 MOS Plumstead, Kent

a tree on ancestry has this but needs checking
William Mitchell
William Mitchell

1785–1871

Birth 21 AUG 1785 • New Deer, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland

Death 1871


Jane Paterson

1784–

Birth 11 FEB 1784 • Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland

Death Unknown

James Henry Mitchell

United Kingdom, World War I Service Records

Name James Henry Mitchell
Event Type Military Service
Event Year 1916
Age 59
Military Company/Regiment Army Pay Corps
Military Regiment 17145
Military Battalion 350th Company
Birth Year (Estimated) 1857
Birthplace , Donegal, Ireland

Name William Mitchel
Gender Male
Christening Date 21 Aug 1785
Christening Place NEW DEER,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
Father's Name James Mitchel
Mother's Name Ann Rothnie

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because you've marked this as "answered" it's unlikely anyone will bother with your posting now - shall I delete the posting you've marked "answered"??

right - fixed it - now if you want to ask any questions or confirm anything posted, use the reply box as I described in my message

not fixed - I see it's still; marked as answered - suggest you edit your head and put "not answered" alongside - just click on your opening post and "edit" will appear - click on that and then do the addition

Thanks to all who responded. Just to say I mistakenly marked the post as answered, it isn't. I believe although am unable to confirm that William Mitchell's wife may have been named Knox (possibly Ann, Margaret or Barbara

John Mitchell

bingo!!



William Mitchell

mentioned in the record of William Mitchell and Anne Knox

Name William Mitchell
Spouse's Name Anne Knox
Event Date 10 Aug 1811
Event Place Cruden,Aberdeen,Scotland

hang on



William Mitchell

mentioned in the record of Margaret Mitchell

Name William Mitchell
Gender Male
Wife Barbara Knox
Daughter Margaret Mitchell



Name Margaret Mitchell
Gender Female
Christening Date 19 Feb 1805
Christening Place CRUDEN,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
Father's Name William Mitchell
Mother's Name Barbara Knox

William Mitchell

mentioned in the record of George Mitchell

Name William Mitchell
Gender Male
Wife Anne Knox
Son George Mitchell



Name George Mitchell
Gender Male
Christening Date 28 Sep 1814
Christening Place CRUDEN,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
Father's Name William Mitchell
Mother's Name Anne Knox

Name William Mitchell
Gender Male
Wife Barbara Knox
Son William Mitchell



Name William Mitchell
Gender Male
Christening Date 14 Feb 1807
Christening Place CRUDEN,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
Father's Name William Mitchell
Mother's Name Barbara Knox

Name William Mitchel
Gender Male
Wife Ann Knox
Son Alexander Mitchel



Name Alexander Mitchel
Gender Male
Christening Date 09 Aug 1820
Christening Place ELLON,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
Birth Date 20 Jul 1820
Father's Name William Mitchel
Mother's Name Ann Knox

hmm - what now?

Ann
Thanks for that.
The one thing that I know for sure is that William has a son John Mitchell . John's army record shows his father William as his next of kin. From his army record John would seem to have been born in Cruden Aberdeenshire in 1920. From a previous thread done some years ago John's death certificate was registered by his daughter Matilda Mitchell showed his parents as William deceased a former crafter and Margaret Mitchell maiden name Knox . Do you know of anything to suggest William and Margaret may have had a son John born cruden c1820

My previous post should have said John Mitchell born 1820 not 1920!

My goodness, they certainly moved around!


1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Church House, Nelson Street, St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Mitchell Head Married Male 51 1820 Chelsea Pensioner Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Harriet Mitchell Wife Married Female 42 1829 - -
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William Mitchell Son Unmarried Male 19 1852 Stone Mason England
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Elizabeth Mitchell Daughter Unmarried Female 17 1854 Millworker England
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James Mitchell Son - Male 14 1857 Carpenter (Apprentice) Ireland
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Harriet Mitchell Daughter - Female 12 1859 Scholar Ireland
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George Mitchell Son - Male 9 1862 Scholar Ardersier, Invernessshire, Scotland
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Charles Mitchell Son - Male 6 1865 Scholar Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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John Mitchell Son - Male 5 1866 Scholar Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Sarah Mitchell Daughter - Female 3 1868 Scholar St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Matilda Mitchell Daughter - Female 1 1870 - St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Thomas Mitchell - - Male 0 1871 - St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire, Scotland


Do you have the marriage certificate for John and Harriet?

John's service record?


British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription
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First name(s) JOHN
Last name MITCHELL
Birth year 1820
Birth parish CRUDEN
Birth town PETERHEAD
Birth county ABERDEENSHIRE
Birth country SCOTLAND
Service number 781
Rank SERGEANT
Regiment Royal Artillery
Document Type Discharge
Attestation year 1842
Attestation Day 8
Attestation Month 4
Attestation age years 22
Attestation age months 2
Discharge Corps COAST BRIGADE ROYAL REG OF ARTILLERY