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Potty,
Thanks for the records and the advice.

safc, Cathy and Christine2 thank you also.
Phil

Many thanks Christine

A bit more info from the 1881 census, father William was a Schoolmaster.

Have sent you the Army Pension Record images.

To go further back with Lancelot you will need Scotlandspeople. It is a pay to view site (£6 for 30 credits) but you can view and download certs and Scottish certs give far more info than English ones, eg a birth cert will show both parents full names and when and where they married.

1871 Census

Name: Mary Armstrong Burd
Age: 10 MO
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Relationship: Daughter
Father's name: William Burd
Mother's name: Jane Lawson Burd
Gender: Female
Where born: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
Registration Number: 232
Registration district: Peterhead
Civil Parish: Peterhead
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: Burnhaven Schoolhouse
ED: 7
Household schedule number: 66
Line: 9
Roll: CSSCT1871_42
Household Members: Name Age
William Burd 33
Jane Lawson Burd 25
William Burd 2
Mary Armstrong Burd 10 MO
Sarah Lawson 12

Groom's Name: George Lawson
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Mary Armstrong
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 09 Feb 1842
Marriage Place: Wigton,Cumberland,England
Groom's Father's Name: Thomas Lawson
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name: William
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00198-1
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 962151
Reference Number:
Collection: England Marriages, 1538–1973

In case Maureen doesn't see your post Philip - I think this is the 1871 that she is talking about -

Name: Sarah Lawson
Age: 12
Estimated birth year: abt 1859
Relationship: Sister-in-Law
Gender: Female
Where born: England
Registration Number: 232
Registration district: Peterhead
Civil Parish: Peterhead
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: Burnhaven Schoolhouse
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 7
Household schedule number: 66
Line: 10
Roll: CSSCT1871_42
Household Members: Name Age
William Burd 33 - Born Peterhead c 1838
Jane Lawson Burd 25 - wife born England c 1846
William Burd 2 - son born Peterhead
Mary Armstrong Burd 10 MO - Daughter born Peterhead
Sarah Lawson 12

MaureeninNY,
It looks a likely link as Wigton and Carlisle are not too far away from each other.
If you get a chance to c and p the 1871 census record that would be great!
Thanks,
Phil

I seem to be unable to c and p on here.
However-would the 1871 Scotland census with sis-in-law Sarah LAWSON and daughter Mary Armstrong BURD...be the result of this marriage.....Marriages Mar 1842
ARMSTRONG Mary Wigton 25 175
LAWSON George Wigton 25 175


Maureen

Potty - sent you a message

safc - thanks for ALL the info

All - thank you. Learned so much in such a short space of time!

Deaths Jun 1932
Burd Lancelot G St.Martin 1a 547

The district St.Martin is an alternative name for St Martin and it is in the county of London;

Philip

You can get a 14 day free trial on Ancestry or if you pm me your email address, I can send you the images. There are 16 pages in all.

safc - thanks for the DR - don't suppose you know where St. Martin might be?

Potty,
Really interesting about the two marriages - I didn't know that. I had the 1900 marriage in my records.
I did know he was a lifelong soldier and that he was in the Royal Engineers. I really need to access his army records to find out the detail. The Hong Kong link makes sense as one of his children was born in Hong Kong. Hopefully Father Christmas will bring me Ancestry membership this year!!
The 1891 Census information fills the gap nicely.
Many thanks

Deaths Jun 1932 (>99%)
Burd Lancelot G 58 St.Martin 1a 547

This looks to be him in 1901. I see that the marriage is coming up in 1900 and 1902 but looking at this census pages it was the 1900 date.
Everyone else in the household, apart from the servant were born in Chalk, Kent. He is in the Royal Engineers

Name: Lancelot G Burd
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Relation: Son-in-Law
Spouse's name: Mary A A Burd
Gender: Male
Where born: Scotland

Civil Parish: Chalk
Ecclesiastical parish: Chalk St Mary
County/Island: Kent
Country: England


Registration district: Strood
Sub-registration district: Northfleet
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 25
Household Members: Name Age
Anna E Deaver 45
Harry W Deaver 14
Anna E Deaver 12
Beatrice M Deaver 5
Lancelot G Burd 27
Mary A A Burd 20
Sarah J Stone 14
Mabel Pullen 19
Belinda M Pullen 19

Did you know that Lancelot was in the Army? His Pension record is on Ancestry.

Also, he and Mary Ann Deaves appear to have married twice! Once in 1900 and again in 1902. I would guess that the second marriage was because he hadn't had the Army's permission to marry the first time. It is the second marriage that is recorded on his Army record.

He joined the Army in 1893 and seems to have spent most of his service either in England or Hong Kong.

Here he is in 1891, occupation Engine Fitter, which ties up with him being in the Royal Engineers:

Name: Launcelot G Burd
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Relationship: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Burnhaven, Abdnshire
Registration Number: 168/1
Registration district: St Nicholas
Civil Parish: Aberdeen St Nicholas
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: 26 Urquhart Rd
Occupation: Engine - Fitter

Mary Walt 54
John Walt 22
Launcelot G Burd 17
Robert B Milne 20
John Chalmers 17

A bit further south than I would have guessed - but again an interesting line to follow up

Marriages Mar 1868 (>99%)
Burd William Carlisle 10b 533
Lawson Jane Carlisle 10b 533

Is there a ny record of Lancelot in 1891?- I pick him up as marrying in England in 1900.