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WendyPusey
02-07-12, 10:15
Can anyone read what it says in the red circle?
kiterunner
02-07-12, 10:24
Looks like "Ran" to me, but I wonder if that's right.
Merry
02-07-12, 10:41
I'm not sure what it says, but I can confirm that HMS Hogue was still in harbour on 25th Dec 1852, so perfect timing for a wedding on 20th!
WendyPusey
02-07-12, 10:53
Oh Merry where did you find that info?
Merry
02-07-12, 11:16
Gales newspaper site.
Merry
02-07-12, 11:18
Also this:

1 September 1852 - 24 May 1856 Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain William Ramsay, guard ship, Devonport, then (1854) the Baltic during the Russian War

here:

http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=65
WendyPusey
02-07-12, 12:01
Thanks Merry.
WendyPusey
02-07-12, 12:02
Looks like "Ran" to me, but I wonder if that's right.

Could explain why my GG Grandmother married again if he deserted, but would the 2nd marriage be legal?
kiterunner
02-07-12, 12:26
If it was seven years later, she would have been able to have him declared dead and then it would be legal to marry again.
WendyPusey
02-07-12, 13:49
Marriage was only 2 years later. So looks as if it was illegal. perhaps why they married and lived in Ireland.
Merry
02-07-12, 15:31
Looks like "Ran" to me, but I wonder if that's right.

I have been googling and it would seem the standard Royal Marines lingo for 'deserted' was 'run', so I think that is what is says.