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Robert Beattie

Robert Beattie

Posted: 9 May 2012 9:02PM GMT
Classification: Query
I'm trying to find police records on Robert Beattie. He was born in Scotland about 1810 (according to census -- I can't find him in Scotland's People at all), and married Mary Anne Moffitt there around 1836. Their children were born Samuel 1838 in Scotland; Robert 1840 in Ireland; Eliza 1843 on the Isle of Wight; Emily, William and Arthur 1849-1853 in Gt Hallingbuty, Essex; and Arthur 1857 in Mountnessing, Essex. In the 1851 census he is a Police Officer and that would seem to be consistent with his moving around. There is a FreeBMD death record, perhaps for him, in 1858 in Witham, Essex which is consistent with his not being in the census after 1851. Mary Anne may have died in Chelmsford in 1816. Would like to know how to find out about his movements in the Police Force. Any advice welcome. Please reply to maryvb@magma.ca as this is a shared Ancestry account.

Re: Robert Beattie

Posted: 17 May 2012 3:25PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 17 May 2012 3:32PM GMT
You say, "In the 1851 census he is a Police Officer and that would seem to be consistent with his moving around."

I strongly disagree, there was and is no National Police Force in the UK, with individual police forces (formerly known as Constabularies) being broadly county based.

Moving around like you have described is more akin to the movements of a soldier and with mention of the Isle of Wight I would suggest possibly the Royal Garrison Artillery and then became a policeman after being discharged.

Genealogy isn't about guess work, you can use BMD and census records to build an outline, but you MUST obtain copies of birth records to confirm the father's occupation.

Finally you quote an email address yet state you are using a shared account. You don't need a subscription to post a message and receive replies on Ancestry's message boards.

Don't log in with the "shared account" (take care you don't get the account suspended by openly admitting that you used it) just go to Ancestry's web site and register as a user, if you can't do that try to reply to a message and you will be taken to a registration screen; it's free.

I've been replying to people for years without subscribing but by just being a registered user.

Jeff
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