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In reply to the discussion: well i found an irish cousin. adopted. also, this guy- [View all]OnDoutside
(20,656 posts)23. Another thing on Daniel's military career
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86th_(Royal_County_Down)_Regiment_of_Foot#:~:text=The%2086th%20(Royal%20County%20Down,Royal%20Irish%20Rifles%20in%201881.
The 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot to form the Royal Irish Rifles in 1881.
https://archive.org/details/historicalrecord00canniala/page/18/mode/2up
It fits that he was discharged in 1858 and got married in 1859 ?
The 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot to form the Royal Irish Rifles in 1881.
https://archive.org/details/historicalrecord00canniala/page/18/mode/2up
It fits that he was discharged in 1858 and got married in 1859 ?
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I see a tree on Ancestry where there's a Daniel Cahill and an Ellen Louise Hipwell.
OnDoutside
Oct 2020
#19
Well to be fair, Daniel Cahill isn't too uncommon a name, so understandable.
OnDoutside
Oct 2020
#49
Meticulous for sure. The unfortunate thing is that a lot of census records were destroyed by
OnDoutside
Oct 2020
#48