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Edward Ayerst (1830-1882)

  • Name:

  • Edward Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Edward Ayerst (1809-aft1867)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Ayerst (c. 1812- )

  • Note:

  • Some details of Edward Ayerst's army career:

    15.2.1856: Court Martial, Curragh Camp. Edward Ayerst, 60th Foot.

    20.9.1867: Now serving in the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles, Madras.

    1871, British Army Worldwide Index. Edward Ayerst, Private, 3rd Bn 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot, Service Number 318. At Ramandroog, India during April 1871.

    23.5.1876: Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions. Edward Ayerst, Private. Discharged from 60th Royal Rifle Corps; served for 21 years.

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 6 Feb 1830

  • Shoreditch, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Mar 1830 (age 0)

  • Saint Leonards, Shoreditch

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 10-11)

  • Living with parents

  • Occupation (1):

  • c. 1854 (age 23-24)

  • Enlistment in H M Army; served for 21 years until 1876

  • Occupation (2):

  • 20 Sep 1867 (age 37)

  • Serving in the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles, Madras

  • Occupation (3):

  • 23 May 1876 (age 46)

  • Discharged from 60th Royal Rifle Corps (Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions)

  • Occupation (4):

  • 8 Aug 1877 (age 47)

  • Blacksmith, admission to St George’s Workhouse, Mint Street (born 1830)

  • Residence:

  • 9 Feb 1880 (age 50)

  • Admission to Greenwich Workhouse, Woolwich Road

  • Occupation (5):

  • 9 Feb 1880 (age 50)

  • Smith, no home (Sister, Mrs Otten, 26 Windsor Terrace, Beckton)

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 50-51)

  • Blacksmith, pauper, Kensington District Workhouse (widower; birthplace = Gillingham)

  • Occupation (6):

  • 1882 (age 51-52)

  • Gas stoker (on death certificate)

  • Death fact:

  • 1882 (age 51-52)

  • 1882 Dec Qtr, St Saviour Southwark, 1d/78 (aged 52)

  • Death:

  • 10 Oct 1882 (age 52)

  • Walworth Infirmary, Walworth, Surrey

Additional Information

  • Death:

  • Cause: Hepatic cirrhosis, dropsy

Individual Note

Some details of Edward Ayerst's army career:

15.2.1856: Court Martial, Curragh Camp. Edward Ayerst, 60th Foot.

20.9.1867: Now serving in the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles, Madras.

1871, British Army Worldwide Index. Edward Ayerst, Private, 3rd Bn 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot, Service Number 318. At Ramandroog, India during April 1871.

23.5.1876: Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions. Edward Ayerst, Private. Discharged from 60th Royal Rifle Corps; served for 21 years.