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Edward Ayerst (1830-1882)

Name: Edward Ayerst
Sex: Male
Father: Edward Ayerst (1809-aft1867)
Mother: Elizabeth Ayerst (c. 1812- )

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth 6 Feb 1830 Shoreditch, Middlesex
Baptism 12 Mar 1830 (age 0) Saint Leonards, Shoreditch
Census 1841 (age 10-11) Living with parents
Occupation c. 1854 (age 23-24) Enlistment in H M Army; served for 21 years until 1876
Occupation 20 Sep 1867 (age 37) Serving in the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles, Madras
Occupation 23 May 1876 (age 46) Discharged from 60th Royal Rifle Corps (Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions)
Occupation 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 9 Feb 1880 (age 50) Smith, no home (Sister, Mrs Otten, 26 Windsor Terrace, Beckton)
Census 1881 (age 50-51) Blacksmith, pauper, Kensington District Workhouse (widower; birthplace = Gillingham)
Occupation 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
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.