See also
Husband:
John Symes GIFFORD (1803-1867)
Wife:
Beata GLASCOTT (1812-1887)
Marriage:
12 Apr 1845
0341, Whitechurch By New Ross, Wexford, Ireland1
Name:
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
8 Jul 1812
Tuam, Co Galway6
Death:
4 Jan 1887 (age 74)
Major in the 1st Bengal Native Infantry Also referred to as Major John Symes Gifford EIC Entry from Officers of the Bengal Army GIFFORD, John Symes (1803-1867). Major, 1st N.I. b. Jan. 1803. Cadet 1822. Arrived in India 5 July 1823. Ensign 11 July 1823. Lieut. 23 Aug. 1824. Capt. 1 Feb. 1837. Retired 16 May 1846. Hon. Major 28 Nov. 1854. d.s.p. 27 Aug. 1867 bapt. New Ross, co. Wexford, 23 Jan. 1803. 4th son of Nicholas Gifford, of Ballysop; and Margaret his wife. Brother of Thomas Gifford q.v. m. 12 Apr. 1845, Beata, dau. of John Glascott of Killowen, co. Wexford. Services : Posted as Ensign to 12th N.I. Transfd. to 1st N.I. (late 2/12th) May 1824. Offg, Adjt. 1st N.I. 3 Oct. 1831. Fur. p.a 16 Nov 1843 till retirement. No record, of active service. refs: Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, p. 265, s.n. Gifford, late of Westbrook co. Wicklow.
Information taken from tree prepared by John Henry Glascott (now in the Dublin National Library) by Ann Belanger.
Ancestry.com, Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
V.C.P.Hodson, Officers of the Bengal Army 1758-1834, (Name: Name: Name: Phillimore & Co Ltd, London 1946;;;). 264. NAME Society of Genealogists Library ADDR EMAIL PHON.
Ancestry.com, Web: Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com, Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.