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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #30 on: September 30, 2014, 05:09:00 pm »
Most European countries had drafts in the 19th century, Britian being the exception, so you're bound to have ancestors that were in the army.

Unless, of course, your family was rich. Like mine. Huehuehue.

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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #31 on: October 04, 2014, 08:14:57 pm »
Most European countries had drafts in the 19th century, Britian being the exception, so you're bound to have ancestors that were in the army.

Unless, of course, your family was rich. Like mine. Huehuehue.
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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #32 on: October 05, 2014, 05:57:07 pm »
You could pay someone to take your place until the very late 19th century.

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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #33 on: October 05, 2014, 10:28:05 pm »
I pretty sure my ancestors served, but I am not sure in what way. If the noble name was still respected in the nineteenth century, it might have been very well possible that they were officers, though I cannot be sure.

Some man in out family has the family tree and stories and shit, so I am definitely going to contact him next week.
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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #34 on: October 06, 2014, 09:15:29 pm »
Being a noble didn't get you an commission. Being rich did.

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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #35 on: October 07, 2014, 03:45:43 pm »
Being a noble didn't get you an commission. Being rich did.

Which was kinda what I meant when referring to the family name. Don't know why I wrote that down. I meant: If the name still meant something.
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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #36 on: October 07, 2014, 11:44:11 pm »
The first know ancestor on my mothers side was in the Scots Brigade (in service of the Dutch Republic) and got buried under the name 'Mudman' for some reason  :-\.

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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #37 on: October 20, 2014, 01:30:20 am »
One of my ancestors/relatives, Thomas Graves, was second in command to Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen.
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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #38 on: October 27, 2014, 04:36:54 am »
Got some ancestors in Italy near Lucca and some in sicily that fought in more wars than anyone in my family can remember. Then they all went to Argentina and/or NY for work

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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #39 on: November 16, 2014, 02:57:54 pm »
One of my ancestors served, erm, kinda. Well if fighting in the War of 1812 out in the frontier against natives counts as fighting in the Napoleonic Wars. Being wealthy land owners and nobility really didn't mean anything over in the US post-royal rule in terms of who fought from what I've read. I also might've had some British and Polish family fight in Europe, but I'm not 100% sure. I'm like 99% sure I had British, but not sure about Polish.
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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #40 on: November 17, 2014, 12:26:22 am »
my dad fought in ww1

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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #41 on: November 17, 2014, 05:23:26 am »
My Great Grandpa served as a Col of a regiment During Napoleonic Wars, I follow after him :)

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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #42 on: November 18, 2014, 03:58:54 pm »
My Great Grandpa served as a Col of a regiment During Napoleonic Wars, I follow after him :)

As a colonel in the Napoleonic wars?

Good luck.
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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #43 on: November 18, 2014, 04:16:18 pm »
My Great Grandpa served as a Col of a regiment During Napoleonic Wars, I follow after him :)
It is impossible that your great-grandpa was a colonel in the Napoleonic Wars and it is impossible for you to be a colonel in the Napoleonic Wars.
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Re: Ancestors serving in the Napoleonic Wars
« Reply #44 on: November 18, 2014, 06:07:01 pm »
You never know, all his ancestors could have remarried at the age of 75 with a young woman and got her with child ^^