rolt968 Posted 23 October , 2019 Share Posted 23 October , 2019 The following is an extract from the pension card relating to two men I am researching. The lady concerned lost two sons. The card covers both. The family name was "Hosie" not "Smith" and appears correctly for the two sons elsewhere on the cards. She had no middle names. her maiden surname was "Duncan". There were no Smiths in her family at all. She did not remarry after her husband's death. Is this just a clerk's error or am I missing something? RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Tattersfield Posted 24 October , 2019 Share Posted 24 October , 2019 15 hours ago, rolt968 said: The following is an extract from the pension card relating to two men I am researching Can you post the url to the card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 25 October , 2019 Author Share Posted 25 October , 2019 (edited) 22 hours ago, David Tattersfield said: Can you post the url to the card? This is the WFA url: https://www.westernfrontassociation.com:2061/image/668932061 RM Edit: The ledger reference is in the great Scottish dependents' register "void" (1/D/19300 to 1/D/54499). Edited 25 October , 2019 by rolt968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 25 October , 2019 Share Posted 25 October , 2019 His second card also has the same details so, if it is an error, the same was made on the other card. https://www.westernfrontassociation.com:2061/image/668932021 Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 25 October , 2019 Author Share Posted 25 October , 2019 36 minutes ago, ss002d6252 said: His second card also has the same details so, if it is an error, the same was made on the other card. https://www.westernfrontassociation.com:2061/image/668932021 Craig Many thanks Craig That is effectively a duplicate card except that the names of the brothers are in a different order. (Presumably used when the pension was paid for the death of two or more brothers to index the single ledger entries?) I will have to look again at the cards where pensions are paid for more than one brother. It looks like the same handwriting on both cards and one "R.HDRS" in red. RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Tattersfield Posted 27 October , 2019 Share Posted 27 October , 2019 On 25/10/2019 at 11:54, rolt968 said: Presumably used when the pension was paid for the death of two or more brothers to index the single ledger entries?) Yes, that's correct. If siblings were killed the claim for the pension would be cross referenced by a card for each of the fatalities. Each card would be filed in the correct alphabetical place thus enabling details of the ledger to be located under either/any of the soldiers' names. This becomes more understandable if you see the cards (rather than use an online search engine!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Tattersfield Posted 27 October , 2019 Share Posted 27 October , 2019 On 25/10/2019 at 11:54, rolt968 said: It looks like the same handwriting on both cards Yes, which makes sense if you consider the ledger would be created immediately followed by the card(s) to enable the ledger number to be located from the card(s). Therefore one clerk would undertake the entire process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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