Born at Weedon [near Aylesbury], Buckinghamshire [uncertain], c.1836 [?1833].
[PB: Weedon may not have been JI's birthplace. RM has found John Inglis, born Clifton, Yorkshire, living in Gorton, Manchester, in the 1871 Census (below), who appears to be our man. A highly skilled "Saddletree maker", as he was in the regiment, could obviously turn his hand to house carpentry. It also makes sense of the statement that his son was born in Dublin c.1864 — presumably the regiment was in Dublin around that time? Indeed, a marriage certificate from 1863, found subsequently, confirms the connections.
But what is the source of the statement that he was born in Weedon, Bucks? Is it from his enlistment papers? And if so, what explains the discrepancy between birth in Weedon, Bucks and Clifton, Yorks?
Some Ancestry.com family trees, accessed in March 2016, suggest JI was born 3rd June 1833. They also refer to the death of his father, also John, in January 1838 in York, and that of his mother (nee Elizabeth Naylor) in July 1838. No sources are given. I have not attempted to follow these leads.]
[PB: Pat Ford (see below) has provided the following information from the the 1841 Scottish Census, which differs from the Index-only summary online at Ancestry.co.uk (which shows very limited information). Check with PF.]
1841 Census
Wharton No 2. Edinburgh Street, Cuthberts Parish. County Midlothian. Children's Home.
John Inglis, age 7, born England.
[PF]
__________
Rowleys Court Cropanrigh. Edinburgh St Cuthberts. Midlothian.
Maria Calderhead, 45.
John Inglis, age 7, born Scotland.
[Ancestry/PB]
1851 Census
Greville Street, St Andrews, Holborn, London.
In the 1851 Census, a John Inglis, 17, an unmarried Carpenter, born York, was living as a lodger with his brother Henry Inglis, a Clock Maker, aged 21 [?], in the home of Elizabeth Roberts in London.
[Greville Street still exists, much altered, but with some buildings that might date from this time. For some reason, the name of the street is heavily crossed out in the image of the Census page.]
Could this be JI (who later enlisted in London)? [PB]
Enlisted at London on the 17th of January 1855.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 9".
Trade: Saddletree-maker.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.
From Private to Corporal: 28th of July 1858.
Corporal to Sergeant: 8th of May 1860.
John Inglis, 29, Bachelor, Sergeant in 11th Hussars, resident in Caher, Co. Tipperary in Ireland, Father's name John Inglis, Printer.
Jane Weekes, 25, Spinster, ?sley Grove, Ardwick, William Weekes, Pig Dealer. [PB]
[PB: Jane evidently came from a military family. She appears in the 1851 Census in Hurdsfield, Cheshire, aged 15, a [Herret?] Weaver at Home, with her father, 44, a Chelsea Pensioner, born in Ireland. Others in the home are her mother Ann, 42, sister Sarah, 11, and two younger brothers, James, 9, and William, 1.
Baptism
Harry Inglis, born 6 Feb 1864, Dublin, Ireland.
Father: John Inglis. Mother: Jane Weeks.
[Source: Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911 (Index-only record).]
When the regiment went to India, 23rd of July 1866, John Inglis was sent to the Depot at Canterbury and discharged shortly after.
Discharged, "time expired", from Canterbury on the 12th of January 1867.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
1871 Census
99, Ducie Street, Gorton, Manchester, Lancs.
John Inglis [age?] is shown on the 1871 Census as a House Carpenter, born at Clifton, Yorkshire, living with his wife and two children.
Jane, aged 34, Dressmaker, born Prestwich.
Harry, 7, Scholar, born Dublin.
Elizabeth, 4, born Ardwick [Manchester].
[RM/PB]
[Ducie Street still exists, but much altered. It runs between the Rochdale Canal and Ashton Canal, near Piccadilly, Manchester.]
1881 Census
213, Crompton Road, Macclesfield, Yorks.
By 1881, John Inglis, born York, Yorkshire, was a Publican, living in Macclesfield with his wife, Jane, a Publican Wife, born Prestwich, their son Harry, 17, Scholar, and daughter Elizabeth, 14, born Manchester, also a Scholar.
His widowed mother-in-law, Ann Weekes, 79, with two nieces and a nephew, were living in the same building as a distinct household.
[RM/PB]
Died at Manchester on the 6th of October, 1886, aged 52.
Death registered
John Inglis, 52, Salford, December Quarter 1886.
[Source: FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915.]
He is buried, along with his wife, and her sister and father (and possibly his daughter and others), in St James's churchyard, Gorton, Manchester. The headstone reads:
JANE the beloved wife of JOHN INGLIS
who died April 6th 1885,
aged 48 years.
Also JOHN INGLIS,
who died October 6th 1886,
Aged 53 years.He was one of the 11th Hussars, Also Elizabeth Inglis who
who fought in the Crimea.
[photograph cropped at this point]
[PB: It would be worth checking the church registers at lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/archives-and-record-office/search-the-archives/church-registers-guide.aspx, and familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Gorton_St_James,_Lancashire_Genealogy and elsewhere.]
[PB: In March 2016, we were delighted to be contacted by John Inglis's great-granddaughter, Pat Ford (nee Inglis), who has a number of his possessions, including his original discharge documents (parchment certificate) and Cavalry regulations book. She also has a photograph of him in uniform and a photograph of his grave. She said that John was in a home after the death of his parents, and his brother was in the Bluecoates School [sic? in York?]. Both travelled from York and were in lodgings together (see the 1851 Census).]
