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 Ryan's Family Archive
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William John Munson
Birth:9 APR 1870 in Derrylin, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Death:6 NOV 1951 in Exeter, Devon
Sex:M
Father:George Munson b. 1843 in St. James Parish, Colchester, Essex
Mother:Bridget Connolly b. 1848 in Derrylin, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland (?)
  
Aliases:
William John Monson


Baptism: 9 APR 1870 in Derrylin, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Military Service: BET 1888 AND 1910 in British Army 10th Royal (Prince of Wales Own) Hussars
Military: BET 1888 AND 1910 in British Army Service Number was 2909
Residence: 1895 in Cork City, County Cork, Ireland Cork Barracks
Military: BET 1899 AND 1902 in British Army Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal (for the Boer War of 1899-1902)
Title: BET 1899 AND 1902 in British Army Corporal, 10th Royal (Prince of Wales Own) Hussars
Title: BET 1901 AND 1910 in Murree, India Corporal
Title: 1901 in London, England Sergeant (Acting), 10th Royal (Prince of Wales Own) Hussars
Military: OCT 1908 in Murree, India 10th Royal Hussars - C Squadron Musketry report - Marksmen Scores - Corporal Munson 237
Military: 26 APR 1910 in London, England Discharges - 2909 - Corporal W. Munson, medically unfit for further service
Military: 5 MAY 1910 in Royal Military Hospital, Chelsea, London Pensisons - 2909 - Corporal W. Munson, 24d per diem for life. Authority dated Royal Military Hospital, Chelsea, 5 May 1910, No. 1/10/2909
Occupation: 1910 in Exeter, Devon Cabinet Maker's Warehouseman
Occupation: 1911 in Exeter, Devon Army Pensioner, and Warehouse man at furniture dealers
Occupation: 1916 in Exeter, Devon Sergeant, First South Western Mounted Brigade Yeomanry
Occupation: 1922 in Exeter, Devon Army Pensioner
Occupation: 1927 in Exeter, Devon Theatre Assistant
Residence: 1927 in Exeter, Devon 47 Longbrook Street
Occupation: 6 NOV 1951 in Exeter, Devon Sergeant 10th Hussars (Retired)

Spouses & Children 
Mary Ellen O'Callaghan (Wife) b. 1877 in Cork City, County Cork, Ireland
Marriage: 10 JAN 1895 in Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Cork City, County Cork, Ireland
Residence: JUN 1899 in Canterbury, Kent 9A Block, The Barracks
Residence: 1901 in Woolwich, London Army Corps Service Barracks, New Road
Residence: BET 1904 AND 1909 in India
Residence: BET 1910 AND 1911 in Exeter, Devon 24 Poltimore Square, Longbrook Street
Children: 
  1. DescendantsMargaret Mabel Munson b. 5 JAN 1897 in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
  2. Florence Ellen Munson b. 1898 in Canterbury, Kent
  3. Victoria Aileen Munson b. 20 JUN 1899 in Canterbury, Kent
  4. DescendantsKathleen Munson b. 1901 in Brentford, Hounslow, London
  5. Unknown Munson b. ABT 1903 in India (?)
  6. DescendantsNorah Ellen Munson b. 7 OCT 1904 in Military Headquarters of War (MHOW), near Indore, India
  7. DescendantsWilliam Alexander Munson b. 5 OCT 1909 in Cliffden, Murree, India
 
Maud Amelia Back (Wife) b. 1874 in St. Thomas, Exeter, Devon
Marriage: 20 AUG 1927 in The Church of the Sacred Heart, Exeter, Devon
Residence: BET 1927 AND 1951 in Pennsylvania, Exeter, Devon 49 Hoopern Street
Children: 
 
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Notes 
Title: Notes
Text:
Entry in 10th Hussars Journals from January 1910 edition showing birth on 5th October 1909 to the wife of Corporal W. Munson, a son (William Alexander).

Sources of Facts from 10th Royal (PWO) Hussars Gazette.

10th Royal (PWO) Hussars were stationed in:
1888-1891 - York.
1891-1897 - Ireland.
1897-1899 - Aldershot/Canterbury.
1899-1901 - South Africa (Boer War).
1901-1902 - Malmesbury.
1902-1912 - India (including Murree and Military Headquarters of War).

Informant at death of Mary Ellen Munson.

On 1911 census William Munson gives his place of birth as Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireland.

Family Notes on Marriage with Maud Amelia Back:
Title: Notes
Text:
Witnesses to Marriage were HM Luxton, AJ Harris and Robert Munson.

Family Notes on Marriage with Mary Ellen O'Callaghan:
Title: Notes
Text:
Witnesses to Marriage were James Murphy and Annie O'Connor.

On 1911 census William Munson states that he and his late wife had 7 children, 5 still living and 2 dead. I am only aware of the couple ever having 6 children.
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