Maj. Robert BLACKALL
- Born: Abt 1766
- Marriage (1): Catherine LEWIS (BELL) on 18 Aug 1794 in Bombay, Bombay, India 1
- Died: 1 Jul 1840, Nelson Street, Dublin, Ireland aged about 74
General Notes:
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Britain/Infantry/Regiments/c_51stFoot.html
Major Robert Blackall
Major in 51st Foot 14 March 1805; retired 13 July 1809; died Dublin 1840.
and also http://en.geneanet.org/archives/ouvrages/?action=detail&livre_id=45417&page=79&book_type=livre&search_type=livre&name=BLACKALL&prenom=Robert&page_size=10&tk=81db55d2a7e9873d
Enseign 31 July 1788, 51st Regt.; Lieut. (by purchase) 31 March 1792 51st Regt; Capt. 5 Sept. 1795, 51st Rgt.; Major 14 March 1805, 51st Rgt.; retired 13 July 1809; died Nelson Street, Dublin 1840.
Action in Ceylon.
Area - DUBLIN (COI) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. GEORGE 1232019/DU-CI-BU-75689 / d-298-4-1-136
Burial of ROBT BLACKHALL of NELSON ST on 1 July 1840 age 74
https://www.artuk.org/artdetective/discussions/discussions/could-anyone-provide-information-about-the-sitter-dr-andrew-knox-blackall-could-we-identify-the-artist/page/1
The next group of images relate to the Oct 1884 death of Major John Blackall of Rathmullan and its aftermath, and to that (in April 1887) of (Miss) Helen Blackall, also of Ruthmullan. Major Blackall seems to have died intestate, nor was administration of his estate officially granted to anyone. Nevertheless Helen clearly did administer it; and we also have an age of 88 (confirmed by official records), which as Kieran says gives us a birth year for him of c.1795-6.
Helen's death, on the other hand, does not seem to have been registered at all, and no age is given in the brief press notice. However her estate *was* administered officially, by her nephew Lt-Col. (ret'd) Robert Blackall of Southend, Essex. That would make her Maj. John Blackall's sister, as Lt-Col. Robert Blackall (1817-1895) and his brother Andrew Knox Blackall (1822-1891) were the two eldest sons (of three) of Lt-General Robert Blackall (1787-1863), and the General was Maj. John Blackall's elder brother. There is one record, though \endash the army retired pay accounts book (attached) \endash that says Helen was John's daughter. This was probably an error \endash there is no record of his marriage \endash but it doesn't really matter either way as far as proving his relationship to our sitter is concerned; for all we know she may have been his unmarried mistress / companion masquerading as a family member for appearance's sake.
Robert married Catherine LEWIS (BELL) on 18 Aug 1794 in Bombay, Bombay, India.1 (Catherine LEWIS (BELL) was born about 1770 and died after 1802.)
Marriage Notes:
Name: Robert Blackall
Spouse's Name: Catherine Bell
Event Date: 18 Aug 1794
Event Place: Bombay, Bombay, India
Spouse's Marital Status: Widowed
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00116-7 , System Origin: India-EASy , GS Film number: 523833
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