James William MICHIE

  General Notes:

Marriages Dec 1866 Farnham 2a 126
Hill Mary J
JACKSON Isabella
MICHIE James
Warne Frderick C

Marriages Sep 1876 Marylebone 1a 928
BARDELL William
HODSON Martha
MICHIE James William**
PYM Charlotte Drake
** most likely as found Charlotte Michie b 1848 Exmouth on 1881 census with James W Michie
** presumably James a widower as had a daughter born c1869

1881 census
RG11/79 F95 P15
Royal Mil. Asylum, Kings Road, Cheltenham Terrace, Chelsea, London
James W Michie, Head, Mar, 44, Army Pensioner Sergt, Scotland
Charlotte do, Wife, Mar, 33, Sergt Wife, Devonshire Exmouth
Caroline A Michie, Daur, , 11, Sergt Daughter Scholar, E India
Willie J D Michie, Son, , 9mo, , Sergt Son, Middlesex Chelsea

1891 census
RG12/66 F128 P4
Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, London
James W Michie, Head, M, 54, Gate Porter, East Indies
Charlotte D Michie, Wife, M, 43, , Devon Topsham
Willie J D Michie, Son, , 10, Scholar, London Chelsea
Ernest H Michie, Son, , 8, Scholar, London Chelsea
Evelyn B Michie, Daur, , 4, Scholar, London Chelsea

1901 census
RG13/2029 F78 P31
Exeter Road, Exmouth (Withycombe Raleigh), Devon
James W Michie, Lodger, Widr, 68, Army Pensioner, Bombay
Caroline A do, Lodger, S, 32, Bombay
Living with Charles and Elizabeth Blake

From descendant
Enlisted in 3rd Light Dragoons at Umballah in April 1848. Returned to England in 1853. Went to India in 1868. Recieved long service at Ukow in 1873. Returned to England in 1876. Took up recruitment post at Duke of Yorks School .
Stated as born 28 August 1833 in the East Indies, not Scotland as per 1881 census and that he married Charlotte on 3 August 1876 and died in Devon in 1902.

The Duke of York's School referred to above was originally called the Royal Military Asylum (RMA) and then the Royal Military School. Founded in 1801 and opened in 1803 it was for the orphaned children of soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars. It's full name from 1892 was the Duke of York's Royal Military School. It relocated to Dover in 1909. As can be seen on the 1881 and 1891 censuses James was a member of staff there and it would be interesting to know if his children were allowed to attend, even though they were not orphans.
There is a website that has extensive information on the school http://www.achart.ca/york/index.html . There is an admissions register CD available from the site also.
Some of the admissions and discharge registers are at The National Archive in Kew under reference WO143 (WO143/22 covers the relevant period)
Another interesting web site on the subject of the schol is that of the Old Boys' Association http://www.dyrmsoba.org/genealogy.shtml .
The admissions registers from 1803 to 1880 are online at http://www.rma-searcher.co.uk/ - no reference to the surname Michie.

Two other web site references about the restoration of the building are
http://www.christopherlong.co.uk/pri.dukeyork.html
http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/dor/dor101.html

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Sergeant 3d Hussars.

James married Mary Jane HILL on 25 Oct 1866 in Farnham, Surrey, England. (Mary Jane HILL was born circa 1848 in Hampshire, England and died on 28 Jun 1871 in India.)

James next married Charlotte Drake PYM, daughter of James PYM and Eliza DRAKE, on 3 Aug 1876 in Marylebone, London, England. (Charlotte Drake PYM was born circa 1847 in Topsham, Devon, England.)