John Hough

1811 - 1856  (44 years)

• Name	John Hough
  Born	25 Mar 1811	Newton, Middlewich
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	30 Mar 1811	Middlewich   [1]
  Occupation	Joiner, soldier
  Died	22 Jan 1856	Middlewich   [2]
  Buried	26 Jan 1856	Middlewich   [1]
  Person ID	I27992	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	James Hough
  Mother	Ann
  Family ID	F08702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Taylor,   b. 1815, Middlewich ,   d. Abt Oct 1882, Northwich  (Age 67 years)
  Married	Abt 1838
  Notes	Not known if John and Elizabeth formally married, though there is a possible record on 14.3.1836 in Cheadle (Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, Ancestry). This is some distance from their known residences, but would have been seven months after John deserted the Army and he may have deliberately chosen an unlikely location There is no evidence of another John or Elizabeth Hough around Cheadle in the 1841 census.
  Children	1. John Hough,   b. 5 Nov 1838, Congleton ,   d. Abt Aug 1904, Northwich  (Age 65 years)   2. William Hough,   b. 1840, Wigan ,   d. 10 Dec 1923, Winnington, Cheshire  (Age 83 years)   3. Joseph Hough,   b. 16 Aug 1842, Leftwich Workhouse
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2024
  Family ID	F08698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Service record, obtained by Walter Jakeman, husband of a descendant, shows that John enlisted into the 80th Regiment of Foot at Congleton on Nov 25 1833, aged 22 years 6 months. He was absent without leave briefly in 1834, and deserted in August 1835. He was court-matialled and imprisoned for three months after rejoining in 1842, but gained credit for subsequent campaigns in India, where he won a medal in 1846, and in Burma. He was discharged after being declared medically unfit in 1854.

  
  

• Sources

  [S010113] Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts (Ancestry). [S010062] Family records.