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 //([[Messingham Daniel 1821|Daniel]] - [[Missingham Richard 1792|Richard]] - [[Missingham John 1755|John]] - [[Missingham Richard|Richard]])//
-John Edgar MESSINGHAM was born 27 Sep 1863, and baptised 25 Oct 1863, in Headley, Hampshire.
+John Edgar MESSINGHAM was born in Linford, Hampshire, 27 Sep 1863.\\
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+He was baptised 25 Oct 1863, in Headley, Hampshire.
 {{ :johnedgarmessinghambapt1863cwbw.jpg |John Edgar Messingham baptism 1863}}
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 He married [[hayden_mercy|Mercy HAYDEN]] 13 Jul 1884, in St Andrew's, Plymouth, Devon.\\
-At the time of marriage, John Edgar was a Private in the 74th Regiment((The only 74th Regiment I can locate details for in Plymouth at this time is the **74th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot**: //On the 1st of October 1884, the battalion under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Straghan, C.B., who had succeeded Colonel Jago, again proceeded on foreign service, and, embarking at Plymouth on H.M.S. "Serapis," reached Bombay on the 29th of October, and arrived at its destination at Umballah by wings on the 7th and 8th of November.//)).
+At the time of marriage, John Edgar was a Private in the 74th Regiment((**74th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot**: //On the 1st of October 1884, the battalion under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Straghan, C.B., who had succeeded Colonel Jago, again proceeded on foreign service, and, embarking at Plymouth on H.M.S. "Serapis," reached Bombay on the 29th of October, and arrived at its destination at Umballah by wings on the 7th and 8th of November...[[https://electricscotland.com/history/scotreg/74th-4.htm|continued]]//)).
 {{ :johnmessinghammercyhaydenmarr1884cwbw.jpg |John Edgar & Mercy Hayden marriage 1884}}