Edward Cavanagh Born About 1823 IN Bath I Am Trying to Trace Details of Parents of Siblings

In 1798, Edward Cavanagh's parents left Ireland. They settled down in Bath. Young Edward went to sea in the "Rattlesnake" rig-o-war under Captain Hobson. In 1838 he joined the 90th Light Infantry, which became the Scottish Rifles. He formed one of the Guard of Honour on the 10th February 1840 when Prince Albert arrived in England to marry Queen Victoria. After that, he was ordered over to Ireland on recruiting service.

In 1843 he left with a draft of men for Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka), where he spent three years. When returning home in 1846, his ship was overtaken by a terrible storm at Trincomalee (now known as Gokanna) and they were shipwrecked They were picked up by a man-o-war and towed to Mauritius and afterwards brought around the Cape, South Africa. Edward took part in the native war of 1846, the great "Xosa War", also called the War of the Axe, under Colonel Slade. He was married in Fort Beaufort, South Africa in 1851 and had a large family of seven boys and nine girls.