Gaspard Roth

abt 1771 - 1847  (~ 76 years)

• Name	Gaspard Roth  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	abt 1771	[3]
  Marriage	12 Jun 1809	St James, Piccadilly
  	Sarah Forbs,   b. 13 Jan 1787, John St, Mayfair ,   d. abt Nov 1831, Westminster
  Occupation	1810	Servant to Earl Gower  [4]
  Residence	1810	Trentham Hall, Trentham   [4]
  Occupation	1816	Valet  [2]
  Residence	1816	King St, St James, Westminster   [2]
  Residence	abt 1825 - 1832	Stafford Place, Westminster   [5]
  Occupation	1847	Labourer  [3]
  Death	21 Dec 1847	125 Penny Street, Blackburn ; Cause: Inflammation of the lungs  [3, 6]
  Notes	possibly: Gaspar Roth, of Watteville Regt, King's German Legion. Served 10 years. Sum £18-5s-0d. List no. 8, 10 Jul 1811. [TNA WO 23 - Piece no 23. Royal Hospital Chelsea: admission books, registers, and papers - series created to administer pensions payable by the commissioners to in-pensioners and out-pensioners. Licenciement to invalids: King's German Legion] De Watteville's Regiment was a Swiss regiment founded by Louis de Watteville and recruited from regiments that served between 1799 and 1801 in the Austrian army but in British pay. The troops then signed on as mercenaries, to be paid by the British. They fought in the Napoleonic Wars, mainly around the Mediterranean, and were based in Malta and then in Egypt from 1801 to 1803, fighting in Sicily and Naples. From 1811 to 1813 they served under Wellington in the Peninsular War in Spain. The regiment sailed to Canada in 1813 to fight in the War of 1812. It was retired at the end of the war and soldiers were given tracts of land in Canada.[Wikipedia] In 1805 Sir James Craig said of the regiment: Of the Foreign Corps, The Regiment de Watteville is incontestably the first. It is indeed on a par footing of equality with the other regiments of the old garrison, except that though they are a tall stout body, yet they have a greater proportion of old men among them. I saw, however, but few that could be said to be unserviceable.[TNA:WO 1/293. Craig to W Gordon dated Malta 13 August 1805]. Gaspard Roth would have been aged 34 at that time. The King's German Legion was a British Army unit of mostly expatriated German personnel during the period 1803-16. It played a vital role in several campaigns, including the Walcheren Campaign, the Peninsular War, and the Hundred Days, most notably in the Battle of Waterloo. The Legion was disbanded in 1816. [Wikipedia] De Watteville's Regiment was not part of the King's German Legion. It is however possible that Gaspard Roth served in both.
  Person ID	I3246	Tatham | Heathcote branch | Parent of spouse
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Sarah Forbs,   b. 13 Jan 1787, John St, Mayfair ,   d. abt Nov 1831, Westminster  (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1809	St James, Piccadilly   [1, 7, 8]
  	No. 219: Gaspard Roth and Sarah Forbs both of this Parish were married in this Church by Licence this twelfth day of June in the Year 1809 By me J Maddy Reacher Assistant This marriage was solemnized between us {Gaspard Roth} {Sarah Forbs} In the Presence of: Richd Wyatt [?], F H Thompson [Marriages Register, St James, Piccadilly]
  Notes	dau Elizabeth born 18 Dec 1809 at Trentham Staffs. Baptized 07 Jan 1810 Trentham Staffs: Eliz, d of Jasper and Sarah Roth, Servt to Earl Gower (= George Granville Leveson-Gower, KG, PC, = Viscount Trentham, = Marquess of Stafford, = 1st Duke of Sutherland).
  Children	1. Letitia Maria Roth,   b. abt Mar 1816, King St, St James, Westminster ,   d. Oct 1900, Pietermaritzburg, Natal  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F1450	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, St James, Piccadilly, 12 Jun 1809. [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St George, Hanover Square, 28 Mar 1816. dau Letitia [S41] Death Certificate, 21 Dec 1847. age 76 [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, Trentham, 07 Jan 1810. dau Elizabeth [S07] Other Sources, Westminster Rate Books. [S02] BMD Index, death reg Blackburn, 4Q1847. [S53] Marriage Licence, Vicar-General Marriage Licence Allegations, 10 Jun 1809. [S03] Family Members, TAK.