ALFRED BYRNE    of   Alderney   originally   Sleaty

​TIME   LINE     1840 to 1916

1840  Born in Sleaty Co. Leix, near Carlow Town, eldest son of Gerald and Julia ( nee Kinsellagh)
           Alfred joins the  County Regiment Militia of Limerick.
1857  17 Sep  He is disharged 
​1858  12 jan He enlists in the 13th Light Dragoons later renamed the 13th Hussars
1858  His Father Gerald dies in Arkansas, USA.
1861  6th Jul   He is made guardian  of Court of Chancery being a minor under 21 yrs
1864  Balance of Sleaty lands are sold by the Landed Estates Court, then the family breaks up.
1865  Julia gets a job as Matron of Kilmallock Poor Law Union, Co Limerick.
1870   Marries Sarah of Canada
1871   abt:  a dau  Mary
1873   abt:  a dau  Letitia
1874   abt:  a son   Frederick
1875  He is described as a 'private soldier' in the JKAS journal '' Sequel to Uí  Dunlang '' pedigree by Rev Francis Shearman 
1876  abt:  a dau   Florence, born in Lucknow, India
1877  abt:  a dau  Caroline, born in Ireland.
1879  abt:  a son   Francis Gerald Christopher
1879  26th May  Alfred is discharged due to ill health
1880  abt:  a son   Joseph
           With a large growing family Alfred then joined the Army Service Corps as a Supt. Brk. Sargent located In Alderney, Chanel Islands.
1891  Chanel Islands Census.  Resident in Alderney with Sarah
1901  England and Wales Census:  A. Byrne, aged 60, Irish of Fort Albert,  St. Anns, Alderney.
1900/1   Retired Supt. Brk. Sgt. A S Corps,  aged 60
            He then retired to live in Devenport, Devon, nr. Portsmouth with his wife Sarah and his dau. Florence Hayes.
1903   Alfred visited his brother Gerald in Clonmel.
1911  England Census:   Army Pensioner living in Devonport, Devon, nr. Portsmouth, England. 
1916  Army records . Alfred J. Byrne died aged 75.