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John Stokes – An Operation Delayed – by Peter Conole and Jean McDonald – February 2010 EPG Gazette
| Name | STOKES – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 63rd Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2896 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 22nd October 1852 / 17 years 6 months / Liverpool Lancashire England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6.3/8 in Fresh / Hazel / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Expeditionary Force in the East – 9 months (Crimea) |
| Length of Service | 2 years 73 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 3rd July 1855 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea Crimea Turkish |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Dublin Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1855 2nd Dublin 1865 Tilbury 1865-1900 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem 1887 Increased to 1/6d per diem for service in Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th May 1865 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | RACEHORSE 10th August 1865 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1835 Baldoyle Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | STOKES John |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | HOPKINS Mary |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | PYNAN or POYNAN or PINAN Elizabeth Could also be “Bryan or Ryan” – seems not spelt the same way twice c1835 Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1857 Howth Dublin Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Henry B 21st July 1858 Dublin Ireland bap 22nd July 1858 Howth Baldoyle Dublin Ireland M TAYLOR Mary Agnes 1882 Perth WA M UNKNOWN Emily D 4th Quarter 1950 age 93 Newton Abbott Devon England James B 1st October 1860 Dublin Ireland bap 7th October 1860 Howth Baldoyle Dublin Ireland M COX Harriet 1883 Fremantle Western Australia D 14 March 1917 Fremantle WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery RC Section John B 12th September 1863 Dublin Ireland bap 20th September 1863 Howth Baldoyle Dublin Ireland D 1865 Aged 3 years William B 1865 Fremantle Western Australia M MAGUIRE Annie 1896 D 7th July 1952 Perth Western Australia Elizabeth B 1868 Fremantle Western Australia M SOLOMON Elias 1st May 1887 Fremantle WA D 3 December 1898 at sea Bur at sea on way to Adelaide Mary B 1870 Fremantle Western Australia M GRONO Frederick D 16th December 1942 Claremont Western Australia Joseph B 1873 Fremantle Western Australia D July 1899 Fremantle Western Australia Rose Ann B 1878 Fremantle Western Australia bap 26th October 1878 St. Patrick’s Fremantle Western Australia M HEALY James 1898 Fremantle Western Australia D 9th April 1961 Wembley Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Fremantle sub Lot 41 5 acres Assigned 31 January1882 Title Application 19 February 1885 Title 7/22 The North Fremantle 1880 rate books had John Stokes as the occupier of P lots 39 and 40. |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Daily News Thursday 27 July 1899 page 3 Death of Joseph Stokes Western Mail Saturday 24 March 1900 page 50 Obituary John Stokes The West Australian Thursday 20 July 1911 page 10 Obituary Elizabeth Stokes The Daily News Tuesday 20 March 1917 page 2 Death of James Stokes The Daily News Tuesday 3 May 1887 page 3 Marriage of Elizabeth Stokes to Elias Solomon The Daily News Tuesday 6 December 1898 page 3 Death of sea of Elizabeth Solomon The Daily News Wednesday 31 August 1949 page 12 Police pension awarded to Henry Stokes in UK |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 13th March 1900 Fremantle Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 16th July 1911 Fremantle Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | SROWA Cons 3403/1900/076 |
| Further Information | Disabled: From a gunshot wound of right side, followed by Haemoptysis. Stiffness of arm from abscesses, ball lodged, received at Inkerman. Purchased Fremantle sub lot 40 5 acres 1867 In 1888 John Stokes applied for fifteen pounds to erect a cottage on his Pensioner grant but the request was denied as the Imperial Grant had ceased on 31 March 1886. John Stokes made his will on 30th April 1897 adding a codicil on 14 March 1898. John appointed James Healy draper’s assistant of Fremantle and Thomas William Whitely contractor of Fremantle as his executors. He bequeathed his entire estate to his wife Elizabeth do with as she saw fit and on her death the residue was to be divided between his daughters Mary and Rose. It one of them should predecease him her share would go to the surviving daughter. ‘I also give and bequeath to William Percy Birmingham the rifle bullet with which I was wounded in the Crimea and which has been extracted by him from my body;’ He left his medal and four clasps to his daughter Mary and his Turkish medal to his daughter Rose. In the codicil he said ‘The property and estate which I have above bequeathed to my wife Elizabeth Stokes shall be and is hereby bequeathed to my son James Stokes of South Street Fremantle, dairyman, to be held by him in trust for the said Elizabeth Stokes. Furthermore in case either Mary or Rose should die it is my will that that portion of my estate which will come to them should be inherited by their children.’ The total value of the estate was £868/7/6, consisting of Fremantle Town Lot 744 on which there were two houses of five and six rooms valued at £800, the rest was the valuation of the furniture. |