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| Name | STEVENS – James |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company Bengal Artillery |
| Regiment Number (s) | Discharge No. 271 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | Enlisted 6th July 1826/19 years/Westminster London Labourer / Tailor |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 5½ in Dark / Hazel / Brown / Not Stated |
| Overseas Service/Duration | HEIC 17th January 1826 embarked from England for India per Thames 25th May 1847 embarked for England from India per Alfred |
| Length of Service | 21 years 4 months (estimate) |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner / 25th May 1847 / not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1 May 1847 Madras Office 1848 2nd North London 1850-1867 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th March 1850 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SCINDIAN 1st June 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1806 St Giles London Middlesex England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | UNKNOWN Johanna c1807 St Giles Middlesex England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known / St Giles Middlesex England |
| Children by 1st Wife | None known |
| 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 | September 1850 assigned South Perth Location P7 of 5 acres resumed by Government 31 December 1853 on his dismissal from the Enrolled Force. He was given an advance payment to cover the cost of tools seeds and provisions (1851) SROWA Cons 36 Volume 273 Folio 166 25 October 1853 account of the dismissal from the Enrolled Force James Stevens’, EIC, Evidence given by Sergeant Joseph Reilley and John Gorman. |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 29th January 1867 York Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 21st November 1871 (Hannah ROWSON) all unknown age 63 |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 24th February 1850 Mrs Hannah Stevens received medical treatment aboard the Scindian Discharge due to disease of the liver After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation: Private James Stevens, brick layers labourer, 1/-, 31st January, married York Census 1859 for James Stevens aged 60 RC arrived Scindian born St Giles married St Giles his wife Johanna age 52 RC can read and write also born St Giles. After the death of James Joanna Stevens (nee Riley) married Thomas Rowson at York in 1867 |