CORNALLY / CORNELLY – Farrell 65th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Farrell Cornelly by Lauren Shannon January 2014 EPG Gazette

Lynton Convict Buildings Port Gregory – Died Port Gregory

Name	CORNALLY / CORNELLY – Furrell / Farrell
Regiment (s)	65th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	449
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	24th May 1825 / 17 years / Athlone Roscommon Ireland Servant
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 7 in Fresh / Grey / Dark / None
Overseas Service/Duration	West Indies – 8 years North America – 3 years 6 months
Length of Service	20 years 49 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 28th July 1846 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Falmouth England
Pension Districts	1846 Falmouth 1852-1856 Western Australia
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	4th May, 1852 from Plymouth, England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	WILLIAM JARDINE 1st August 1852
Date/Place of Birth	c1808 Melan Kings Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	1808, Parish of Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly (close to the town/village of Ballycumber)
Father Date/Place of Birth	CORNALLY Farrell
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	CORNALLY Edward B c1800, Co. Offaly; D 7 Jan 1890, Moorock, Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	BEATEN or BEATON Elizabeth bap 26th April 1816 Falmouth Cornwall England
Date/Place of Marriage	5th May 1842 Budock Cornwall England
Children by 1^st Wife	Edward b 1844 Lancashire Rochdale James B c1845 Ireland Thomas B c1846 Sheerness Kent England D 28th January 1902 Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Ellen B c1848 Falmouth Cornwall England M (H)OLLEY John 1866 Greenough Western Australia M O’MALLEY Anthony D 19 July 1938 Geraldton Western Australia Bur Utakarra Cemetery Geraldton Western Australia Ferrell B c1850 Budock Cornwall England
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	BEATEN or BEATON Benjamin B c1777, Somerset; D 1865, Falmouth, Cornwall.
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	BURK Ann B c1778, Falmouth, Cornwall; D c Nov 1849, Falmouth, Cornwall
2^nd Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	O’LAUGHLIN Bridget C1834
Date/Place of Marriage	Western Australia (deduced)
Children by 2^nd Wife	Elizabeth b 1853 Fremantle Western Australia Farrell B c1856 Port Gregory Western Australia Mother Bridget O’LOUGHLIN See further information
2^nd Wife 2^nd Marriage	Charles W EASTOUGH M 14 November 1857
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	“Night Warder with the Convict Establishment appointed 11 Feb 1853. Absent without Leave 2 April 1853 and seen drunk in the streets. Fined 3 days pay. 24 March 1853 seen talking with prisoners and suspended 26 March and dismissed 27 March 1853 “as being useless”. See Gaolers.”(Barker)
Newspaper Articles	Geraldton Guardian and Express Thursday 26th July 1930 page 2 Obituary of Ellen O’Malley
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	26th October 1856 Port Gregory Western Australia Buried Lynton Station Cemetery Port Gregory
Date/Place of Death/Burial 1^stWife	Elizabeth CARNALLY (sic) 13 January 1853 buried St. Patrick’s Cemetery Skinner St. Fremantle WA
Date/Place of Death/Burial 2^ndWife	Bridget Eastough formerly Cornelly died 23 October 1892 buried Apex Park Cemetery Geraldton 25 October 1892 plot 166
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	1841 British Army Worldwide Index Farrall Cornally 449 Private 65th Regt Location Isle aux Noix Canada 1851 English Census Farrell Cornelly (sic), pensioner and labourer, is living at Preston Budock Cornwall with his wife Elizabeth aged 36 and their children Edward, James, Thomas, Ellen and Farrel. Early family history and other information was supplied by David Keating in Ireland. David is Edward Cornally’s 3xGreat Grandson … many thanks.