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Name	STANFORD / STANDFORD / STAMFORD / STAFFORD – James
Regiment (s)	96th regiment
Regiment Number (s)	30
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	7th February 1824 / 21 years / Liverpool Lancashire Shoemaker
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 6 in Fresh / Hazel / Dark / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Bermuda – 3 years Nova Scotia – 8 years Australia – 8 years
Length of Service	25 years 22 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 23rd October 1849 / Chatham England
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	Liverpool Lancashire England
Pension Districts	1849 Liverpool 1851-1852 Western Australia 1852 Victoria 1855-1857 Tasmania 1857-June Quarter New South Wales 1857- 1864 Tasmania 1864-1867 New Zealand
Pension Paid	1/2d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	1st February 1851 Falmouth England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	MERMAID 15th May 1851
Date/Place of Birth	1803 Athlone Roscommon Ireland
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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Mary Ann Stanford birth unknown M McNAMARA all unknown (Ireland)
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	None
Occupation after Arrival	8th July 1851 Assistant Warder Convict Establishment – unmarried. Resigned 14th March 1852
Newspaper Articles	Colonial Times (Hobart Tasmania) 22nd January 1857 – “SS Tasmania” Hobart to Sydney – James Stanford Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 12th May 1865 – page 2 – passenger departing “Sea Nymph” for Adelaide STANIFORD (sic) [NOTE: this may not have been Pensioner STANFORD as he appears to have been in New Zealand at this time.]
Departure from Western Australia	9th May 1865 – transferred at own request to Melbourne departed on “Sea Nymph ” for Eastern States. Returned about a year later and then returned to Melbourne.
Date/Place of Death/Burial	17th January 1867 New Zealand Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide Index 1841 James Stafford (sic) 30 Private 96th Foot location Sydney NSW Discharge due to rheumatism James Stanford was treated for a scold during the voyage of the Mermaid.24th December 1860 – Governor Kennedy to the Duke of Newcastle regarding Pensioner James STANFORD of the 96th Regiment who arrived on the Mermaid – In answer to an inquiry by Mrs McNAMARA, his daughter in Ireland.