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| Name | FAIRGRIEVE – Richard |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 71st Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1472 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 25th May 1840 / 20 years / Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland Japaner |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8¾ in Dark / Black / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Canada – 2 years 5 months West Indies – 3 years 2 months Corfu – 1 year 9 months Crimea – 1 year 4 months Malta – 1 year 7 months East Indies – 1 year 4 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 21 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 8th July 1862 / Inquiry Stirling Castle 24th June 1862 Stated as a bugler on some records |
| Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal with Central India clasp Crimean Medal Crimean Turkish |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Glasgow Scotland |
| Pension Districts | 1862 2nd Glasgow 1864 Tilbury 1864 Western Australia 1865 Madras 1866 Hull 1867 2nd Glasgow 1874 2nd Glasgow |
| Pension Paid | 10d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 30th January 1864 Portland |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLARA 1864 13th April 1864 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 21st May 1824 Canongate Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | FAIRGRIEVE Richard (Lieutenant in Royal Navy) |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | REID Jane |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | JOHNSTONE or JOHNSTON Marion c1826 Paisley Renfrewshire Scotland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 22nd November 1847 United Presbyterian Church Glasgow Scotland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Elizabeth Cecilia B c1845 birthplace not known 31 August 1921 Bombay Presidency, India M 1 BROADLEY James EPG 1864 Fremantle WA buried 10th November St. Thomas Sewree Bombay India M 2 de LITKI Luigi Guiseppi 8th December 1870 Bombay India M 3 MURRAY John Jeremiah 2 September 1878 Bellary Madras India buried 28 December 1884 Bengal, India D 31 August 1921 Bombay Presidency, India (Elizabeth Cecilia Murray) Bur Sewree Church of Scotland Cemetery Bombay India Joseph B c 1854 Corfu Ionian Islands see British Forces births for year of birth also subsequent Census entries. M McLEOD Christina 1881 Bridgeton Lanarkshire Marion Jane B c1858 Bridgeton Glasgow Scotland Emily Ford B 1861 Stirling Scotland Mary B 1861 Stirling Scotland |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | JOHNSTON Joseph (Musician) |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | CONDIE Emily |
| 2nd Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | CRUICKSHANK Janet (widow nee JOHNSTON) c1838 |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 12 October 1877 Bridgeton Glasgow Scotland |
| Children by 2nd Wife | None yet Known |
| Father of 2nd wife Date/Place of Birth | JOHNSON Thomas (Tailor) |
| Mother of 2nd wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | COLQUHOUN Mary |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Assistant Warder 30th August 1864-1 May 1865 1864 applied for employment in Colonial Service |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1865 to Madras 1866 to Hull England |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 26 January 1890 at Paisley Infirmary, Scotland |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife | D 7 July 1877 Bridgeton Glasgow Scotland |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Richard Fairgreive (sic) 71st regiment 28/06/1841 Joined from Depot location St. John’s Canada 1851 Richard Fairgrieve 1472 Private 71st regiment location Dublin 1861 As above location Stirling Castle Discharge: At own request free to pension having served upwards of 21 years 1861 Census Richard Fairgrove, age 40 a soldier in the 71st regiment and his wife Marian age 35, a laundress born Paisley were living St. John’s Street Stirling with their son Joseph who was born 1861 no place of birth –(the age is incorrect should be age 6 born 1854) Daughter Elizabeth age 15 is a domestic servant in the home of Mary Scott at Dollar Clackmannanshire, it states she was born Corfu Greece 1846, however the 71st regiment was stationed in Antigua from December 1844 to January 1847. The Fairgrieve family was the cause of some disruption during the voyage of the Clara: Richard had his grog stopped for 2 days for fighting with Martin Conley and also with his wife; he was placed on bread and water for 24 hours for ‘making an impartial remark while on watch.’ The surgeon superintendent found his wife quarrelsome refusing to go below when the decks were being cleaned and their daughter went into the sailors’ barracks. 1871 Richard, Marion and son Joseph (Fargrave) are living at Oswald Street Calton, Bridgeton Glasgow. Richard is working as a painter. Thanks to David Ingham for Fairgrieve family research |