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| Name | KENNEDY – James |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 87th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1261 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 1st May 1839 / 18 years / Enniscorthy Wexford Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Sallow / Grey / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mauritius – 3 years 3 months East Indies 9 years 10 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 29 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 12th May 1860 / Loughal Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-1859 |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Glasgow Scotland |
| Pension Districts | 1860 2nd Glasgow 1863 Tilbury 1863-1867 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 15th March 1863 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLYDE 29th May 1863 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1821 Ballyraget Kilkenny 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 |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Not yet known: news item indicated living with wife in Fremantle in 1867 |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet 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 | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 12th July 1867 page 2 Trial of James Kennedy for feloniously wounding William Clarke |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 14th September 1867 Perth Western Australia Bur 15th September 1867 Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle WA |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 James Kennedy 1261 Private 87th Foot location Mahebourg Mauritius 1851 As above location Ferozepore India Discharge due to having completed 21 years service. Medal for long service and good conduct 1861 Census James Kennedy a single man age 39 a Chelsea pensioner is living in the lodging house of James and Ann McLean at Claythorne Street Glasgow Lanarkshire. In 1867 James Kennedy, pensioner, was found not guilty of wounding William Clarke. SROWA AN5 Cons 419 Fremantle Police Occurrence Books item 2 14 September 1867. Dead body reported on beach at 3 ½ pm by a pensioner named ‘ MEACHALL’(?) that he had found, JAMES KENNEDY a pensioner of the force on the beach in the rear of the Rev. W. Bostock’s residence. The body brought to police Station awaiting coroner’s inquest. Inquest held on the 15th on the body of JAMES KENNEDY, pensioner, Verdict died from natural causes. On 28 November 1867 Catherine Kennedy, pensioners wife charged Isaac Keirle with violently assaulting her on the 26th inst.,from this it appears James’s wife may have been called Catherine, as the affray with Clarke happened in Keirle’s house. If so she married William Bashford in 1868 and died in 1871 age forty two, there does not appear to have been any children. |