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| Name | HOUSTON / HOWSTON – William Russell |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 89th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1262 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 27th January 1838 / 18 years / Belfast Antrim Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7½ in Fresh / Grey / Sandy / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | West Indies – 2 years 4 months North America – 5 years 10 months Gibraltar – 9 months |
| Length of Service | 22 years 58 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 16th April 1860 / Fermoy Barracks Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Belfast Antrim Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1860 2nd Belfast 1862-1892 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0½d per diem 1878 Increased to 1/6½d per diem for service in Enrolled Force Western Australia |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 6th October 1861 Portland England via Cape of Good Hope |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | LINCELLES 28th January 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1820 Carnmoney Belfast Antrim 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 | RYAN Ellen Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 14 June 1850/Birr Kings County Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Robert Russell B c1852 Belfast Ireland M CRAGGS Elizabeth 1876 Perth Western Australia D 12th June 1899 Perth Public Hospital Western Australia bur Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia William Russell B c1858 Not yet known Obit said Fermoy 1857 M BAGSHAW Fanny 17th July 1873 York Western Australia M SMITH Mary (Mercy) Dolphin 21st July 1878 Perth Western Australia D 23rd November 1931 Wembley Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Ann Timandra B c1861 Not yet known D 13th October 1889 Perth Western Australia bur Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia (Headstone) Ellen B 1863 Western Australia D 16th October 1928 Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Mary B 1866 Perth Western Australia D 28th May 1887 Western Australia bur Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia (Headstone) James Samuel Alexander B 1869 Fremantle Western Australia Emily B 1874 Western Australia D 13th February 1899 Fremantle Western Australia bur Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| 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 | Perth Lot H26 of 0.3.12 acres in Hay Street |
| Occupation after Arrival | Warder Geraldton 1878-1879 |
| Newspaper Articles | The West Australian 25 July 1892 Obituary (see further information) Western Mail Friday 16 June 1899 page 39 Obit son Robert |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 24th July 1892 Murray Street West Perth Western Australia Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1892 Western Australia 1st August 1892 Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1841 stationed in the West Indies and Canada 1851 Stationed in Dublin Ireland Discharge: At own request after 21 years service Obituary 1892 West Australian: Mr. William Russell Houston, late of H.M. 89th Regiment. Deceased having served a number of years in his regiment, upon being pensioned off determined to come, with his family, to Western Australia, and arrived in the ship Lincelles, as a convict guard, in the year 1862. He served upon the Enrolled Guard as sergeant until the force was disbanded, and subsequently was appointed a warder. During the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to the colony in 1869 Sergeant Houston was chosen by the late Colonel Bruce, the then commandant, to act as orderly to His Royal Highness. During the long connection of the deceased with the enrolled force in Perth he proved himself an exemplary soldier, and was held in high esteem by his comrades, who at one time were very numerous in the colony, but are now fast thinning out. It may be mentioned, too, that in the early ” good old days ” of volunteering Sergeant Houston formed one of the M.R.V. band, at a time when the band comprised a number of old military bandsmen. Deceased leaves a widow and large family to mourn their loss. He passed away in his seventy-fifth year |