MACKEY / MACKIE – Patrick 77th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	MACKEY / MACKIE – Patrick
Regiment (s)	77th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	402
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	3rd July 1827 / 16 years / Belfast Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8 in Fair / Brown / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Jamaica – 9 years 5 months Mediterranean – 5 years 4 months North America – 2 years 2 months
Length of Service	21 years 4 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 24th December 1850 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Port Stewart Derry (Londonderry) Ireland
Pension Districts	1851 Londonderry 1851 2nd Dublin 1853 West Australia
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	2nd February 1853 Portsmouth England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	PYRENEES 30th April 1853
Date/Place of Birth	c 1811 Ballymurphy Belfast Antrim Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	MACKEY James Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	FARRINGTON / FRANGTON Mary c 1833 Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	28th July 1851 St Paul Dublin Ireland
Children by 1^st Wife	Edward bap 23rd October 1853 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known James B 1856 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	FARRINGTON Edward Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
2nd Wife	BROWN Elizabeth Maria Sophia (Widow) B Not yet known D Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	M 22nd August 1859 or 1858 Fremantle Western Australia
Children by 2^nd Wife	None known
1st Husband of Wife	BROWN Unknown B Not yet known D Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^stHusband	None known
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	19th May 1853 Night Warder Convict Establishment employed in various roles including Lunatic Asylum until he retired 1870 after serving 16 years 8 months
Newspaper Articles	The Herald (Fremantle) Saturday 13th June 1874 page 2 Death notice Patrick Mackie (sic)
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	10th June 1874 Fremantle Western Australia bur 11th June 1874 Fremantle Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	bur 12th April 1858 Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia
Will or Probate	SROWA Cons 3403 1874/459 He appointed Elizabeth Maria Sophia as guardian of his underage children (unnamed) as well as his sole beneficiary and executrix
Further Information	Mrs Mackey received medical treatment on the voyage of the Pyrenees 8th January 1873 Patrick Mackey wrote a letter forwarded to the Colonial Office regarding having been deprived of the lodging allowance payable to warders of the Lunatic Asylum. His pension was accordingly increased from £27/19/10 to £34/2/4.