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| Name | FORAN – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company Bombay Artillery |
| Regiment Number (s) | Discharge No. 71 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 1823 deduced/Dublin/labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 feet 7 inches/dark/blue/dark brown/ visage round |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Honourable East India Company |
| Length of Service | 9 years Returned to England on the Lady Raffles |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner/9 May 1832 |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1850 2nd East London 1851 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th July 1851 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MINDEN 14th October 1851 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1803/ Dublin, 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 | RANSFORD Margaret c1815 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | John B c1841 St. George London Middlesex, M GAMBLE/SMITH Martha Elizabeth 1867 Albany Western Australia Catherine B c1845 St. George London Middlesex M FOOT Callaghan 1859 Greenough Western Australia M EPG McGOWAN Peter 1875 Greenough WA D 3rd October 1938 Busselton Bur Busselton Cemetery WA (Headstone) James B c1850 St. George London Middlesex M DEE Fanny 1874 Dongara Western Australia D 4th May 1927 West Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery 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 | Greenough 15 & 16 both of 16 acres 2 roods and 2 perches Title 2014 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Night warder Convict Est 1852, farmer |
| Newspaper Articles | Victorian Express Wednesday 10 September 1879 page 1 Sale of Land |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 24th February 1877 / Western Australia Bur Geraldton Cemetery (Apex Park) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 12th May 1881 / Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to injury of right hand 1851 Census: John Foran (42) and his wife Catherine (38) are living at Waterloo Crescent, St. George in the East with his three children John age 10, Catherine age 5 and James 9 months, all born St. George’s in the East. The Census names his wife as Catherine; however the surgeon Superintendent of the Minden recorded her as Margaret as did her son James’s death certificate and her own death certificate. On the voyage of the Minden Mrs Foran gave assistance to Mrs Gorman at the birth of her twins and the aftercare of the two infants. Mr & Mrs Foran were the God parents for Elizabeth Minden Gorman when the twins were baptised on the ship. John Foran (and family) was first sent to Port Gregory He was one of the pensioners called out to assist the Civil Power twice, once when there was a mutiny in the Depot and another time to stand guard over the ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ wreck. When Pt Gregory was closed down after much hardship he was reassigned land at Greenough. On 5th February 1881 the widow Foran applied to the A/Staff Officer Armstrong for relief but was told there were no canteen funds available. |