FORTESCUE – William 54th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	FORTESCUE – William
Regiment (s)	54th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	–
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	1826 / Not yet known Messenger
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	Not yet known
Overseas Service/Duration	Not yet known
Length of Service	14 years 6 months
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private/pension commenced 3 February 1841
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	London, England
Pension Districts	1851 1st East London 1851 Western Australia
Pension Paid	6d 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	c1806 Shoreditch London Middlesex England
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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	WILLIAMS Jane c1829 Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	5 June 1849 Shoreditch, Middlesex England
Children by 1^st Wife	Mary Jane B 1st quarter 1850 St. George in the East, London MDX M James Beck 1863 Geraldton WA William Henry B c1853 Fremantle Western Australia bur 4th September 1854 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
2nd Husband of Wife	TUNSTILL Giles
Date/Place of Marriage	1859 Champion Bay Western Australia
Children by 2^ndHusband	Jane B 1859 Greenough Flats Western Australia M DUNHAM George William 1889 Williams Western Australia D 15th December 1941 Bassendean Western Australia Bur Guildford Cemetery WA William B 1861 Greenough Western Australia M BOX Ellen 1898 Pingelly Western Australia D 19th October 1919 Narrogin Hospital Western Australia
Land Grants Western Australia	Not applicable
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	The Herald 6th January 1872 page 2 Departure of Beck family The West Australian 6th November 1919 page 1 Death notice William Tunstill
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	19th April 1859 Colonial Hospital Perth Western Australia Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	1898 Cubballing (sic) Pool Western Australia
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	WO97 discharge document – unable to locate at this time Discharge due to dyspnoea and palpitations The Bi-centennial Dictionary has 4 marriages for Jane Fortescue ie Born Villars married 1st John Clamp 2nd William Fortescue 3rd Giles Tunstall 4th William Wheatley in 1870 at William River, This Jane Wheatley died 1898 aged 79, father William Veer, Mother Jane Williams. Mary Jane Fortescue and her husband James Beck returned to England 5th January 1872 on the Zephyr with one child.