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| Name | FORDHAM – Charles Edmund |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 80th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1793 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 27th April 1841 / 18 years 2 months / Not yet known Milk Man |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 in Sallow / Grey / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | New South Wales – 2 years 9 months East Indies – 1 year 10 months |
| Length of Service | 6 years 78 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 13th July 1847 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Possibly Sutlej with clasps for Mooltan and Sobraon |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | London England |
| Pension Districts | 1847 South London 1849 1st North London 1854-1875 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 11d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 1st January 1854 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SEA PARK 5th April 1854 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 22nd September 1823 Newington Surrey England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 19th October 1823 St. Mary’s Newington Surrey England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | FORDHAM Thomas Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | MARSH or MASH Ann or Hannah Not yet known 17th October 1814 St. Leonard’s Shoreditch Middlesex England |
| Siblings | Thomas bap 21st January 1816 St. Andrew’s Holborn Middlesex England M POWELL Ann 22nd September 1835 St. Mary’s Lambeth Surrey England John William B 29th August 1818 Southwark England bap 7th February 1819 St. George the Martyr Southwark England William B 28th February 1821 Newington Surrey England bap 18th April 1821 St. Mary’s Newington Surrey England M 1st Not yet known M Banns 2nd EDWARDS Margaret May 1846 Newington Surrey England Joseph Frederick or Joseph Alfred B 14th August 1826 Newington Surrey England bap 3rd September 1826 St. Mary’s Newington Surrey England D 28th September 1828 Newington Surrey England bur St. Mary’s Churchyard Newington Surrey England Hannah Maria B 29th April 1829 Newington Surrey England bap 13th January 1830 St. Mary’s Newington Surrey England M PAPPS John banns 1852 St. Mary’s Newington Surrey England James Frederick B 30th March 1832 Newington Surrey England bap 16th May 1832 St. Mary’s Newington Surrey England M OXLEY Emmeline 1854 Lambeth London England D 4th May 1904 53 Adelaide Street Fremantle Western Australia bur Anglican Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Richard Samuel B 25th October 1835 Newington Surrey England bap 30th December 1835 St. Mary’s Newington Surrey England |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | BOWMAN / BIRMAN / BURMAN Mary Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 8th October 1851 St. Pancras Church St. Pancras Middlesex England |
| Children by 1st Wife | Charles Valentine B 1st Qtr 1853 reg St. Pancras London Rose Mary B 1855 Fremantle Western Australia M SMITH William 1877 Fremantle Western Australia Anna or Hannah Grace B 1857 Fremantle Western Australia M 1st SAVAGE James 1874 Fremantle Western Australia M 2nd JOYCE James 1910 Sussex Western Australia D 2nd November 1940 Busselton Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | BURMAN Henry Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Wife | CONWAY Eliza or Elizabeth Father John Conway, Mother Alice Sands |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 9th February 1871 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Wife | Charles Edmund B 1871 Fremantle Western Australia M DALY Jane 1897 Fremantle Western Australia D 11th November 1939 East Fremantle Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Alfred Joseph B 1873 Fremantle Western Australia M KELLY Pearl Evelyn 1903 Fremantle Western Australia D 8th May 1935 East Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
| 2nd Husband of 2nd Wife | BOVELL James |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1877 Perth Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | Robert John b 1878 Fremantle Western Australia Benjamin b 1881 Fremantle Western Australia D 1941 South Fremantle Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Western Australia Robert b 1883 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Stationed Rottnest 1856 1865 Tanner |
| Newspaper Articles | Western Mail Thursday 17th November 1927 page 40 Death Notice Elizabeth Bovell The South Western News Friday 8th November 1940 page 4 Obituary Hannah Grace |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 8th February 1874 Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife | 1870 Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | 10th November 1927 Fremantle Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | SROWA Cons 3403 1875/476 – He requested his estate be sold and the proceeds shared equally between his 2nd wife Eliza and children Charles Edmund, Alfred Joseph and Rosemary (daughter by his first wife Mary) |
| Further Information | Description of this ‘man’ differs on his discharge document given above and attestation document which states 5 Ft 5 in / Complexion fresh / Eyes Blue / Hair Light Brown Discharge due to contraction of right hand and being blown up by a mine at the battle of Sobraon, severely and extensively burnt over neck and chest, right arm and was also wounded by musket ball at the battle of Moodkee on upper and outer right leg [No wonder he did not look like he did at attestation] In the 1841 Census HO 107/1086/8 Charles is living with his family at Duke Street, St Thomas the Martyr, Southwark prior to enlisting in the army. His father Thomas is also a milkman. In the 1851 Census HO 107/1494/604/81 Charles a single man is a patient at the University Hospital Gower Street St. Pancras Marylebone London his occupation is given as porter at railway station CV Fordham age 1 year was treated for rubella on the Sea Park, he is not found on marriages or death registrations in Australia On 7th October 1865 Charles nominated his brother James age 30. His wife Eveline age 28 and their children Herbert age 9, Frederick age 7, Eveline age 4 and Jane age 1 as immigrants. At the time they were living at Banbury Road Oxford. James went on to have a very successful career in Western Australia. Charles gave his occupation as ‘tanner’ and he was living at Preston Point. |