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| Name | FARRELL – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 21st Fusiliers |
| Regiment Number (s) | 3750 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 1st August 1854 / 17 years 10 months /Dublin Ireland Baker |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 5 in Fresh / Brown / Dark / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Crimea – 5 months “with the Expeditionary Army in the East.” |
| Length of Service | 276 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 3rd July 1855 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal Turkish Crimea Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1855 1st Dublin 1855 Roscommon Militia 1856 1st Dublin 1857 1st Liverpool 1859 1st Dublin 1866 Tilbury 1866 – 1871 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th October 1866 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CORONA 22nd December 1866 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1st October 1836 Carlow Carlow Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 10th May 1837 or 18th June 1837 Carlow, Ireland (parents living in Dublin Road at time of John Junior’s baptism) |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | FARRELL John or Laurence Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | BYRNE Mary Not yet known Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | GREEN Anne Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Possible Marriage 7th January 1857 St Joseph’s Liverpool Lancashire |
| Children by 1st Wife | Catherine B 1st Qtr 1858 Liverpool Lancashire England John B 1859 3rd Qtr 1859 Liverpool Lancashire England D (Possible) 1896 age 34 Fremantle Western Australia Mary Ann B 1865 see Further Information M WOOLLAMS Frederick 1886 Fremantle Western Australia Divorced 1901 D 2nd August 1922 age 58 Fremantle Western Australia Bur Fremantle Cemetery (Farrell) Laurence B 1867 Fremantle Western Australia D 1869 Western Australia Eliza B 1868 Fremantle Western Australia M COSTIGAN Henry 1890 Perth Western Australia D25th May 1912 Fremantle WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery Theresa B 1870 Fremantle Western Australia M GATES Robert 1915 Fremantle WA D 24 December 1932 Fremantle WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | GREEN John |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 21st September 1871 Fremantle Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1894 Western Australia (tentative) |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to loss of power and wasting of right forearm due to gunshot wound in the trenches on 10th February (1855) ‘Gunshot wound through the right forearm. Ball having grazed and injured the ulna at its middle – passed downwards and forwards between it and the radius and escaped in front- hand weak and tremulous – but likely to improve.’ The possible marriage gives a different father (Laurence) to the baptism but John Farrell was in Liverpool in January of 1857. (WO22). The birth of a child Laurence in 1867 rather reinforces this as being our John Farrell. On 16th May 1872 Mary Ann and Eliza Farrell were admitted to the Roman Catholic Orphanage. Mary Ann was age 7 and Eliza age 5. Mary Ann was released on 18th November 1876 and Eliza 31st August 1875, both to their mother. Ann Farrell (widow) married Pensioner William John Smith ( 50th Foot Sultana) at Fremantle 1872 however on 9th August 1872 he was charged with bigamy as at the time of his marriage to Ann his wife Caroline formerly Beckett was still alive and living at York WA. He was sentenced to 6 months prison and shortly afterwards moved to Victoria Mary Ann was divorced from Frederick in April 1901, although there was confusion over the decree nisi not finalised 1922) so there are two registrations for the death of Mary Ann, one under the names Farrell and one under Woollams, both have the same registration number. |