JARVIS – Joseph 85th and 5th Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Name	JARVIS – Joseph
Regiment (s)	85th and 5th Fusiliers 2nd Battalion
Regiment Number (s)	2174/1539
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	24th July 1843 / 14 years / London Middlesex England None
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 3 in Fresh / Hazel / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	West Indies – 1 year 5 months Mauritius – 3 years Cape of Good Hope – 8 years 11 months
Length of Service	21 years 82 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Drummer / 17th November 1868 /Aldershot England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Leicester England
Pension Districts	1868 Leicester 1873 Greenwich 1874-1908 Western Australia
Pension Paid	1/1d per diem 1887 Increased to 1/3½d per diem for 6 years service in Enrolled Force
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	1st November 1873 Gravesend England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	NAVAL BRIGADE 18th February 1874
Date/Place of Birth	c1829 Sheffield Yorkshire England
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	JARVIS Thomas Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	UNKNOWN Prudence Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	PETERS Selina Emmeline c1846 At sea
Date/Place of Marriage	c1864 Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Ellen b1864 Port Natal M FITZPATRICK John 1879 Perth WA son of EPG Michael Fitzpatrick D 22nd June 1928 Perth WA Bu Karrakatta Cemetery WA Joseph B c 1867 M LANNIN Susie 29th June 1899 D 6th February 1950 East Fremantle WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery WA Selina Frances B 1866 Grahamstown Cape of Good Hope M CLEMENS Henry Haddock 7th June 1887 Perth Western Australia D 31st January 1956 Inglewood Western Australia bur Quairading Cemetery Western Australia Henry Samuel B 1st Qtr 1869 Leicestershire England M BUCKLEY Bridget K 1911 Fremantle WA D 17th August 1946 Maylands WA Bur Karrakatta Cemetery Stillborn Female B/d 1877 Fremantle Western Australia Isabella Ann B 1878 Fremantle Western Australia M BUDDIVENT Henry 1911 Broome Western Australia D 24th May 1956 Bicton Western Australia bur Methodist Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Edith Florence B 1880 Fremantle Western Australia M WILCE Elijah Warwick 1900 Fremantle Western Australia D 4th January 1959 New South Wales Both Edith and Elijah are buried Macquarie Park Cemetery NSW
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	Cockburn Sound Willagee Swamp Lot P227 19.0.32 19 acres 32 perches 31st January 1884 Title Application 16th June 1884 Granted (the area is in Kardinya near Gilbertson Road)
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	The West Australian Friday 31st July 1908 page 1 Death Notice Joseph Jarvis The West Australian Monday 19th August 1946 page 1 Death notice Henry Samuel Jarvis
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	29th July 1908 Fremantle Western Australia Methodist Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	19th January 1883 Fremantle Western Australia Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide index 1851 Joseph Jarvis 2174 Private 85th Ft location Preston 1861 Joseph Jarvis 2174 Private 85th Ft location Natal 1871 Census Leadenhall Street St. Margaret Leicester Joseph age 39 is working as a labourer and living with his wife Selina age 25 who was born ‘at sea’ and their daughters Ellen age 7 who was born at Port Natal and Selina age 4 who was born at the Cape of Good Hope. Son (Henry) Samuel age 2 was born Leicestershire England November 1880 Joseph Jarvis was on the Nominal roll for the Enrolled Guard. He was living at No 1 Barracks Fremantle with his wife and 4 children. He was appointed to the Guard on 13th April 1881 to 31st March 1887 when the Guard was disbanded. 19th January 1883 it was reported Selina Jarvis wife of Joseph Jarvis had died at the barracks at 7:15 in the morning. Joseph was employed at the Fremantle magazine from 1st July – 30th September 1881.