CARROLL – Michael Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Michael Carroll Rifle Brigade by Terry Carroll EPG Gazette 2002 No 2

Name	CARROLL – Michael 2nd Battalion
Regiment (s)	Rifle Brigade
Regiment Number (s)	478
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	4th April 1825 / 20 years / Dublin Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	6 Ft o½ in Fair / Blue / Light Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Malta – 6 years 1 months Ionian Islands – 5 years 3 months
Length of Service	21 years 66 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 11th August 1846 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Edenderry Londonderry Ireland / Gurensey
Pension Districts	1846 Guernsey 1848 Tullamore 1849 or 1850 2nd Dublin 1851 Tilbury Fort 1851-1861 Western Australia 1861-1877 South Australia
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	13th March 1851 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	PYRENEES 28th June 1851
Date/Place of Birth	c1805 Oran Roscommon Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	CARROLL William Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	KEEFE Mary Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	HENERY or HENRY or HENERSEY Bridgett or Brigid c1823 Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	20 October 1838 Catholic Chapel, Greenwich, UK unsourced Registered 4th Qtr 1838 Greenwich London England
Children by 1^st Wife	Mary B 29th January 1838 Westminster Middlesex England unsourced – 7th February 1839 Peter the Apostle Woolwich possible baptism date M 1st FROST George 26th December 1852 Fremantle Western Australia M 2nd STENSON John 6th December 1881 Adelaide South Australia M 3rd BURTON Charles E. 1893 Wilcannia New South Wales D May 1916 Broken Hill New South Wales John Henry B 22nd May 1844 Guernsey Channel Islands Bp 2nd June 1844 Notre Dame du Rosaire Guernsey Channel Island (Fiona Carroll) M PARSONS Fanny 2nd September 1875 Wanganu, New Zealand (they had nine children) D 2nd May 1901 Hāwera, New Zealand Margaret Louisa b c1845, Dover, Kent M HATTON Charles Frederick 6th July 1859 at St Patricks, Fremantle D 1916 at the Workhouse Infirmary, Chatham, Ken Bur 2nd February Grange Rd Cemetery in Gillingham, Kent Jane Veronica B 28th September 1846 Guernsey Channel Island Bp 11th October 1846 Notre Dame du Rosaire Guernsey M FRANCIS Walter James 29th September 1864 St. Paul’s Adelaide SA D 5th November 1933 Malvern Hyde Park Adelaide SA Frances Graham B 24th April 1851 onboard “Pyrenees” Bap 27th July 1851 Fremantle WA M CONWAY John 4th March 1874 Trinity Church Adelaide South Australia (The Baptism for Francesco 24/04/1851(Familysearch) said the maternal grandfather was Robert Henery (sic) and maternal grandmother was Birgita (Bridget). William B 2nd October 1853 Perth WA bap 8th October 1853 Fremantle Western Australia George Charles B 1st November 1854 Fremantle bap 5th November 1854 Fremantle Western Australia D 21st December 1854 Fremantle WA Elizabeth B 12th March 1856 Fremantle bap 23rd March 1856 Fremantle Western Australia M 1st MILLS Harry or Henry 3rd November 1883 Methodist Church Adelaide South Australia M 2nd THREADGOLD William Henry 28th August 1895 St Luke’s Adelaide South Australia D 31st October 1944 Mitchum Park South Australia Frederick B 4th October 1858 Fremantle bap 10th October 1858 Fremantle Western Australia M SLATE Emily 17th September 1891 Broken Hill New South Wales D 12th April 1937 Adelaide South Australia
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	HENRY Robert Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	UNKNOWN Bridget Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	P30 North Fremantle assigned 20th November 1852
Occupation after Arrival	Appointed Night Warder Convict Establishment 8th October 1851 resigned 6th January 1852
Newspaper Articles	The Inquirer and Commercial News Perth Wednesday 14th January 1857 – Nightingale List The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News Friday 28th December 1860 Page 2 Death of Bridget Adelaide Observer Saturday 13th April 1861 Arrival of the Kestrel The Inquirer and Commercial News Perth Wednesday 3rd April 1861 page 2 Passenger list Kestrel
Departure from Western Australia	27th March 1861 to South Australia per “Kestrel”
Date/Place of Death/Burial	29th September 1877 North Adelaide South Australia Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	20th December 1860 Fremantle Western Australia Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide index 1841 Michael Carroll 478 2nd Bn Rifle brigade location Newport Wales 1841 Census HO 107/751/16/51/24 Michael Carrol (Sic) a soldier is living with his wife Bridgett (sic)and daughter Mary age 2 at Wedlock Row St Woollos Newport Monmouthshire Wales 1851 when Michael was employed as a warder it is recorded that he was the father of 5 children 1 child missing Michael Carroll was assigned North Fremantle Pensioner allotment P30 on 20th November 1852 but all did not go well as in 1855 the couple signed an undertaking not to fight under pain of expulsion from the village. Unfortunately Bridget was expelled from the village after a court appearance on 14th June 1855. Bridget Carroll died from burns which occurred when she was returning from Fremantle to her home at North Fremantle when being the worse for drink she fell asleep and some matches in her pocket ignited. 22nd August 1876 Michael Carroll age 71 was admitted to the (Royal) Adelaide Hospital. At the time he was living at Finnis and working as a labourer. He said he was a Roman Catholic, married, and had been in the Colony for 27 years arriving on the Pyrenees.