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Battle of Ferozeshah 1845
Name | ARBUCKLE – John a.k.a. AITKEN Henry |
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Regiment (s) | Honorable East India Company Bengal Horse Artillery |
Regiment Number (s) | 769 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 12th August 1841 / 21 years / Edinburgh Scotland Brickmaker |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Fresh / Grey / Brown / Nil |
Overseas Service/Duration | HEIC To India 10th September 1841 per Nankin To UK 1 December 1861 per Maria Somes 22 years |
Length of Service | 21 years 3 months |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 7th November 1861 / Not stated |
Campaign Medals | Gwalior Star |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Glasgow Scotland |
Pension Districts | 1861 2nd Glasgow 1862 1st Glasgow 1863 Tilbury 1863-1871 Western Australia 1870 2nd Glasgow 1874 2nd Glasgow |
Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 15th March 1863 Portland Dorset England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLYDE 29th May 1863 |
Date/Place of Birth | 1st January 1820 Hamilton Lanarkshire Scotland |
Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
Father Date/Place of Birth | ARBUCKLE John |
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
Siblings | Not yet known |
1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | STAUNTON Margaret (nee GRAHAM) 1st October 1823 Cawnpore Bengal India |
Date/Place of Marriage | 28th November 1849 Lahore India |
Children by 1st Wife | Jane B 1857 India M FERGUSON Duncan c 1878 D 28th November 1880 Cathcart Renfrewshire Scotland Carol Perriam (CP) advises Jane and Agnes Aitken may be same person or details confused |
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | GRAHAM Thomas |
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
2nd Wife | VANCE Agnes (nee RUSSELL) b Scotland 3rd Marriage of 2nd wife: Agnes AIKEN aka ARBUCKLE married REEVES George 1872 Fremantle WA. |
Date/Place of Marriage | 11th March 1862 Calton Glasgow (Henry AIKEN) |
Children by 2nd Wife | Jessie Morton B 16th November 1863 Fremantle Western Australia M REEVES George William c1878 Western Australia (no marriage record found) D 14th December 1942 bur Methodist Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Robert Henry B 19th August 1865 Perth Western Australia M CHINNERY Sarah Ann 1890 M BINNEY/BURNEY Blanche 1902 Perth Western Australia D 11th June 1951 South Perth Western Australia bur Salvation Army Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Agnes Aitken B 21st June 1867 Perth Western Australia D 28 November 1902 Scotland James B 28th July 1869 Western Australia D 26 November 1952 Williams Western Australia |
3rd Wife | THOMSON Elizabeth B 1821 unknown location |
Date/Place of Marriage | 2nd April 1879 Glasgow |
Children by 3rd Wife | Nil |
Land Grants Western Australia | None |
Occupation after Arrival | 1867 employed as Coachman to Governor Labourer |
Newspaper Articles | The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times 7 February 1868 page 3 Assaulting wife The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 8th September 1871 page 2 Passenger list Robert Morrison (Jane Arbuckle) The West Australian Wednesday 16th December 1942 page 1 Death notice of Jessie Reeves The West Australian Wednesday 30th December 1942 page 1 Death notice from Robert and James West Australian Sunday Times Sunday 10th November 1901 page 12 Marriage of Robert and Blanche The West Australian Thursday 27 November 1952 page 24 Death of James |
Departure from Western Australia | 18th January 1871 departed for London per “Robert Morrison ” (name of Jane Arbuckle given in newspaper article |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 12th January 1885 Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland bur Glasgow |
Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife | Unknown but pre November 1863, note 24 July 1861 on board “Maria Somes” |
Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | 24th March 1878 Fremantle Western Australia Not yet known |
Date/Place of Death/Burial 3rd Wife | 24th August 1898 City Poorhouse Glasgow |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | Departed colony (temporarily) per “Hougoumont” in charge of a consignment of horses |