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| Name | BAILEY – Job |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Marines |
| Regiment Number (s) | 7421 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 1830/18years/Portsmouth Division (Baily) |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | Not yet known |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Not yet known |
| Length of Service | 21 years approx |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | 3rd July 1851 |
| Campaign Medals | Naval General Service medal, clasp Syria, while serving on the Bellerophon. |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1851 Trowbridge 1853-1886 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | £15-4-0 per annum |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th April 1853 London England via Cork and Rio de Janeiro |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | ROBERT SMALL 19th August 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1812 Wiltshire, England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | BAILEY William |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | LUSCOMB Sarah Ann 1823 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 16 January 1845 St Mary Portsea Island Hampshire England |
| Children by 1st Wife | Sarah Alice B 25 January 1845 Southampton Hampshire England M BARNES Benjamin Solomon 1860 York Western Australia D 1925 Coonabarabran New South Wales Bur Binnaway Cemetery Elizabeth B1849 Portsmouth Hampshire England M HICKS Walter George 1867 York Western Australia D 8th September 1922 Caulfield Victoria John B 1851 Forton Hampshire England George B 18th January 1854 Fremantle Western Australia M GAUNT Agnes Not yet known D 15th May 1910 York Western Australia Susanna B 5th July 1856 York Western Australia M GENTLE Samuel Setchel Frederic 1874 York Western Australia D 19th August 1934 Quellington Western Australia Job Henry B 16th December 1858 York Western Australia M COUSINS Naomi D 27 July 1944 Mount Hospital Perth Western Australia Ruth Rubena B 10th November 1861 York Western Australia M CRAWFORD Samuel 1883 York Western Australia D 16th November 1931 Quellington Western Australia Bur York Cemetery WA Emily B c1862 York Western Australia M REYNOLDS George Not yet known D 12th May 1947 York Western Australia Bur York Cemetery WA |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | LUSCOMB William (a Carpenter) |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | York Lot P6 4-0-6 acres |
| Occupation after Arrival | Guard Farmer |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 31st October 1856 – page 4 Column 2: wins prize for garden The Western Australian Times 16th May 1856 page 3: York Council to summons Job for carting for hire without a license. Eastern Districts Chronicle Saturday 13th February 1886 page 2 death Job Bailey The Eastern Chronicle Saturday 27 January 1900 page 2 Death Sarah Bailey The Argus Saturday 9th September 1922 page 17 death notice Eliza Hicks |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Died 13 February 1886 York WA as per death notice Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 23 January 1900 York Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | Cons 3403/1886/783 On 31 July 1883 Job Bailey made his will naming his wife Sarah Ann Bailey as sole executor. He divided his property into 3 distinct parcels of land. He left his place of residence in Pool Street York together with his personal property to his wife for her life time to live in rent free. After her death it is to pass to his son George. The adjacent cottage to his son Job Bailey. The remainder of the property is to be equally divided between his daughters Sarah Barnes, Eliza Elizabeth Hicks, Susannah Gentle, Ruth Rebinar (sic) Bailey and Emily Reynolds. He later added a codicil to his will with the proviso that his son Job could not sell or mortgage the cottage in Pool Street within 20 years after his death. He also appointed his son George Bailey as joint executor with his mother. |
| Further Information | At the time of his marriage Job was serving on the ship Vindicative which was at Portsmouth having a refit before being sent to the West Indies and North America. Discharge due to length of service Recorded on 1859 Census York Western Australia 1851 Census HO 107/1660/120 White Slip Alverstoke Hampshire England Sarah Bailey age 28, born Portsmouth, a mariner’s wife, is living with her 3 children Sarah age 5 born Southampton, Elizabeth age 2 born Portsmouth Hampshire and John Age 3 months born Forton Hampshire Purchased York lot 269 5 acres 2 rood 36 perches for £6.14.6 |