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| Name | BASKERVILLE – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company 4th Troop Bombay Horse Artillery |
| Regiment Number (s) | 263 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 1826 / 19 years / Westminster England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10 ½ in Fair / Oval / Blue / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | 15th December 1826 to India per ‘Mangles’ 1842 to England ship unknown |
| Length of Service | 15 years 4 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 14th February 1842 / Not stated |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Cork Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1849 Worcester 1850 Tilbury Fort 1850-1867 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 22nd July 1850 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | HASHEMY 25th October 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1807 Burcott Hereford England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 17th January 1808 St John The Baptist Hereford England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | BASKERVILLE Edward Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | NEWMAN Mary Not yet known Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | CLARK Mary c1818 unknown location |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 28th January 1832 Sholapur Bombay Presidency India |
| Children by 1st Wife | Sarah B 4th August 1836 Poona India D c1837 Poona India |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Wife | STRINGER Harriet Father William Stringer, Mother Anne B 16th June 1823 Poona Bombay India Bap 7th May 1837 Poona Bombay India |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 27th November 1837 Poona India |
| Children by 2nd Wife | Albert Mynus bap 20th July 1845 Stoke Lacey Hereford England M KNAPTON Eliza Ann 14th April 1870 St Mary’s Church of England Busselton Western Australia D 12th June 1925 Claremont Western Australia bur 13th June 1925 Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Perth Western Australia Margaret (Esther) bap 17th February 1846 Stoke Lacy Hereford England D pre -1850 England Louise or Louisa B 22nd June 1848 Allensmore Hereford England bap 11th June 1852 Bunbury Western Australia D 22nd November 1863 Bunbury Western Australia bur Bunbury Western Australia Harriet B 18th September 1851 Bunbury Western Australia M CAPORN Henry 12th January 1873 Busselton Western Australia D 16th August 1892 Bunbury Western Australia bur 17th August 1892 Bunbury Western Australia Charles B 24th July 1854 Bunbury Western Australia D 1876 Bunbury Western Australia Emma B 27th November 1856 Bunbury Western Australia M ABBEY Thomas 29th March 1876 Bunbury Western Australia D October 1916 Busselton Western Australia Bur Busselton Cemetery Western Australia John B 22nd July 1859 Bunbury Western Australia D 30th July 1859 Bunbury Western Australia William B 1861 Bunbury Western Australia D 1861 Bunbury Western Australia George B 1862 Boyanup Western Australia D 1862 Bunbury Western Australia Esther Louisa (Henrietta Maria) B 1863 Bunbury WA bap 22nd November Bunbury Western Australia M 1st WOODROW Benjamin 21st March 1883 Bunbury Western Australia M 2nd BENNETT Walter 1916 Wellington District Western Australia D 13th September 1929 Bunbury Western Australia – West Australian 18/09/1929 |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Assigned and granted Lot P6 Bunbury 1 acre Assigned 18th November 1858 Title application 4th December 1858 Title 1619 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Night Warder Convict Establishment. Conduct rated as “Good.’ Overseer Bunbury Road Party |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer 30th October 1850 – page 3 Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News Shipping Intelligence 1st November 1850 – page 2 – List of Pensioners on the Hashemy named Perth Gazette and West Australian Times 30th December 1867 and Friday 3rd January 1868 Bunbury Herald Monday 28th September 1903 page 3 Obituary Harriet Baskerville |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 27th December 1867 Bunbury Western Australia 29th December 1867 Bunbury Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife | D c1836 Poona India Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | 24th September 1903 Bunbury Buried 25th September 1903 Bunbury Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge was due to a rupture. Hashemy’s Surgeons report : Guard Baskerville, Corporal, late of the EIC service and at present forming one of the Guard over convicts was supplied with a single truss for the right groin, the other one in use being rendered quite unserviceable by which the gut could not be kept from descending Louisa Baskerville age 3 was treated for phlegmon during the voyage of the Hashemy as was her brother William age 5 (more likely Albert) In the obituary for Harriett and the death certificates for Albert and Esther Louise their mother is named Harriet Reynolds but on her marriage to John she (Harriett Stringer) was a spinster. Her mother Anne Stringer married Colonel Reynolds after the death of her husband William Stringer, making William Reynolds her step-father. When the Hashemy was chartered as a convict transport in 1850 its destination was Van Diemen’s Land but due to the strong anti-transportation movement in the Eastern states it was decided to send it to Western Australia where transportation was still acceptable. As a result the WO 23s still have the pensioners located in VDL in 1851 instead of Western Australia. |