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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 B 16th June 1823 Poona Bombay India Bap 7th May 1837 Poona Bombay India see attachment Father STRINGER William – Mother Anne |
| 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 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 1916 BENNETT Walter G Wellington District Western Australia D D 18th 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 then 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 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) |