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| Name | BEESLEY / BEASLEY – Stephen |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 40th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1754 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 19th May 1842 / 24 years 3 months / Chelmsford Essex England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 in Fair / Grey / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 2 years 8 months |
| Length of Service | 7 years 340 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 6th May 1850 / Dublin Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | Bronze Star for battle of Maharajpore 29 December 1843 |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Taunton England |
| Pension Districts | 1850 Bristol 1851 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 6d per diem – Temporary 2 years until 21st June 1852 |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th July 1851 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MINDEN 14th October 1851 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1818 ? Wivelscomb Somerset England – likely 1816 |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 16th June 1816 Wiveliscombe Somerset (Anglican) |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | BEASLEY James Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Hannah |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | HAYWARD Mary Jane 1826 Somerset England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 16th December 1850 St. Philip and Jacob Bristol Gloucestershire England |
| Children by 1st Wife | Lewis BEASLEY B 2 June 1853 Milford Adelaide South Australia D 20 June 1853 Milford SA Josiah BEASLEY (mother Mary Ann Haywood) B 19 April 1856 Magill South Australia M HANLIN Emily Denison 29 October 1884 Christ Church North Adelaide D 11 October 1909 Mile End Hindmarsh SA Agnes BEASLEY born 15 October 1859 Magill SA (mother Mary Ann Haywood) D 10 June 1861 aged 19 Months Magill SA Sidney BEASLEY B 5 April 1863 Magill Adelaide SA (mother Jane Hayward) M GOLDSWORTHY Zealia 27 January 1891 Wesleyan Church Border Town SA M 5 June 1911 Maggie Gardner nee Richards St. Matthew Church Kensington SA D 10 June 1919 Unley SA buried Magill (St. George) Anglican Ernest BEASLEY b 10 October 1865 Woodforde Magill Adelaide SA M 10 October 1889 Annie Goffie Pike St. James Church Blakiston Mt Barker D 2 April 1910 Oakbank Nairne SA Madora Ellen BEASLEY B 9 May 1870 Woodforde Magill Adelaide SA Bp St George Magill, Adelaide SA 13 August 1870 |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Express and Telegraph Monday 16 July 1888 page 2 Death notice of Stephen The Express and Telegraph 18 May 1887 page 4 Death Notice Mary Jane |
| Departure from Western Australia | Discharge document states in Adelaide South Australia 4th June 1886 but he was in Adelaide as early as 1853 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 15 July 1888 age 70 Magill, Norwood SA |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 17 May 1887 age 62 Magill SA |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | He was discharged suffering from ‘heart disease and constitutional debility.’ In the 1851 Census HO 107/1954/665 Stephen Beasley and his wife Jane are living at 15 Barley Fields in the parish of St Philip and St Jacob Bristol. Stephen is working as a labourer at and iron foundry. Throughout her life Mary Jane was called by the alternate names of Jane, Mary Ann and Haywood. There is possibly another child Alice Adelaide Beasley daughter of Stephen Beasley of Magill who married Joseph William Pratten 1 January 1874 and died in childbirth 11 March 1878 aged 26 years. No birth has been found but it must have been not long after their arrival in WA. His pension must have terminated before his departure for South Australia as his pension was not paid there. |