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| Name | BURTON / BARTON – Edwin / Edward |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company 1st Bombay European Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | Discharge No. 443 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 12th May 1838 / 20 years / London Middlesex England Cooper |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 feet 7 ½ inches Fresh/Hazel/Light brown |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Departed England 1st June 1838 per “Aurora” to India Departed India May 1855 per “Ann Michell” for England |
| Length of Service | 16 years 3 months (Lord Clive Pension records) |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 22nd May 1855 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Tower Hill |
| Pension Districts | 1855 South London 1856 – 1888 |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th June 1856 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | RUNNYMEDE 7th September 1856 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1815 St. Leonards Shoreditch Middlesex |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | BURTON John |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | MOREZ / MOREY Mary Anne nee WHITNELL Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 14th September 1846 Kurrachee India |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | WHITNELL John |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 1st Husband of Wife | MOREZ Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Husband | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | North Fremantle Lot P96 located Jackson Street between Stirling Hwy and the railway. 1 acre Assigned 11 November 1883 Title 6/149 Issued 27 February and 30 August 1884 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Herald Saturday 6 August 1870 page 1 – see further information The West Australian Monday 2 January and 14th January 1888. |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Edmund (sic) Burton age 70 died 1888 –all unknown |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Possible death 26th May 1889 aged 65 in the Old Women’s Home Bur East Perth Cemetery |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to rupture and disease of the liver. Although we have not found any relatives of Edwin Burton on the 6th December 1856 an unclaimed letter was held by the post office (Perth Gazette 12th December 1856) Mary Anne Burton was charged with using abusive and insulting language towards Captain Finnerty in October 1868 and again in November 1868 towards Mrs Hampton at South Beach while Edwin was charged with being drunk and incapable in December 1868 and again in 1870. Edwin and Mary Burton gave evidence in the case involving the sanity of Mr Henry Vincent prior to his death. Mary Burton having been in his employment- see The Herald Saturday 6 August 1870 page 1 On 21st November 1876 Mrs Burton applied to the Resident Magistrate for assistance in maintaining a child Joseph Dean, aged eight, who had been in her care for about 2 years. His father J. Dean was in prison and his mother had left the colony. The Superintendent of the Poor House replied he was unable to give assistance in the boy’s maintenance and she take legal action against the father when he was released from prison. In January 1888 a baby in the care of Mrs Burton died and at the inquiry into the child’s death she was castigated for not having sought medical for the badly under nourished child. |