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The Girl and the Army! Behind many good men was an even stronger woman – Mary Polson
| Name | BUTLER – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 9th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 917 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 14th April 1831 / 20 years / Dublin Ireland Cabinet Maker |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 6 Ft 0½ in Fair / Hazel / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mauritius 2 years 195 days East Indies 11 years 124 days |
| Length of Service | 20 years 357 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 18th May 1852/ Galway |
| Campaign Medals | 1st Afghan War (Cabul Medal 1842) Sutlej 1845-1846 with clasps Moodkee Ferozashar and Sobraon |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Dublin Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1852 Dublin 1853 West Australia 1857 – 92 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 2nd February 1853 Portsmouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PYRENEES 30th April 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1811 St Werburgh Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | POLSON Mary Ann (Marianne) B 5th November 1820, bap 31st January 1821, Cannanore, Madras, India |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 17th October 1845, Kussowlie, Bengal |
| Children by 1st Wife | Charles James bap 26th June 1849 Newry Down Ireland M MAUGHAN Elizabeth 18 May 1872, Presbytery Port Adelaide, South Aus D 16th March 1889 Port Adelaide bur 18th March 1889, Cheltenham (Woodville) Cemetery Patrick B c September 1852 (from Surgeon’s Sick list) D c 1856 Western Australia Mary Ann bap 24th December 1854 Fremantle Western Australia M ANDERSON Charles 29th November 1883 Port Adelaide South Australia D 10th Jan 1937, Birkenhead, Port Adelaide South Aust Thomas 19th Feb 1857 (Bap 1st Mar. 1857) Fremantle, Western Australia. M HAMILTON Clarissa 31st August 1879 RC Church, Port Adelaide, South Australia. D 5th March 1913, Birkenhead, Port Adelaide, South Aus. Bur. 7th March 1913 Catholic Cemetery Woodville. James B 25th July 1860 Port Adelaide South Australia. M McKINLAY Annie 12th November 1904, St Peters C of E Melbourne, Victoria. D 12th February 1915, Hampton, Melbourne, Victoria. Bur 13th Feb 1915, Brighton General Cemetery, Caufield Victoria. Robert 4th December 1862 Port Adelaide South Australia M CHAMBERS Mary Ann 6th February 1894 Registry Office Port Adelaide South Australia D 14th March 1940 Sandwell Port Adelaide South Australia Joseph Saint Swithin B c15th July 1865, Port Adelaide South Australia – Birth reg as “Saint Swithin”.M 1. CAMENS Alma Agnes 14th October 1891 St Augustine’s Unley South Australia M 2. MALONEY Mary or May Adelaide 1916, Wellington (Bunbury) Western Australia D 26th June 1941 Bunbury Western Australia (Joseph enlisted AIF 1916 giving age of 45 years. Was returned to Australia from England overage (53) and unfit 1917: ‘he does not look his age’) |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | POLSON Daniel (Sergeant 44th and 69th Regiment) B 1795 Glasgow Scotland dies 3rd January 1840 Chinsurah, Bengal, India |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | HODKINSON Hannah/Ann/Mary B c1801 Married 5th Nov 1817, Bangalore, India, Buried 12th Jun 1838(Mary), Chinsurah, Bengal, India |
| 1st Marriage of Wife Children of 1st Marriage | BRUMSLEY George (44th Foot) M 20th June 1836 St Peter’s Church Fort William Bengal India Child William Thomas born and died 1838 Ghazeepore, India. Child George born 1841 died 7th June 1841 aged 7 months Cawnpore Calcutta |
| 2nd Marriage of Wife | LEWIS Joseph 14th August 1843 Fort William Calcutta India of 44th and 9th foot. Child William Henry LEWIS 16th July (Bap. 25th Aug.) 1844, Kussowlie, Bengal. M BURGOYNE Jessie 4th May 1865, Reg. Office Port Elliot, Encounter Bay, South Aus. ‘William Henry BUTLER’ is recorded as another name of groom. D 1st June 1908, Birkenhead, Port Adelaide, South Aus. Bur. 4th June 1908, Woodville Cemetery |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Cabinet maker (SA) |
| Newspaper Articles | The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News (WA : 1848 ¬ 1864) Friday 1st May 1857 page 2 South Australian Register (Adelaide SA: 1839 ¬-1900) Thursday 28th May 1857 page 2 Passenger list Swallow Adelaide Observer (SA: 1843 ¬ 1904) Saturday 29th October 1892 pages 29-30 – Obituary – states boorn 18 March 1806 The Advertiser (Adelaide SA: 1889 ¬-1931) Wednesday 20th December 1905 page 2 |
| Departure from Western Australia | Departed WA 30th April 1857 per Swallow |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | D 22nd October 1892 Port Adelaide South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | D December 1905 Port Adelaide South Australia bur 18th December 1905 Catholic Cemetery Woodville South Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 William Butler 917 Private 9th Foot location Meerat 1851 William Butler 917 Private 9th Foot location Dublin Served through the campaign 1842 in Affghanistan (sic), campaign 1840/6 on the Sutledge. Discharge due to “…activity and efficiency are too much impaired to render him a useful or efficient soldier”, chronic rheumatism December 24th 1852 son Patrick age 3 months was treated for porrigo on board the Pyrenees 17th January 1853 son William Butler was treated for ophthalmia on board Pyrenees and for diarrhoea on February 14th . Ophthalmia reappeared on April 5th and was successfully treated. 25th March 1853 William Butler age 48 was treated for catarrh. William Henry aged 9 years likely arrived on Pyrenees 1853 with family, is listed on ‘Swallow’ in 1857. Possibly is William listed age 2 in Surgeon’s sick list.Mary A Butler was admitted to the (Royal) Adelaide hospital on 26th August 1890 age 69, a married woman, Roman Catholic residing at port Adelaide. She was born East Indies and had resided in the Colony for 33 years having arrived on the Pioneer (a common mistake for Pyrenees) Mary Anne Butler’s father Daniel Polton was a Sergeant and Drum Major with the 44th regiment and 69th regiment and a veteran of Waterloo and the Burmese War. Her first husband George Brimsley was a private of the 44th regiment and her second husband Thomas Lewis was a lance corporal also with the 44th regiment. |