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| Name | CALLAGHAN / CALLAGNAN – Cornelius |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 2nd Queens Royal Regiment of Infantry |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1128 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 6th May 1839 / 19 years / Cork Ireland labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8½ in Fresh / Brown / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 5 years 11 months |
| Length of Service | 11 years 204 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 21st October 1850 / Newry Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | 1 Curtis Lane Cork Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1850 Cork 1853 Tilbury 1853 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 6d per day, temporary to 24th December 1853 |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 6th April 1853 London England via Cork and Rio de Janeiro |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | ROBERT SMALL 19th August 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1820 Parish of St Peter’s Cork 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 | SULLIVAN Mary c1820 Cork Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 20 May 1851 Sts Peter and Paul’s, Cork City Cork Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Elizabeth B c1854 Fremantle Western Australia D 26 September 1857 Western Australia Bur St. Patrick’s Skinner street Cemetery Fremantle WA Stillborn Male born 1859 Wanerenooka Western Australia Joanna B 1852 D 29 July 1856 Fremantle Western Australia John B 29 March 1856 Fremantle Western Australia M GALLAGHER Catherine 1875 Fremantle Western Australia Margaret Bap 1861 Waneranooka Western Australia Cornelius B 1864 Waneranooka Western Australia D age 1 1866 Catherine B c1866 Northampton Western Australia M NELSON Neil 1888 Fremantle Western Australia D 19 February1932 Fremantle Western Australia Bur Fremantle Cemetery RC Western Australia Harriet b 1869 baptised by John Boyle O’Rielly see further information below M JOHNSON Alexander 1887 Fremantle Western Australia D Unknown |
| 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 | Warder from 12th October 1853 Commissariat 1853-1856 Assistant Warder 1857 |
| Newspaper Articles | The West Australian Monday 22 February 1932 Page 1 & 10 Death notice Catherine Nelson |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | According to family, Cornelius “John” died 19th April 1869 while a prisoner Fremantle Gaol |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Buried 31 October 1896 Skinner Street Fremantle |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1853 Mary Callaghan signed testimonial for the Surgeon on the Robert Small According to Barker in Warders and Gaolers: 1860 sentenced 3 months imprisonment for aiding wife Ann steal from a store in Geraldton 1860 Admitted Invalid Depot with a disease of the chest (?) stole ale – sentenced 6 months imprisonment SROWA AN5 CONS 419 Fremantle Police Files 26 October 1868. MARY CALLAGHAN, pensioner’s wife drunk and disorderly and using obscene language. Fined 5/- or 48 hours. 27 October 1868. CORNELIUS CALLAGHAN, pensioner, charged with broaching on the North Jetty between the hours of 9 & 10 pm on the night of the 26th inst a barrel of ale and stealing there from several bottles of ale the property of G. Shenton Esq., Perth. 6 months imprisonment.Family were destitute and admitted to the poor house. Margaret was admitted to the Catholic Orphanage age 9 years on 24 February 1868 and left 8 June 1869 to go to her mother in Fremantle Catherine was admitted to the Catholic Orphanage age 2 ½ years on 26 August 1869. She left on 8 June 1869 to go to her mother in Fremantle. She was readmitted age 7 years on 13 June 1874 and left on 11 November 1880 to go to Dongara. Harriet was also admitted age 5 years on 13 June 1874 and left on 31 April 1885 for a situation in the North West. See: John Boyle O’Reilly was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (the Fenians) |