CALSON – John Royal Marines Woolwich Division 32nd Company

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Royal Marines 1854 Britains Sea Soldiers Vol 1 by Cyril Field

Name	CALSON /COLSON – John
Regiment (s)	Royal Marines Woolwich Division 32nd Company
Regiment Number (s)	6337
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	5th September 1827 / 18 years / Manchester England Weaver
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 6½ in Fresh / Hazel / Black / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Tyne – 4th November 1830 to 6th October 1832 Rodney – 7th September 1835 to 14th May 1840 Caledonia – 6th November 1840 to 11th August 1841 Caledonia – 11th September 1841 to 3rd November 1843 Service Afloat 9 years 7 months 14 days Service Ashore 11 years 4 months 19 days
Length of Service	21 years 3 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 6th September 1848 / Woolwich Kent England
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not stated
Pension Districts	1848 2nd North London 1849 Salisbury 1849 2nd East London 1850 1st Manchester 1851 2nd East London 1852 Deptford 1854-1860 Western Australia 1860 – 1875 South Australia
Pension Paid	£15.4.0 per annum
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	5th May 1854 Plymouth England via Gibraltar
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	RAMILLIES 7th August 1854
Date/Place of Birth	c1809 Haslingdon Lancashire England
Date/Place of Baptism	14 February 1808 Haslingden Lancashire England
Father Date/Place of Birth	CALSON William B1778/Haslingden Lancashire
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	UNKNOWN Hester B 1782 Blackburn Lancashire
Siblings	CALSON William B 1814 Haslingden Lancashire
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	MOORE Caroline
Date/Place of Marriage	7 April 1843 St Andrews Plymouth Devon England
Children by 1^st Wife	Emma B c 1838
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	MOORE Thomas
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Not yet known
Departure from Western Australia	1860 to South Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial	(Possible) 6 March 1887 Adelaide South Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Discharge: At own request – length of service In the pay allotments for the HMS Caledonia John Calson’s are paid to Caroline Moore as trustee for his daughter Emma aged 4 ½ years, Caroline was residing with Mrs Fox 17 High Street Stonehouse, Mary Ann Fox was a witness to the marriage between John and Caroline. In the 1841 Census John Calson age +-30 is living at Rowe Court East Stonehouse Devonport with Caroline Calson age +- 15, no relationship given, neither were born in the County of Devon. His profession is given as ‘navy.’ In the 1851 Census John is living with his parents at Clarkes Lane Rochdale Lancashire. He is a married man and a Greenwich pensioner. His father William’s occupation is given as weaver flannel while his brother William’s is coachman There is no evidence his wife and child came to Western Australia. There is a note on his WO22/259 which looks like half his pension (£7/12/0) was paid to another unnamed person, possibly his daughter Emma. Still being paid pension in South Australia in 1875 A John Calson (father William) aged 55 married Mary Ann Taylor (father John Taylor) aged 28 at Adelaide South Australia 3 December 1869 -whether this is pensioner John Calson is unclear