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| Name | CONLON / CONLAN – Michael |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 77 th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1051 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 17th July 1839 / 18 years / Dublin Ireland Tailor |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9 in Sallow / Grey / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mediterranean Turkey and Crimea – 5 years 1 month West Indies and North America – 5 years 5 months Australia and East Indies – 2 years 1 month |
| Length of Service | 22 years 28 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant / 23rd August 1859 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal Turkish Crimea Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Glasgow Scotland |
| Pension Districts | 1859 2nd Glasgow 1861-1866 Western Australia 1866- April 1869 Otago New Zealand June 1869 – January 1879 Sydney New South Wales |
| Pension Paid | 1/8d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 10th November 1860 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PALMERSTON 11th February 1861 |
| Date/Place of Birth | July 1819 Rathfarnham Dublin Ireland (Rookwood Sydney New South Wales burial records said he was born 17th June 1818) |
| 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 | TIERNEY Mary 11th February 1828 Belfast Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | William B 1844 Port Royal (Kingston) Jamaica M CRISP Harriett 1875 Weymouth Dorset England D 1910 Camberwell London England Jane B 1845 Maroon Town (Falmouth) Jamaica M CORNELL George 1869 Victoria (tentative) D Not yet known Michael B 1849 Montreal Canada D Not yet known Patrick B 1850 Carmarthan Wales D Not yet known Henry B Glasgow Scotland 1853 D Not yet known Maryan B Parkhurst 1855 D Not yet known Henry B 1858 Dum Dum India D Not yet known Patrick Miles B 1861 Fremantle Western Australia D aged 11 weeks bur 2nd February 1862 St Patrick’s Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia Mary B Fremantle 1862 D Not yet known Thomas Patrick B 1864 Western Australia (Bi-Centennial Dictionary) D Not yet known Patrick J B 1869 Paddington New South Wales Australia D Not yet known John no date of birth found and may refer to Patrick J. (Funeral Notice for Mary) |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | TIERNEY Myles (Ref: Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney New South Wales) Not yet known |
| 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 | Adelaide Observer Saturday 8th September 1866 – page 5 The Adelaide Express 7th September 1866 – page 2 Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 13th February 1894 – page 8 Sydney Morning Herald Monday 19th June 1899 – page 10 Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 14th August 1902 – page 10 |
| Departure from Western Australia | 12th August 1866 per “Emily Smith” to Adelaide South Australia 6th September 1866 per “Coorong” from Adelaide to Melbourne |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 17th June 1899 Sydney New South Wales Rookwood Old Catholic Mortuary (Section GG Row 18 plot 361) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 11th February 1894 Newtown Sydney Rookwood Old Catholic Mortuary (Section GG row 18 plot 361) |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1851 Census HO 107/2473/370/4 St. Peters, Carmarthen, Wales Michael Conlan, soldier, Married, age 33, Lance Sergeant 77th, born Ireland Rathfarnham Mary Conlan, Soldier’s wife, married age 21, born Belfast Ireland William Conlan, soldier’s child, 7, born 1844, Port Royal Jamaica Jane Conlan, soldier’s child, 6, born 1845 Maroon Town Jamaica Michael Conlan, 2 years, Soldier’s child, born 1849 Montreal, Canada Patrick Conlan, soldier’s child, 6 months, born1850 Carmarthan, Wales The first son William Conlan born 1844 at sea and baptised Jamaica followed in his father’s footsteps in that he was attested for the 77th regiment on 31 December 1856 age 14 years and 2 months. He served in the 77th for 18 years 182 days and was discharged on 30 April 1879. He married Harriett Crisp in 1875 at Weymouth, Dorset, England. The couple had 4 living children and 5 deceased in the 1911 Census. The family lived at 71 Victoria Road Camberwell, London from 1891 to 1911. He was discharged from the army as a musician and is described as that in the 1891 Census, although in the 1901 census he is a commissionaire. William died 1910. |