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| Name | CONNOR / CONNORS – Peter |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 73rd Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 440 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 20th June 1825 / 18 years / Athlone Ireland Weaver |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10 in Fresh / Blue / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Gibraltar – 2 years 7 months Malta – 4 years 3 months Ionian Islands – 3 years 10 months North America – 3 years 1 month |
| Length of Service | 21 years 249 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 18th November 1846/ Clare Castle Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Dublin Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1847 Athlone 1850 2nd Dublin 1851 Applied for transfer to Montreal but cancelled it 1851 2nd Dublin 1856 – 1875 Western Australia Post 1875 Singapore (no pension details) |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem 1873 increased to 1/3d per diem for service to Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th January 1856 Plymouth Devon England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | WILLIAM HAMMOND 29th March 1856 |
| Date/Place of Birth | June 1807 Ferbane Kings 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 | UNKNOWN Margaret B c1815 unknown location Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary Jane B Not yet known M MOAN Philip (Widower) 1868 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known |
| 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 | Granted and occupied North Fremantle P Lot 15 Swan Street down to river of 1 acre Assigned August 1865 Tile application November 1865 Title 2128 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | nquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 28th December 1881 page 2 Death of Peter Connor The Herald Saturday 23rd January 1879 page 2 Sale of Cows The Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 17th December 1884 page 5 Sale of P15 North Fremantle – Sale of P15 North Fremantle |
| Departure from Western Australia | 18th April 1879 Peter Connor departed for Singapore with his daughter Mrs Moan and granddaughter on the Airlie |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 13th November 1881 Singapore Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 9th January 1879 Fremantle Western Australia Fremantle Cemetery |
| Will or Probate | SROWA Cons. 3403 Item 1884/731 Western Australia) Peter Connor made his will on 26th November 1869 whereby he left all his real and personal property to his wife ‘Margaret for her lifetime or until she shall marry again after her death or marriage whichever shall first happen I give and devise and bequest the same to my daughter Mary the wife of Philip Mone (sic) of Kojonup’. His wife was appointed Executrix and his said daughter after her death. The estate was valued at not exceeding £175 |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index: Peter Connor 440 Private 73rd Foot location Montreal on a ship, Canada Discharge due to chronic hepatitis- liver disease After the death of his wife in 1879 Peter Connor went to live with his only child, daughter Mary Jane and her husband Phillip MOAN, in Singapore. Philip MOAN was a Police Inspector at Singapore at that time. Peter CONNOR died in Singapore. In 1884 Mrs Moan advertised P 15 for sale along with all of her household goods. |