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| Name | DEADMAN / DEDMAN / DUDMAN – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 69th and 2nd Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 299 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 9th October 1823 / 17 years / Reading Berkshire England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10 in Swarthy / Hazel / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 18 years 4 months |
| Length of Service | 19 years 256 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 11th June 1844 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Chawton near Alton Hampshire England |
| Pension Districts | 1844 Southampton 1850 2nd Portsmouth 1851 Tilbury Fort 1851-1859 Western Australia 1860-1868 Portsmouth |
| Pension Paid | 11d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 1st February 1851 Falmouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MERMAID 15th May 1851 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1806 Chawton near Alton Hampshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 19th May 1807 Chawton Hampshire England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | DUDMAN / DEADMAN William (carpenter) Bap 8th July 1758 Andover Hampshire England D 11th November 1821 Chawton Hampshire England |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | DOVEY Sarah Bap 26th December 1785 Alton Hampshire England M 1st 19th May 1806 Chawton Hampshire England M 2nd BRAMBY John 6th September 1823 Chawton Hampshire England D 1843 Alresford Hampshire England |
| Siblings | George DEDMAN bap 29th June 1817 Chawton Hampshire England D 1858 Alresford Hampshire England Jane DEDMAN bap 14th August 1814 Chawton Hampshire Eng;and M BRAMWELL Thomas 23rd November 1845 Bishops Sutton Hampshire England Samuel DEADMAN bap 28th April 1812 Chawton Hampshire England D 13th May 1819 Chawton Hampshire England Lucy DEDMAN bap 26th August 1810 Chawton Hampshire England Ann DEDMAN bap 15th August 1819 Chawton Hampshire England M COWDRY James 5th November 1840 Bishops Sutton Hampshire England D 1914 Alresford Hampshire England |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | WOODMAN Harriett c1826 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 10th April 1847 Alresford Hampshire England |
| Children by 1st Wife | George Joseph B 28th October 1855 Bunbury Western Australia M McCREERY Sarah 1880 Fremantle Western Australia (daughter of Pensioner Thomas McCREERY) D 22nd May 1922 North Fremantle Western Australia William Henry B 24th May 1857 Bunbury Western Australia D 7th September 1869 – drowned at sea |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | WOODMAN Joseph (a wagoner) |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | FREEMAN Thomas |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 31st March 1870 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | Elizabeth Louise B 5th June 1860 Fremantle Western Australia D 20th November 1874 Frederick Richard B 1867 Fremantle Western Australia D 18th June 1931 Western Australia James Thomas B 18th December 1861 Fremantle Western Australia D 10th September 1905 Jandakot Western Australia bur Anglican Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia John Robert B 27th March 1864 Western Australia D 22nd November 1921 Western Australia Walter Edward B 3rd November 1865 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 20th November 1852 assigned Bunbury Lot P9 1 rood 35 perches / returned 20 November 1852 17th October 1859 assigned Bunbury lot P10 2 roods |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | 31st December 1859 pension transferred to Portsmouth England |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 26th February 1868 – a William Deadman died aged 63 at Alresford Hampshire |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 5th October 1905 Old Women’s Home Perth Western Australia burial 7th October 1905 |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Promoted and demoted several times. Wife arrived with him on the Mermaid. |