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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 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 Frederick Richard B 1867 Fremantle Western Australia D 18th June 1931 Western Australia |
| 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 | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 26th January 1859 page 1 re Harriet The West Australian Saturday 7th October 1905 page 1 Funeral Notice Harriet Freeman |
| 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 Fremantle Cemetery (This may be the Skinner Street Cemetery as she is not on the Fremantle Cemetery burial records) |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to rheumatism and general debility. Mrs H Deadman, age 25, received medical treatment aboard the Mermaid The Surgeon Superintendent listed no children for William and Harriet Deadman on the Mermaid |