DELANEY / DELANY – Michael 89th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Child buried at St Mary’s Church Guildford WA

Name	DELANEY / DELANY – Michael
Regiment (s)	89th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	2991
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	9th February 1852 / 18 years / Clonmel Tipperary Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 9 in Fair / Grey / Brown / Pock pitted
Overseas Service/Duration	Crimea – time not stated
Length of Service	3 years 173 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 31st July 1855 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Crimea War Medal with Sebastopol clasp Turkish Crimea Medal
Intended Residence at Discharge	Piltown Kilkenny Ireland
Pension Districts	1855 Clonmel 1857 Wales East 1857 Clonmel 1862 Tilbury 1862-1874 Western Australia
Pension Paid	8d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	16th March 1862 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	NORWOOD 9th June 1862
Date/Place of Birth	1834 Piltown Kilkenny Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	DELANEY Michael (Tentative) Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	SCANLAN Mary (Tentative) Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	BUTLER Ellen (Helena) B 1842 Garryduff, Kilkenny Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	8th March 1859 Owning and Templeorum Kilkenny Diocese of Ossory Ireland
Children by 1^st Wife	Bridget B 1860 Garryduff Kilkenny bap 25th February 1860 Owning and Templeorum, Kilkenny, Ireland D 11th May 1862 aboard “Norwood” at sea James B 23rd July 1862 Fremantle Western Australia Mary B 27th May 1865 Perth Western Australia bap 28th May 1865 Perth Western Australia birth not found John B 16th June 1868 Perth Western Australia bap 21st June 1868 Perth Western Australia Elizabeth B 13th March 1874 Fremantle Western Australia bap 14th March 1874 Fremantle Western Australia D 1874 aged 2 months Western Australia
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	None
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	No known references
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	10th September 1874 Fremantle Western Australia Fremantle Western Australia (Tentative)
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	11th May 1898 Fremantle WA [Residence: North Fremantle] 12th May 1898 St Patrick’s Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Discharge due to loss of 3 toes of the right foot from frostbite in the trenches before Sebastopol 6th January 1855 Michael Delaney was a subscriber to the Pensioners Benefit Fund. In 1881 the widow Delaney was living at the no 2 Barracks Fremantle with her 3 children, she purchased some furniture from the barracks Mary possibly married George Freeman Griffiths at Fremantle in 1888, she died in 30th July 1946 age 81 at Fremantle Western Australia. No marriages or deaths can be confirmed for James and John.