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| Name | DOIL / DOYLE – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Marines Chatham Division 41st and 45th Company Royal Navy see Further Information |
| Regiment Number (s) | 3395 to 1861 4394 afterwards |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 8th February 1832 / 18 years / Chatham England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7¾ in Fresh / Blue / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Service Abroad – HM Ships: Ocean 15th August 1833 – 16th August 1834 Russell 10th July – 16th January 1839 Gorgon 30th January – (?) July 1839 Howe 13th July 1839 – 27th July 1843 Cygnet 20th April 1844 – 10th April 1847 Asia 5th September 1847 – 24th May 1851 Tyne and Tortoise 31st January 1852 – 11th May 1857 Total service afloat and on Foreign Stations: 17 years 6 months 6 days |
| Length of Service | 21 years 1 month |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal/ 15th March 1855 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not Yet Known |
| Pension Districts | 1855 Chatham 1855 1st Portsmouth 1860 South London 1862 Tilbury 1862-1865 Western Australia 1866-1874 South Australia 1874 UK |
| Pension Paid | £16/16/0 per annum 1861 Increased to £20/4/0 per annum |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 8th October 1862 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | YORK 31st December 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1814 Barony Parish Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland |
| 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 | WOOLNOUGH nee LUCETTE Olivia c1823 Ewell, Surrey England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | c1859 |
| Children by 1st Wife | Jane b June Qtr 1862 Sheppy, Kent, England m RUDLAND Henry 1875 Geraldton Western Australia m BRYANT Richard Dixon/Nixon Beaconsfield 1915 d 24th August 1944 Mosman Park, WA Bur Fremantle cemetery |
| 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 | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Assistant Warder Convict Establishment 9th January 1863 – 7th May 1863 – dismissed Nominal List for Camden Harbour 1865 RM Pension rate 20/4/- pay rate 2/- name Pvt William Doil Marital Status Single, Conduct Good |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | None known – pension paid South Australia from June 1866-1874, then to London |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 31st January 1885 (Whitehead) Bur 2nd February 1885 Geraldton Cemetery (Apex) |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | After being discharged from the Royal Marines William Doil served with the Royal Navy to gain a Marine certificate. He served from 1855 to 1861, an extra 4 years and 126 days on the ships: Penelope 15th September 1855-5th October 1855, AB Penelope 6th October 1855-3rd May 1857, Master at Arms Penelope 4th May 1857-12th May 1857, Ordinary (seaman?) Vincent 21st September 1857-3rd October 1859, Ships corporal Mars 4th October 1859-6th November 1859, Ships corporal Mars 7th November 1859-27th August 1860, (on shore) Master at Arms Southampton 8th November 1860-15th July 1861, AB Cumberland 16th July 1861-7th August 1861, AB when he appears to have been granted his certificate 1861 Census RG 9/4480 British ships in Home Port HMS Southampton at Sheerness William Doil, AB, Married, age 45, Born Glasgow, Scotland Olivia Doil, Married, age 38 Born Ewell, Surrey, England 13th January 1863 he was paid £3 for services as Warder on convict ship “York“. Olivia LUCETTE’S marriages 1st ROBERT WOOLNOUGH at Shoreditch London in 1850 2nd William Doil c1861 (no record found but the 1861 Census has her as a married woman) 3rd Robert WHITEHEAD, Bowes Western Australia, 1867 Olivia Lucett (sic) is on the 1841 Census HO 107/1051/46 (age 15) living at The Ships Inn Public house with an Elizabeth Lucett age 50 both were born in Surrey. 1851 Census (HO 107/1709/79 Olivia Woolnough is living with her husband Robert at High Street, Baldock, Hitchin Hertfordshire where he was born. Robert was a butler. Olivia was born at Ewell Surrey. Extra information supplied by M.S. James. |