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| Name | DORAN / DORNAN – James |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 26th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 824 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 28th November 1827 / 17 years / Edinburgh Scotland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 6 Ft 1½ in Fair / Blue / Grey / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 12 years 4 months China – 2 years 7 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 1 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 9 October 1849 / Cork Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | China War Medal 1840-1842 |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Kirkgate Alloa Stirlingshire Scotland |
| Pension Districts | 1849 Stirling 1854-1891 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/1d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th May 1854 Plymouth England via Gibraltar |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | RAMILLIES 7th August 1854 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1810 St Cuthbert’s Edinburgh 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 | PRENTICE Frances Maxton or Moreton c1818 Edinburgh Scotland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | William B c1848 Dublin, Ireland M DALTON Mary Elizabeth 1870 Geraldton WA (Doran) D November 1919 East Perth Western Australia James B c1851 Alloa Scotland M LINTOTT Emma Jemima Gwalia 1879 D 14 February 1900 Nannine Western Australia Jane B Scotland 1853 M GILMORE John 1878 Greenough WA D February 1919 Geraldton WA Bur Geraldton (Apex Park) Cemetery Frances Maxton B 1855 Port Gregory Western Australia M CRIDDLE Henry 1877 Greenough WA D 1 May 1934 Geraldton WA Bur Port Gregory Western Australia Samuel B 14th November 1857 Port Gregory Western Australia D 15th November 1857 Port Gregory Western Australia Bur Lynton Station 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 | Greenough Lots 1 & 2 each of 14 acres |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The W.A. Record Thursday 17 September 1891 page 8 James Doran The W.A. Record Thursday 8 October 1891 page 8 Death James Dornan Geraldton Advertiser Friday 23 March 1900 page 3 Death of son James Daily News Saturday 10 November 1917 page 8 Obituary William Dornan Geraldton Guardian Saturday 22 February 1919 page 2 Obituary Jane Gilmore Geraldton Guardian Thursday 3rd May 1934 page 2 Death Frances Criddle |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1st October 1891 Greenough, Western Australia Bur Greenough Cemetery WA 3 October 1891 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 28th December 1857 Port Gregory Western Australia Buried Lynton Station Cemetery W.A |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index 1841 location Hong Kong and Canton Discharge: Due to chronic rheumatism and impaired bodily activity. At Chusan on 21st July 1840 James Doran was charged for the fifth time for drunkenness within a 12 month period and sentenced to 30 lashes. Throughout his army career James Doran was repeatedly charged with drunkenness In the 1851 census James Dornan and his wife Fanny are living at Kirkgate, Alloa county Clackmannanshire with their sons William born 1848 and James born 1851 Daughter Jane aged 1 years 3 months contracted measles during the voyage to Western Australia, while William aged 5 years was treated for ophthalmia. James was one of the pensioners to suffer hardship at Lynton (Port Gregory) not only due to the siting of the settlement next to a salt water lagoon but also by the attitude of Captain Sanford that led James to complain bitterly that Captain Sanford’s horses strayed over the countryside and “The whole of my wheat and in fact of all the others… have shared the same fate. There is scarce a blade to be seen, although six weeks ago it looked promising.” His wife Fanny died six weeks after the birth and death of her son Samuel, she was buried on 28th December 1857 at Lynton Cemetery prior to the departure of the pensioners for Champion Bay (Geraldton) on Les Trois Amis. Eventually it was decided to remove the pensioners to Greenough where they received free land grants. |