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| Name | DUNCAN – Henry |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 73rd Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 627 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 24th May 1827 / 19 years / Edinburgh Scotland Shoemaker |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fresh / Dark / Black / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Gibraltar – 2 years 7 months Malta 4 years 3 months Ionian Isles – 3 years 10 months North America – 3 years 1 month |
| Length of Service | 21 years 241 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 19th February 1849 / Fermoy Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Cockermouth Cambridgeshire |
| Pension Districts | 1849 Carlisle July 1857 – December 1866 Western Australia 1867 – March 1876 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 19th March 1857 London England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLARA 3rd July 1857 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 22nd October 1808 South Leith Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 30th October 1808 South Leith Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | DUNCAN James 1771 Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | PETTER Elizabeth Not yet known Not yet known |
| Siblings | Robert B 1806 South Leith Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland Samuel B 1812 South Leith Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | UNKNOWN Jane B 1813 Plumbland Cumberland England D 1860 age 47 Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Ann B 1835 Liverpool Lancashire England Thomas B 1838 Scotland Mary B 1846 Ireland M DYSON George 1865 Fremantle Western Australia M DOWN William 1898 Narrogin Western Australia D 15th November 1916 Wickepin Western Australia Bur Narrogin Cemetery |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Wife | COOTE Ellen (nee LYNAM) – widow of COOTE Thomas 82nd Regiment arrived “Stag” 1855 |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 2nd October 1861 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Wife | Not yet known |
| 3rd Wife | HARNDEN Sarah Ann nee CROWDY B 1844 Portsmouth Hampshire England Father EPG Thomas CROWDY |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1865 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 3rd Wife | Henry B c1865 Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 1865 granted Lot P27 North Fremantle: 1acre Assigned August 1865 Title Application November 1865 Title 2129 Corner of Stirling Highway and Swan Street. |
| Occupation after Arrival | Shoemaker |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 2 January 1867 page 2 Passenger list Springbok The Express and Telegraph Monday 26th July 1915 page 1 Death notice Sarah Ann MUSSON Chronicle (Adelaide, SA: 1895-1954) Saturday 31st July 1915 page 3 Death notice Sarah Ann Musson |
| Departure from Western Australia | 22nd December 1866 departed for South Australia with wife (Sarah ANN) and son per Springbok |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 6th March 1876 Alberton Port Adelaide South Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wives |
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| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information
| British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Henry Duncan 627 Private 73rd foot Location Montreal on a ship Discharge due to being worn out in the service During his military career Henry was repeatedly charged with being drunk so much so that on 2st December 1838 after being charges with being drunk in the line of the march he was sentenced to 100 lashes. 1851 Census HO 107/2430/96/15 Henry Duncan a shoe maker and Chelsea Pensioner is living at 9 Castle Street Thompsons Lane Carlisle with his wife Jane and their three children Ann aged 16, Thomas aged 13 and Mary aged 5 years. Henry and Jane were accompanied by their youngest daughter Mary when they left Britain for Western Australia, however she stayed in WA when they went to the Eastern States having married in 1865. 1866 Henry Duncan, 73rd, Letter of complaint by North Fremantle grant holder concerning the construction of the tramway embankment leading to the new Bridge at Nth Fremantle has made his home nearly inhabitable and asks for compensation so that he can add a 2nd story or else effect additions to rectify the problem and bring the property back to its original condition. Col Bruce also noted that the embankment also affected Pensioner Garrett McCann’s, 98th, property. Although there were ongoing letters about the problem no account of the resolution has been found although the following shows it was paid. In 1867 Patrick Dolan bought P lot 27 North Fremantle from Sergeant Henry Duncan for eighty pounds. This allotment had been subject to damp after the building of the tramway and Duncan had petitioned the Governor about the damage in 1866. On 21st October 1867 Captain Finnerty wrote Lt. Colonel Bruce regarding the condition of the cottage on behalf of Patrick Dolan with a report by the doctor. He suggested that a new cottage on higher ground should be built. He said that Henry Duncan had passed on the compensation to Dolan with the purchase. James Manning (Clerk of Works) wrote a report about the condition of the cottage and although acknowledging the tramway cut off any breeze it was not responsible for the dampness. Sarah Duncan was admitted to the Royal Adelaide hospital on 18th September 1872 she was aged 28, C of E, a married woman living at Alberton she said she was born in Portsmouth England and had been 5 years in the Colony and arrived on the Spring Bok. 1876 Henry was also admitted to the hospital on 15th January 1876 under the name of Andrew Duncan he was aged 63, married, a Wesleyan living at Alberton, born Leith Edinburgh and had arrived on the Springbook (sic) occupation boot maker. Sarah Ann DUNCAN married MUSSON William (father Joseph) 9 June 1876 Adelaide South Australia, her father was Thomas CROWDY |