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| Name | FARMER – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 74th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1788 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 17th February 1840 / 18 years 2 months / Fort William Cavan Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8½ in Fresh / Blue / Fair / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | North America – 3 years 9 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 192 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 27th August 1861 / No place given Inquiry Aberdeen Scotland |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Chatham Kent England |
| Pension Districts | 1861 Chatham 1865 Tilbury 1865-1866 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th May 1865 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | RACEHORSE 10th August 1865 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1821 Rossleay Monaghan Ireland |
| 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 | COWDEN/CAWTON Elizabeth Adela b 1831 Ireland (1861 Scottish Census) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Jane bap 21st September 1852, Residence Barrack St, Kinsale – Diocese Cork and Ross M COWAN James 9th November 1870 Brides’s mother’s residence Port Adelaide South Australia (Jean Farmer) D 2nd May 1874 Semaphore RD Pt. Adelaide South Australia Samuel b 8 March 1854 bap Chatham, St Michael the Archangel M WILLIS Mary Elizabeth 16th March 1875 Manse Port Adelaide South Australia 2nd M KNOWLES Henriette 10th September 1894 Port Adelaide South Australia D 18th September 1918 Alberton Pt. Adelaide South Australia |
| Father / Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| 2nd Marriage of wife | HAMILTON Frank 1867 Fremantle WA |
| 3rd Marriage of wife | ENOCKSON Albert 21st September 1868 Port Adelaide |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 2 March 1866 page 2 Death of John Farmer |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 21st February 1866 Fremantle Western Australia Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 5th February 1881 (Royal) Adelaide Hospital, residence Port Pirie. (Enockson) |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index: 1841 Pte John Farmer 1788 Located Waterford Depot 17 May 1841 embarked for Service Corps 1851 Pte John Farmer 1788 stationed at Fermoy and Cork and at sea 1861 Pte John Farmer located Aberdeen, Scotland Discharge: Completion of 21 years service In the 1861 Census John Farmer and his family are living at 59 East North Street in Aberdeen. John is age 38 and working as a shore labourer, his wife Elizabeth was age 30 and children Janes is 9 and Samuel 8. Samuel was born England while John, Elizabeth and Jane were born in Ireland. 19th December 1865 Captain Finnerty reported that Pensioner farmer had been missing from his home since the morning of the 18th. PC Armstrong set out to search for him and found him at Lefroy’s farm. On 17 February 1866 he was again missing from home and a search was instigated. On the 21st February Corporal Ryan and a native located his body about 12-13 miles from Fremantle returning with his body. On 25 February 1866 Captain Finnerty wrote to the Resident Magistrate requesting financial assistance for Mrs Farmer and her two children to tide her over until she received from England an insurance payout on her husband’s life for seventy five pounds. She was allowed one shilling per day for two months providing the insurance money was not received before that time. Shortly after Elizabeth married Frank Hamilton in 1867 he was the mate on the Emma when it was lost with all hands in February 1867. After the loss of her second husband on the Emma Mrs Hamilton formerly Farmer requested assistance until she was able to support herself and children as a midwife, six pence per day was granted for two months. After the death of her 2nd husband Elizabeth Adelia (sic) Hamilton, widow, married a third time to Albert ENOCKSON at Port Adelaide on 21st September 1868. Her father was recorded as Samuel Alexander LOWLER. She was admitted to the (Royal) Adelaide Hospital on 24th January 1881, age 47, religion Presbyterian, living Port Pirie, born Scotland and had been 25 years in the Colony and had arrived on the Rockhorse (sic). She died 5th February 1881. |