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Claremont Pensioner Guard Village October 2010 and July 2011 EPG Gazette
| Name | FOOT / FOOTE – Joseph |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 76th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 205 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 30th September 1815 / Sixteen years / Salisbury England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10 in Fair / Hazel / Light / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | British North America – 2 years Granada – Not Stated West Indies – 1 year 59 days |
| Length of Service | 21 years 58 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 27th September 1837 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1837 2nd West London 1850 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th March 1850 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SCINDIAN 1st June 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1799 Quidhampton Wiltshire England |
| 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 | UNKNOWN Catherine Susanna c 1808 |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Robert B 1840 Bp 15th January 1843 Paddington London England Joseph B 1842 Bp 15th January 1843 Paddington London England D 2nd June 1933 Claremont Perth WA Bur Karrakatta cemetery WA John B 1845 Bp 12th January 1845 Paddington London England D 6th June 1924 Claremont WA Buried Karrakatta Cemetery WA Gibson Scindian George B 24th May1850 at sea aboard Scindian bap 3rd June 1850 Fremantle Western Australia D 24th May 1881 registered as Scingent Campbell FOOT Buried Memorial Park Albany |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | GREENSMITH William D 1858 Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1853 Perth Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | None |
| 3rd Husband of Wife | HAYES James |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1859 Albany Western Australia |
| Children by 3rd Husband | None |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 16th July 1850 Assigned Freshwater Bay Locations P8 and P14 Resumed 31st December 1853 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Daily News Friday 20th October 1925 page 5 The Foote brothers and the wreck of the Bunyip The West Australian Saturday 21st March 1936 page 5 Albany Memories: death of Scindian and memories of the Foote family. |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Freshwater Bay Western Australia 22nd November 1852 Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | A Catherine Hayes died age 77 4th April 1882 all is unknown buried Memorial Park Albany WA. A Catherine Hayes died age 84 5th April 1882 buried Memorial Park Albany (no date) |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Further Information Landed at Gravesend England 26th August 1837 returning from overseas service. Discharge due to chronic dysentery and dyspnoea A Joseph Foote, pensioner a widower married Catherine Stone widow at Winterslow Wiltshire on 15th November 1837. Joseph’s father was given as Samuel and Catherine’s as John Kenedy. Catherine Foot (42) was delivered on a male child on 24th May 1850 aboard the Scindian the surgeon noted they were landed well at Fremantle Swan River After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation: Drummer Joseph Foote, porter, 1/-, 17th January, married, 4 children. On 25th May 1877 John Foote was captain of a 60 ton cutter Cartabunup (Bunyip) transporting telegraphic material from Albany for the construction of the overland telegraph line when during a storm it was driven ashore at Twilight Cove on the south coast. His brothers Joseph and Scindian were also part of the crew and after surviving the wreck the brothers had to trek 200 miles over very hostile terrain to Israelite Bay telegraph station for assistance. See for further information: Bunyip | Maritime Archaeology Databases (museum.wa.gov.au) Scindian Foote a boatman was drowned in Oyster harbour Albany WA |