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| Name | GALLAGHER – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 92nd Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 502 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 24th May 1826 / 17 years / Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6¼ in Dark / Light Blue / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Gibraltar – 1 year 9 months Malta – 5 years 4 months West Indies – 1 year 4 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 189 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 25th June 1849 / Clonmel Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Dundee Scotland |
| Pension Districts | 1849 Dundee 1853-1866 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 22nd November 1852 London England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | DUDBROOK 7th February 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1809 Barony Lanarkshire Scotland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | GALLAGHER William (Boatman) 1783 |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | O’NEIL Mary 1787 |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | BREWITT Sarah B 1818 Scotland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 16th May 1843 (Army Barracks) Forfar Dundee Scotland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary Ann B 18th May 1843 Scotland M1 COE Jonathon Ticket of Leave Convict 1856 Port Gregory Western Australia M2 HUGHES Edward ex-convict 6th April 1891 Northampton Western Australia D 16th April 1893 Geraldton Western Australia bur Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia Janette Cecelia B 1854 Lynton Port Gregory Western Australia M GRIMSHAW Henry 1875 Geraldton Western Australia (3 children) D 31st March 1936 Geraldton Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia Margaret B 1859 Greenough Western Australia M CLARKE James 1878 Geraldton Western Australia (11 children) D 12th May 1926 Geraldton Western Australia bur Eastern Road Cemetery Geraldton Western Australia Sarah Jane B 1861 Irwin District Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | BREWITT Richard of Canongate Scotland Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | SIM Margaret Not yet known |
| 2nd Wife | PETTY Elizabeth or Eliza (nee Chapman – widow) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 19th August 1865 Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Wife | None |
| 1st Husband of Wife | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1stHusband | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 31st December 1853 grant of 3 acres at Port Gregory 1860 granted 33.3 acres in Greenough and held a tillage lease of 32 acres in 1865 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Listed as ‘farmer and blacksmith at Pearse’s Ford’. Between 1858 – 64 employed 5 T/L men on occasions |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 30th May 1866 Greenough Western Australia Greenough Pioneer Cemetery Western Australia Liber Defunctorum – Death Gallagher – In the year 1866 on 30th May in his home in Greenough, in communion with Holy Mother the Church, John (son of William Gallagher and Mary O’Neill) native of Glasgow, Scotland, 55 years of age, gave up his soul to God having confessed to me A.J.Lecaille, approved priest, on the day before. His body was buried by friends in the Protestant Cemetery next to the body of his wife, Sarah, as he himself wished, on the following day. |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife | 29th January 1861 Champion Bay Western Australia Church of England Section Greenough Cemetery Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | 12th November 1880 Geraldton Western Australia Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | On 26th April 1853 sent north to Port Gregory Convict Depot per the coaster “William Pope”. In 1856 at the ‘Ticket of Leave’ depot at Lynton, Port Gregory was closed and convicts and guards were transferred to Greenough. Discharged due to length of service. John received a ‘bounty of 4 pounds sterling to serve His After Sara died in 1861, John was left to look after his daughters As a Roman Catholic he was given special permission to be buried in the Anglican section of the Greenough Pioneer Cemetery to be with his first wife Sarah. Their daughters erected a headstone marking the burial site of their parents. |