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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 / 12th May 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 (Convict 2868) 1856 Port Gregory Western Australia, she was aged 13 M2 HUGHES Edward (Convict 2277) 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 (Convict 8280) 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 (Convict 7054) 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 | PETTY Unknown |
| 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 Gregory Road Greenough G21 and G22 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 | The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 12th October 1866 page 3 Assault with violence towards Mrs Gallagher Victorian Express (Geraldton WA) Friday 21st April 1893 page 3 death of Mary Ann Hughes Geraldton Guardian Thursday 13th May 1926 page 2 Death of Margaret Clarke |
| 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 (Geraldton) 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 | Discharge due to length of service. Throughout his military career John had a large number of entries in the Regimental Defaulters” Book and Court Martial books mainly for drunkenness and insubordination.Both his wife Sarah age 35 and daughter Mary Ann age 10 received medical treatment during the voyage of the Dudbrook. On 26th April 1853 a detachment of Pensioner Guards was sent north to Port Gregory Convict Depot per the coaster “William Pope”. After much suffering by the pensioners with inadequate accommodation (tents), food and medical supplies in an inhospitable area adjacent to a salt lake it was with some relief the pensioners were withdrawn in 1856 and the ‘Ticket of Leave’ depot at Lynton (Port Gregory) was closed. The remaining guards were transferred to Greenough and received grants in that area. After Sarah 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. John’s widow Elizabeth remained in Greenough for some time before taking Janet & Margaret to live in Geraldton. |
