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| Name | GANE / GAME – Charles Hessman |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Marines Portsmouth Division and 17th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 920 – 17th Regiment |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 1) Royal Marines 5th September 1827 / 16 years / Portsmouth England Wool Comber 2) 17th Regiment 16th May 1833 / 23 years 4 months / Leicester England |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7½ in Fresh / Grey / Fair / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | (With 17th Regiment) New South Wales – 3 years East Indies – 10 years 5 months |
| Length of Service | 1) Royal Marines: 4 years 3 months 17 days (bought himself out of the Royal Marines for £20) 2) 17th Regiment: 15 years 275 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | RM Private 21st December 1831 Portsmouth Private / 10th April 1849 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Ghuznee Medal (1839 Afghanistan) |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Hitchin Hertfordshire England |
| Pension Districts | 1849 Halifax 1850 Leicester 1853-1861 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 8d 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 | 16th November 1811 Hitchen Hertfordshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | GANE James 16th November 1777 Hitchen Hertfordshire England |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | BODEN Sophia 10th August 1781 Hitchen Hertfordshire England Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | DAVENPORT Elizabeth 22 May 1818 Wigston Leicestershire England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 16th June 1850 St Margaret’s (C. of E) Leicester Leicestershire England |
| Children by 1st Wife | Charles William B 6th January 1851 Leicester England D 23rd June 1851 Leicester England Charles William B 29th February 1852 Leicester England D 20th May 1855 Fremantle Western Australia Louisa/Lucy B 4th July 1854 Fremantle Western Australia M SPENCE James 22nd December 1873 Fremantle WA D 4th November 1938 Fremantle Hospital Western Australia James Samuel B 14th August 1856 Fremantle Western Australia D 4th October 1856 Fremantle Western Australia Samuel Joseph or James B 14th August 1856 Fremantle Western Australia M RUSSELL Emily Amelia 17th July 1878 Fremantle D 12th November 1919 Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Caroline Jane B 15th March 1858 Fremantle Western Australia D 11th December 1858 Fremantle Western Australia Edmund Charles B 30th June 1861 Guildford Western Australia D August 1861 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | DAVENPORT Samuel Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | DURANT Susannah Not yet known |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | GAY John (convict on Lincelles )1826-1884 |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1868 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | None |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | 1855-1857 Acting Assistant Warder Fremantle 1857-1861 Warder at Convict settlement Guildford |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 22 March 1861 : “Charles Gane was found drowned in the Swan near Guildford. The deceased left his house on Saturday afternoon, and was not again seen alive, and from the circumstance of his having divested himself of his watch and whatever money he had on his person before he left his house, it is presumed that the unfortunate man terminated his existence while laboring under a fit of temporary insanity. The deceased was generally deemed of unsound mind.” The Daily News Tuesday 18th November 1919 page 5 Obituary of JS Gane The West Australian Tuesday 8th November 1938 page 10 Obituary Lucy (Louisa) Spence |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 16 March 1861 Guildford Western Australia (found drowned near Guildford) Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1884 Fremantle Western Australia (as GANE) Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharged unfit for Service, suffering from long standing Hepatic Disease & Dyspepsia (unable to carry pack) During the voyage to WA aboard Dudbrook Charles age 41 suffered with conjunctivitis, his wife Elizabeth attended sick bay’ twice during November & December 1852 and son Charles age 10 months also received medical treatment.Elizabeth Gane’s brother EPG Thomas Davenport was traveling with his wife and children to Western Australia aboard the “Dudbrook” Barker’s Warders and Gaolers summary of Widow Gane : “Widow received £13 from Pensioners Benevolent Society. Paid 5s per week from Compassionate Fund for 6 months from 18.3.1861. Widow left destitute; pregnant with two young children. She has suffered real poverty [and] deprivation in silence…(RM. Fremantle 13.4.1863)…has been a hard working industrious person…having always taken care in the midst of her poverty that her children should regularly attend my Sunday School…(Reverend Bostock 12.4.1864). Granted outdoor relief 16.4.1864 for remainder of current month. If unable to provide for herself; to go to Poor House.” Elizabeth second husband, John Gay, had previously been convicted in the London Central Criminal Court in 1860 with stabbing with intent, for which he was sentenced to life and transported to WA. On 4th January 1865 he received his Ticket of leave issued at Fremantle. On 22nd May 1872 a Conditional Pardon was issued at Fremantle. |