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| Name | GANE – Henry |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Marines Portsmouth Division 54th Company |
| Regiment Number (s) | 3404 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 7th November 1828 / 18 years (estimate) / Portsmouth England Woolcomber |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5’7 ¼ “ Sallow/blue/lt brown (ADM 158/128/1/5) |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Not yet known |
| Length of Service | 22 years (estimate) |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private/4th January 1850 Admitted to Out Pension 17th January 1850 |
| Campaign Medals | Naval General Service Medal Clasp Syria Y/613 Royal Marine Bellerophon |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1850 Halifax Yorkshire England 1853- Western Australia -1861 Tasmania |
| Pension Paid | £15/4/0 per annum |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 30th May 1853 Tilbury England via Dublin |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PHOEBE DUNBAR 30th August 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 5th April 1809 Hitchen Hertfordshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | bap 6th April 1810 Hitchen Hertfordshire England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | GANE Henry B c1770 Potton Bedfordshire England bur 16th August 1856 Hitchen Hertfordshire England |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | JOINER Martha B 19th August 1785 Hitchen Hertfordshire England M 23rd June 1808 St Mary Hitchen Hertfordshire England Bur 27th December 1849 Hitchen Hertfordshire England |
| Siblings | William B 2nd February 1811 Hitchen Hertfordshire England |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | TAYLOR Mary Ann (Widow) B c1801 Hitchen Hertfordshire England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1850 Bradford Yorkshire England |
| Children by 1st Wife | TAYLOR George (stepson) B c1841 Leicester England D Not yet known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Mercury Hobart Tasmania Monday 23rd September 1861 – page 2 Mercury Hobart 19th October 1867 |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 21st or 22nd September 1861 Battery Point Hobart Tasmania 22nd or 24th September 1861 St David’s Anglican Hobart Tasmania. |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 14th October 1867 Hobart Tasmania Australia St David’s Anglican Hobart Tasmania |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge was due to time expired In the 1851 Census HO 107/2305/33/59 Henry Gane age 42 a Greenwich Out Pensioner is living at Lincoln Street Bradford Yorkshire with his wife Mary age 45 also born Hitchen Herefordshire and her son George Taylor age 10 born Leicestershire England. Henry died of a ‘fracture of the spine of his neck’ when he accidentally fell down a flight of stairs at this home in Battery Point when drunk. Mary Ann Gane died intestate and a copy of the Intestate file 139 SC 389/1/485 is available History Room 91 Murray Street Hobart |