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| Name | GAUNT – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 31st Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 814 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 10th January 1826 / 18 years / Huntingdon England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Sallow / Hazel / Brown |
| Overseas Service/Duration | India – Not yet known |
| Length of Service | 21 years 3 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 23rd March 1847 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Huntingdon |
| Pension Districts | 1847 Cambridge 1851 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem 1873 Increased to 1/3d per diem for 14½ years service in Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th July 1851 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MINDEN 14th October 1851 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1808 Warrington Huntingdon England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Gaunt John |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | YEALD Lucinda (widow) B 1806 M 6th May 1834 Kurnaul Calcutta |
| Children of 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Anne B 2nd February 1836 Bp 1st April 1836 Dinapore India D 1st April 1837 age 14 months Dinapore Bengal India |
| 2nd Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | BATHOONE formerly JOYCE nee DENBY Ann (Widow) B 1818 Malta (British Subject) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | M 7 June 1846 Dinapore India William was enroute to Calcutta with the 31st regiment (he was a widower) |
| 3rd Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | LAUGHLIN Theresa/Teresa Perth 1886 Daughter of John and Mary BOGUE 96th regiment |
| Date/Place of Marriage | M 1886 Perth |
| Children of 2nd Wife’s previous marriage | JOYCE Mary B c1835 East Indies M LIDDELOW Walter 1853 Fremantle WA D 23 January 1906 Perth WA Bur East Perth Cemetery JOYCE John B c1838 Not yet known |
| Children by 2nd Wife | GAUNT Jane B 1847 Abbots Ripton Huntingdonshire England M DUNN Francis 1868 Fremantle Western Australia son of EPG Patrick Dunn (Sea Park) D 11 May 1924 North Perth WA aged 74 Bur Karrakatta Cemetery GAUNT Frederick B 3rd Qtr 1847 Broughton Huntingdonshire D 21 April 1921 age 80 Bur Karrakatta Cemetery GAUNT Jane b 1849 GAUNT William B c1858 Western Australia D 1st June 1875 Perth Western Australia Bur East Perth Cemetery with parents |
| Father of 2nd Wife Date/Place of Birth | DENBY George |
| Mother of 2nd Wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Mary |
| Land Grants Western Australia | P31 North Fremantle 1 acre Assigned 20 November 1852 Title application 13 May 1859 Title Deed 1672 – Between John and Swan Streets |
| Occupation after Arrival | 1873 Market Gardener Perth Western Australia |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and Independent Journal Friday 24 April 1863 page 2 Midwife Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 2 June 1875 page 2 Death of William age 17 Sunday times Sunday 8 June 1924 page 14 Obituary Jane Dunn |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 30th May 1887 Western Australia Wesleyan Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wives | 1) GAUNT Lucinda Place of death not known possibly India 2) GAUNT Ann 31st January 1873 Perth Western Australia Wesleyan Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia 3) LEEDER Theresa 26th October 1922 Bur Karrakatta Cemetery |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index: 1841 stationed Agra, India Discharge due to chronic pain, rheumatism and an impaired constitution. Ann Denby Married JOYCE John, 31st regiment (1806-1839) 25 February 1833 at Kurnaul India –they had 2 children John born 1838 and Mary born 1836 Her surname was Bathoone when she married Gaunt at Dinapore in 1846. 1851 Census HO 107/1748/698/10 Little Stuckely, Huntingdonshire William is living with his wife Anne and 2 children Jane (4) and Frederick (3) and his step daughter Mary Joyce (15) On the list of pensioners of the guard William Gaunt is listed with wife Ann 34 and children Mary 16, John 13, Frederick 4 and Jane aged 2. Mary and John are children of Ann’s first marriage to John Joyce. John Joyce came to Western Australia on the Minden but he disappeared from the records from then. Mrs Gaunt was the midwife at the birth of John Gorman’s twins on board the Minden. If it had not been for her expertise in breach births Mrs Gorman and probably the second child would have died. In 1855 William Gaunt is living at the North Fremantle Pensioners’ village with his wife and 4 children. 1st March 1864 Mrs Gaunt applied to be employed as the midwife for the Poor house. Approved and to be paid at fifteen shilling for each case. WO97 and further information from MS James “Superior Body of Men” |