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| Name | GUINAN / GOINA – Valentine |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 46th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1245 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 5th September 1837 / 20 years / Dublin Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6½ in Fresh / Hazel / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Gibraltar – 2 years West Indies – 3 years North America – 3 years 2 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 23 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 27th September 1858 / Templemore Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Liverpool, Dublin Ireland |
| Pension Districts | October 1858 1st Dublin 1860 Kilkenny 1864 Tilbury 1864-1867 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 1st July 1864 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MERCHANTMAN 12th September 1864 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1817 Kells Meath Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Possibly BREDE / BREADEN Rebecca B c 1832 Cavan Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary B 1852 Not yet known D 18th November 1869 Port Adelaide South Australia Valentine B 2nd March 1854 Wexford, Ireland bap 3rd March 1854 Ferns Wexford Ireland D 19th October 1882 Port Adelaide South Australia John B 1856 Winchester England D 8th January 1882 Port Adelaide South Australia William B 1849 (deduced) D Possible 14th May 1933 Magill Norwood South Australia Eliza bap 25th June 1862 St Conice’s Kilkenny Ireland M HANDFIELD Charles 8th October 1883 Residence of Rev. J. Bickford, Port Adelaide South Australia D 13th November 1891 Adelaide South Australia Christy/ Christina Rebecca (Guynam) B 1864 Fremantle Western Australia M PREST Richard Augustus Prout 15th August 1883 Wesleyan Parsonage Port Adelaide South Australia |
| 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 | Port Adelaide News 20th October 1882 – page 5 Death of son Valentine Guinan (sic) The Express & Telegraph Friday 20th October 1882 – page 5 Port Augusta News 24 October 1882 – page 1 The Advertiser 14th November 1891 page 4 Death of Eliza Handfield |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 24th May 1867 Fremantle Western Australia Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 24th January 1877 Port Adelaide South Australia Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Valentine Goina 1245 Private 46th Foot location Gibraltar 1851 Valentine Goind (sic) 1245 46th Foot location Hull Discharge: ‘He suffers from chronic disease of the chest and chronic disease of the liver contracted in Liverpool in 1848, the result of cold caught whilst under canvas during a wet season.’ Valentine and Rebecca were accompanied on the voyage of the Merchantman by their children Mary, Valentine, John, William and Eliza.11th December 1876 Rebecca Guinan (sic) was admitted to the (Royal) Adelaide hospital. At the time she was a widow aged 44 years, Church of England, living at Port Adelaide and working as a washwoman. She said she was born Cavan Ireland and had been in the Colony for 1 year (?) having arrived on the Merchantman. Son John Guinan was also admitted to the hospital on 6th January 1882 age 25. He said he was a single man aged 25, Roman Catholic living Port Adelaide. He was a labourer and was born in Manchester and had been 20 years in the Colony having arrived on the Merchantman. He died 8th January 1882 |