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| Name | HARRICKS / HORRIX – Samuel |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 21st Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1087 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 15th December 1838 / 20 years 1 months / Colchester Essex England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7¼ in Fair / Blue / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 9 years Expeditionary Army in the East (Crimea) 8 months |
| Length of Service | 17 years 87 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 21st August 1856 / Birr Barracks Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | Crimean Medal with 4 clasps Crimea/Turkish |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Ipswich Suffolk England |
| Pension Districts | 1856 Ipswich 1858-1879 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 6d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th August 1856 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | EDWIN FOX 20th November 1856 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1818 St. Peter’s Maldon Essex England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 10th October 1819 St. Mary in the Borough, Malden Essex, England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | HARRICKS SAMUEL Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Esther |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | COFFEY / COFFY Bridget c1833 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 10th June 1856 Parsonstown Kings Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Thomas B 7th May 1860 Fremantle WA (Horrix) Maria Anna B 11th March 1862 Fremantle WA (Horrix) Samuel George B c1864 D 19th April 1943 South Fremantle Buried Fremantle Cemetery RC mon CC 0778 Licensee Louisa Bridget Coates Samuel B 1865 Western Australia (Hawacks) D 1865 Fremantle Western Australia William Thomas B 2nd June 1870 Fremantle WA Louisa B 31 July 1872 Fremantle Western Australia M COATES John Lawrence Not yet known D 23rd April 1959 South Fremantle Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Bridget (twin) B 1873 Fremantle Western Australia D 1873 Fremantle Western Australia Margaret (twin) B 1873 Fremantle Western Australia D 1873 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | COFFEY Thomas 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 | The West Australian 21st April 1943 page 1 Death notice Samuel George |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1879 Western Australia Samuel Horricks buried St. Patrick’s Cemetery Skinner Street Fremantle Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide index 1841 Samuel Harricks 1087 Private 21st foot location Dinapore 1851 Samuel Harricks 1087 Private 21st foot location Glasgow Discharge due to extensive varix of right leg and stricture of the Urethra attributed possibly to service in Crimea 1851 Census of Scotland St. John’s Glasgow Samuel Harricks is a married man aged 28 born 1823 a soldier – no place of birth. When Samuel married Bridget Coffey in 1856 he said he was a single man. From the baptism of William Thomas it appears Samuel’s full name may have been Samuel Jenkinson Horricks. Actual baptism dates Familysearch.org |