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| Name | HEVERAN / HEVERON / HEVERAM – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 80th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1196 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 23rd June 1835 / 18 years 6 months /Midlothian Scotland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6½ in Swarthy / Grey / Light brown / Wound on left leg |
| Overseas Service/Duration | New South Wales – 7 years 6 months East Indies – 9 years 5 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 223 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 6th April 1858 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Sutlej Medal with Moodkee Ferozeshuhur and Sobraon clasps Indian General Service Medal with Pegu clasp |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Belfast Antrim |
| Pension Districts | 1858 2nd Belfast District 1858 Armagh 1862 Tilbury 1862-1864 Western Australia 1864-1870 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/1½d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th March 1862 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | NORWOOD 9th June 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1817 St Mary’s Athlone West 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 | UNKNOWN Sophia Paris France |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | None 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 | Relate to wife Sophia: 1875 Adelaide Observer 1877/78/82 Evening Journal 1877/78 Express and Telegraph 1884 –SA Gaol Register Northern Argus South Australian Register Thursday 5th June 1884 page 3 Death of Sophia Heveran |
| Departure from Western Australia | Pension paid in Western Australia until 30th September 1864: departed by unknown ship: commenced in South Australia in October 1864 and paid until March 1870 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 26th March 1870 Adelaide Hospital Adelaide South Australia 26th/28th March 1870 West Terrace Road Adelaide South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 3rd June 1884 Adelaide Gaol Adelaide South Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | John Heveron (Sic)was admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 7th February 1870 aged 52, he was a married man protestant living in Adelaide a labourer born in Armagh and had been 8 years in the Colony he died at the hospital on 26 August 1870 Sophia was also admitted to the hospital firstly on 30th July 1878 age 60, she was a Roman Catholic and was admitted from the Adelaide Gaol. The second time 8th March 1881 she was aged 66, a widow born Paris living at Norwood and working as a servant. She had been 26 years in the Colony and had arrived on the Northway. The 3rd time was on 16th October 1883 age 66 still living Norwood and once again been living in the Colony for 26 years but the ship of arrival was the Norway |