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| Name | HUGHES – Thomas |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company Ordnance Department 1st Bombay European Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | Discharge No. 514 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 11 September 1844 / 20 years / London Coachman |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10½ in Fair / Blue / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | 12th October 1844 Embarked England per “Duchess of Northumberland” for India 4th September 1864 Embarked India per steamer “Poonah” for England |
| Length of Service | 22 years |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sub Conductor / 21st September 1864 / Bombay India |
| Campaign Medals | India General Service Medal Indian Mutiny Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Dublin Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1864 1st and 2nd Dublin 1866 Tilbury 1866 – 1880 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 2/6d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th October 1866 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CORONA 22nd December 1866 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1824 Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 11th June 1827 Clondalkin Dublin Ireland |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | HUGHES Thomas Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | SHANNON Rose Not yet known Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | QUIGLEY Catherine nee McEVOY |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Thomas B 25th October 1866 at sea during voyage of the Corona to Western Australia bap 18th January 1867 M possibly McLEVIE Alice 16th October 1902 St John’s (Anglican) Pinjarra Western Australia, see further information below about imprisonment D 10th December 1944 (either #2547 or # 2589) Rose Geraldine B 23rd March 1869 Fremantle Western Australia bap 6th April 1869 (RC Fremantle) M 1896 LIVIE James McKay Fremantle Western Australia D 1956 Perth Western Australia William B 6th August 1871 Fremantle Western Australia bap 2nd November 1871 (RC Fremantle) M Not yet known – D Not yet known Edward James B 24th January 1876 Fremantle Western Australia bap 8th April 1877 (RC Fremantle) M Not yet known D 1957 Perth Western Australia (tentative) |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | McEVOY John |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not Yet Known |
| 1st Marriage of Wife | QUIGLEY Patrick 25th October 1860 Castelcomer Kilkenny Ireland |
| Child of wife’s 1st marriage | Patrick Christopher QUIGLEY B 1862 Bp 25th December 1862 Templemore Tipperary D January 1934 Forrestdale Western Australia He journeyed to Western Australia with his mother and stepfather and was widely known as Patrick Hughes. |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 1876 granted Cockburn Sound Location P177 Willagee Swamp 20 acres 24th October 1867 application to purchase Fremantle Location S46 (5 acres) and a Town Lot in 1867 Son Edward James was granted Lot P177 of 20 acres at Willagee Swamp (Kardinya) in 1894 (Father Thomas’ original grant). |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Albany Mail and King George’s Sound Advertiser Wednesday 18th May 1887 page 3 Arrest of Hughes Family West Australian 29th July 1889 page 3 Extract from Mr Timberley’s report on Rottnest Prison 1888 Truth (Perth, WA: 1903-1931) Sunday 23rd February 1930 page 16 Patrick Christopher Hughes reminisces about his childhood, early life, the Fenians, life on the goldfields, article has a photo attached. It gives a picture of life for a rather wayward boy at Fremantle in the 1870s and the hardship endured in the North West. Sunday Times Sunday 28th January 1934 page 7 Obituary Patrick Christopher Quigley (Hughes) |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 8th April 1880 Fremantle WA |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Died 1918 Near Hubert Gold mine 3 miles north of Coolgardie Bur 15th May 1918 Coolgardie Cemetery Western Australia (Cathrine Hughs) |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 18th January 1882 Widow (Catherine) applied for poor relief. 10th October 1887 son Thomas Hughes charged with the murder of Police Constable O’Connell he was found guilty of unlawfully wounding and burglary and sentenced to life imprisonment. Mrs Hughes, William, Rose and Edward were charged with feloniously harbouring and maintaining one Thomas Hughes knowing he had murdered Constable O’Connell. The charge was eventually dropped due to insufficient evidence. (Mrs Hughes was named in the first newspaper as Margaret but later changed to Kate) Son William charged with carrying an unlicensed gun in 1887. 4th July 1888 Edward James Hughes was also arrested for having house breaking tools in his possession (aged 12) found guilty and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment (Reformatory). Rose Geraldine Livie also appeared in the newspapers in Kalgoorlie.In 1891 Mrs Catherine Hughes (widow) requested the Colonial Secretary to allow her the use of 2 rooms in the Fremantle Barracks for herself and her 3 sons Edward age 23, Patrick age 34 and William age 26 until she was able to find a place to rent. She said her property in the bush had been burnt out. Although she was offered the use of 2 rooms she declined as her sons were not in favour of living there. The property was identified as 66 South Street land grant of 25 acres. SROWA Cons 527 1891/0816 SROWA Cons 527 1899/0423 Jarvis Street in O’Connor (Perth suburb) was originally named Hughes Avenue because of Thomas Hughes’ occupation of the land in that area |