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Name | JAFFREY – James |
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Regiment (s) | 92nd and 44th Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | 2022 (92nd) 3829 (44th) |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 3rd June 1845 / 17 years 6 months / Lanarkshire Scotland Labourer |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 5¼ in Fresh / Blue / Brown / Wound on left forearm (also marked with the letter “D” for desertion |
Overseas Service/Duration | Ionian Island – 2 years 1 month Gibraltar – 1 year 11 months Malta – 1 month Turkey – 4 months Crimea – not stated |
Length of Service | 8 years 12 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 13th November 1855 / Inquiry at Walmer ? (No place of discharge page missing from WO97) |
Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal with Alma Inkermann and Sebastopol clasps Turkish Crimea Medal |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Paisley Renfrewshire Scotland |
Pension Districts | November 1855 Paisley Scotland 1864 Tilbury 1864-1888 Western Australia |
Pension Paid | 11d per diem Increased to 1/5d 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 | 3rd December 1826 Abbey Paisley Renfrewshire Scotland [WO97 Chelsea Pension] 22nd December 1826 Paisley Renfrewshire Scotland [Civil Service Evidence of Age] |
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 | BUTLER Mary c1830 (tentative) |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
Children by 1st Wife | James B Not yet known D Not yet known Johanna B 1859 (tentative) M JOHNSON Joseph 1881 Fremantle Western Australia D 1885 Western Australia Mary B 1862 D 10th August 1864 at sea aged 19 months Agnes (JEFFERS) B 15th November 1868 Fremantle Western Australia bap 4th January 1869 D 25th December 1889 bur 27th December 1889 St Patrick’s Fremantle Skinner Street Jeanette B 25th September 1874 Fremantle Western Australia bap 4th October 1874 D 1874 Western 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 | 19th April 1884 granted Location P65 of 2 acres in North Fremantle between Thompson and Bay Road (Next to the old Soap Factory south side) |
Occupation after Arrival | Assistant Warder Convict Establishment January 1866 to August 1868 |
Newspaper Articles | |
Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 13th January 1888 Western Australia bur St Patrick’s Cemetery (RC) Skinner Street Fremantle |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1876 Western Australia Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | 21st August 1880 James JAFFREY living in No 2 Barracks Fremantle with 4 children (no wife – previously deceased) |