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| Name | JAFFREY – James |
|---|---|
| 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 / Glasgow 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 1827 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 | JEFFREY (sic) James |
| 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 | 1st January 1850 Carrick Tipperary Ireland (Jeffery) |
| Children by 1st Wife | James Bp 9th October 1850 Windgap Kilkenny Ireland D 19th October 1929 Claremont WA Buried Karrakatta RC Cemetery (Jeffrey) Margaret B 1857 Bp 29th November 1857 Barrhead Glasgow Renfrewshire Scotland (Mother Mary Butter,Father James Jaffry) D Unknwn Johanna B 1st December 1859 BP 12th December 1859 Barrhead Glasow Renfrewshire Scotland M JOHNSON Joseph 1881 Fremantle Western Australia D 1885 Western Australia Janet B1860 Birth registered Neilston Renfrewhire D Unknown Mary B 1863 Bp 8th February 1863 St. Johns Barrhead Glasgow Renfrewshsire Scotland (mother Mary Batler) D 10th August 1864 at sea aged 19 months Agnes (JEFFERS) B 15th November 1868 Fremantle Western Australia bap 4th January 1869 Fremantle WA D 25th December 1889 WA 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 | BUTLER John |
| 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 | British Army Worldwide Index 1851 James Jaffray (sic) 2022 Private 92nd Foot location Corfu, Ionian Islands Discharge: Wounded by shell fragment at Sebastopol-unfit for further service. In the 1861 Census of Scotland James Jaffray (sic) age 35, a married man born Paisley Renfrewshire is working as a labourer in printfield and living at Barrhead Quoad Sacra Renfrewshire with his wife Mary B age 30, a dressmaker born Ireland and thier son James age 11 also born Ireland and 2 daughters Susan and Janet age 2 and newborn were both born Barrhead Renfrewshire – There does not appear to be a birth for Susan and the year of birth suggests it was Johanna. (Possibly transcript error) Margaret and Janet are not on the passenger list for the Merchantman and presumably died before 1864. James and Mary Jaffrey were accompanied by their children James, Johanna and Mary on the voyage of the Merchantman, Mary age 19 months died during the voyage and was buried at sea. 21st August 1880 James JAFFREY living in No 2 Barracks Fremantle with 4 children (no wife – previously deceased) |