KINCH – John 1st Foot Guards – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	KINCH – John
Regiment (s)	1st Foot Guards
Regiment Number (s)	5226
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	28th July 1847 / 17 years 10 months / Great Coxwell Berkshire England Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 7¾ in Fresh / Blue / Light Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Turkey – 10 months
Length of Service	7 years 278 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 24th July 1855 / London England
Campaign Medals	Crimean War Medal with Alma clasp (Ancestry says Sebastopol)
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not yet known
Pension Districts	1855 Oxford 1856 1st West London 1862 Coventry 1862 Bath 1863 1st West London 1863 1st East London 1865 Western Australia 1866-1870 South Australia 1870-1891 Victoria
Pension Paid	7d per diem – Temporary for 1 year 6 months until 13th February 1857. Pension extended over several years until being made Permanent in 1864
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	26th May 1865 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	RACEHORSE 10th August 1865
Date/Place of Birth	1830 Langford Farringdon Berkshire England
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	KINCH Frank Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	UNKNOWN Maryann Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	ASHTON Elizabeth Bp 15 May 1825 Eynsham Oxfordshire England
Date/Place of Marriage	4th Qtr 1851 Whitechapel, London
Children by 1^st Wife	1853 Ellen born Pimlico MDX M COATE George 1857 Emily born St. George in the East, MDX 1859 John born Hammersmith MDX M WARING Fanny Sarah 1882 Mile End old town 1861 Elizabeth born Faringdon, Berkshire 1863 George Alfred born Stepney MDX M Alice Louisa GUY 1890 Poplar London D 1936 age 74 Surrey
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	ASHTON George
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Hannah
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Inquirer and Commercial Times Wednesday 5th September 1866 page 2 Passengers on the Letty
Departure from Western Australia	to South Australia 30th August 1866 per “Letty” to Victoria 1870
Date/Place of Death/Burial	12 December1891 Stawell Hospital, Stawell Victoria Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	1889 Poplar London aged 64.
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Victorian records held by NAA state an address against the name of wife of Old Church Road Stepney London. Further research required to ascertain what event occurred at this address. Letter among these documents dated 7th March 1870 states 2/3 of pension to be deducted and paid to wife and family in this country. Same documents state there were children under/over the age of 14 at this period. It is not known if his wife Elizabeth and their family accompanied John to WA and returned to England while he went to the Eastern States but it is more probable they remained in London and he journeyed to Australia alone. In 1867 he arranged for two thirds of his pension to be paid to his wife in England. As she was a dressmaker and it appears she was capable of earning a reasonable income. In 1869 he wrote to the War Office asking for information about his pension as he had not received any communication from his family. The WO replied they had contacted his wife who was living at Old Church Road Stepney and asked whether she was still to receive a part or the whole of his pension. John was still supporting his family in the 1870s. In the 1851 Census HO 107/1695/7 John Kinch a single man was residing at the Windsor Artillery Barracks, New Windsor, Berkshire, Private, Soldier, age 21 born Longford Berkshire HO 107/1521/223 Mitchell Street, Finsbury, London Elizabeth Ashton single age 26 was a visitor at the home of George and Harriet Simons. 1861 Census HO 09/780/139/32, 13 Devonshire Street Cheswick MDX John Kench (sic), head, married, age 33, Formerly Police man born Berkshire Longford Elizabeth Kench, wife, married, age 35, Dressmaker, born Oxfordshire England Ellen Kench, daughter, age 8, scholar, born Pimlico MDX Emily Kench, daughter, age 4, scholar, born Hammersmith MDX John Kench, son, age 2, scholar, born Hammersmith MDX Elizabeth Kench, daughter, age 0, born Farington, Berkshire By the time of the 1871 Census RG 10/558/12/18 Old Church road London MDX Elizabeth Kinch is head of the house hold living with her children Emily, John Elizabeth and George Alfred, son, age 8, born Middlesex England. 1881 Census RG 11/499/43/18 16 Gale Street Bromley London England Elizabeth is the head of a household that consists of son George who is an engineer’s assistant G&M, John a carman, Ellen who is married to George Coate and her family.