LEARY / O’LEARY – Daniel 48th and 57th Regiment

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Name	LEARY / O’LEARY – Daniel
Regiment (s)	48th and 57th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	1358 – 48th Regiment 3165 – 57th Regiment
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	7th June 1837 / 19 years / Salford Lancashire England Weaver
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8 in Fresh / Grey / Light Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Gibraltar – upwards of 5 years Corfu – 1 year 7 months West Indies – upwards of 3 years Expeditionary Army in the East (Crimea) – 7 months
Length of Service	13 years 194 days – forfeited by felony 4 years 129 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 31st July 1855 / Chatham England
Campaign Medals	Crimea War Medal Crimean Turkish Medal
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not Yet Known
Pension Districts	1855 2nd Manchester 1856 Sheffield 1862 Tilbury 1862-1865 Western Australia 1865-1870 South Australia 1871-1888 Western Australia
Pension Paid	9d per diem 1881 Increased to 1/1½d per diem service in the Enrolled Force Western Australia
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	8th October 1862 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	YORK 31st December 1862
Date/Place of Birth	1819 St. Barry’s Cork Ireland (Actual name St. Finbarr’s South, St Barry’s was a name used locally ie St Pat’s for St Patricks)
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	Catherine B 1834 Queenstown Cobh Ireland D South Australia
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	O’KEEFE Mary nee RUSSELL B 1832 (deduced) Bp 7 January 1833 St Michael’s Limerick, Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	15th August 1872 Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Not yet known
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	RUSSELL David Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	MANAHAN Margaret Not yet known 7th February 1831 at St. Michael’s Limerick Ireland
1st Husband of Wife	O’KEEFE Michael 1858 – 37th Regiment arrived “Sultana” 1859 D 16th July 1871 Western Australia
Date/Place of Marriage	11th January 1858 St. Mary’s Limerick City Limerick Ireland
Children by 1^stHusband	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	Perth lot 31H 0 acres 2 roods 30 perches – granted 20th Jun 1883
Occupation after Arrival	Sentry 1881 Boarding house keeper in Goderich Street Perth
Newspaper Articles	Perth Gazette and WA Times – Friday 25th August 1865 – page 2 – Daniel to Adelaide The Herald Saturday 7th January 1871 – page 2 – Leary arrives Fremantle Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 4th March 1885 – page 2 – sale of furniture Leary Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 9th May 1888 – page 3 – Funeral Daniel O’Leary
Departure from Western Australia	25th August 1865 – Daniel to Adelaide on the “Harriet Hope”. Pension was paid in South Australia from December 1865. 7th January 1871 returns from Adelaide on the “Emily Smith”
Date/Place of Death/Burial	9th May 1888 Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia Registered as O’LEARY David
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	11th April 1898 Perth Barracks Western Australia Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	1841 British Army World Wide Index shows Daniel with the 48th at Gibraltar 1851 British Army World Wide Index shows Daniel with the 48th at Weedon Northamptonshire England1851 UK Census (HO 107/1741/141/50): Weedon, Northamptonshire Daniel Leary, Soldier, married, 33, Private, Infantry, Army, born Queenstown, Ireland 1861 UK Census (RG 09/3495/64/3 27): Court 27th Marcus Street, Brightside Bierton, Sheffield Daniel Leary, Head, 41, Marital status not given, Labourer, born Queenstown, Ireland. Catherine Predary, sister, widow, 27, born Queenstown, Ireland Eleanor Johnstone, adopted child, 2 months, born Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Remarks: His sister Catherine Predary and her daughter came to Western Australia with Daniel. She married enrolled pensioner William RAWSON 19th Regiment who arrived on “Merchantman” 1863 and moved to South Australia SROWA – Cons 144 : David (Daniel) Leary was living in the Mt. Eliza barracks with one son and 3 daughters. These children may have been the children of Mary Russell and her first husband Michael O’KEEFE 37th Regiment who arrived “Sultana” 1859 – names unknown. Bi-Centennial Dictionary – Page 1824 – It said there were 3 daughters and a son. (We have found no children to this couple)