LILLIS / LELLIS – Stephen 25th and 69th Regiments

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25th Regiment King’s Own Scottish Borderers

Name	LILLIS / LELLIS- Stephen
Regiment (s)	25th and 69th Regiments
Regiment Number (s)	1084 – 25th Regiment 1349 – 69th Regiment
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	21st November 1837 / 16 years / Limerick Limerick Ireland Weaver
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 9 in Fair / Blue / Light Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	British North America – 3 years 7months Mediterranean – 3 years 6 months West Indies 5 years 11 months East Indies – 2 years 2 months
Length of Service	22 Years 292 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 10th December 1861 / Dublin Ireland
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	London England
Pension Districts	1861 Deptford 1862 Tilbury 1862-1878 Western Australia
Pension Paid	10½d per diem 1874 Increased to 1/3d per diem
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	St Mary’s Limerick Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	bap 23rd December 1820 St. Mary’s Limerick City Limerick Ireland
Father Date/Place of Birth	LILLIS or LYLAS John Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	TUOOHY/TUOHY Margaret Not Yet Known
Siblings	Not Yet Known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	BREEN Julia bap 29th April 1842 Ardfert Kerry Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	1862 Greenwich Kent England
Children by 1^st Wife	Edward B 1863 Fremantle Western Australia D 17th July 1910 Claremont Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia (as LELLIS) Margaret B 1865 Western Australia M STEPHENS Luke 1884 Perth Western Australia D 6th July 1943 Glendalough Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Eliza (Bessie) B 1867 Western Australia D 1886 Western Australia Samuel B 1869 Western Australia D 1869 Western Australia
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	BREEN John Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	LYNCH Mary Not yet known
2nd Husband of Wife	GIBBSONS William
Date/Place of Marriage	1880 Perth Western Australia
Children by 2^ndHusband	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	An allotment was made by Colonel Harvest to Stephen LILLIS but was resumed after his death.
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	There are a few references of Stephen LILLIS being arrested for drunkenness
Departure from Western Australia	None Applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	29th June 1878 Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	1841 British Army World Wide Index shows Stephen with 69th at Fredericton Canada 1851 British Army World Wide Index shows Stephen with 69th at Malta 1861 British Army World Wide Index shows Stephen with 69th at Fermoy Ireland 1861 UK Census ( RG09/273/53 ) 4 Magdelen Row, Whitechapel, London, Middlesex. Julia Breen, 19, housemaid, born Ireland is a servant in the household of Henry PAT a cigar merchant A J C P Reel 1644 CO18/Piece 141 – Page 282 Despatches January-February 1865 Persons nominated by people in the Colony as Government immigrants. Stephen Lillis nominated his sister-in-law Mary BREEN of Ballinaseur Castle, Tralee, Kerry. Mary bap 5th January 1840 Ardfert Kerry Ireland. Remarks SRWO has several files relating to support including- Margaret (aged 9 years 6 months) admitted to the Roman Catholic Orphanage 31st July 1875 – left 3rd November 1879 for service in Perth. Margaret married Luke STEPHENS but there does not appear to be any death notices for her and she is not mentioned in Luke’s. Bessie (Eliza) (aged 10 years 10? months) admitted Roman Catholic Orphanage 31st July 1875 – left 22nd July 1881 for situation in the Vasse. Stephen LILLIS admitted to Mt. Eliza poor house.