MEADE / MEAD – Thomas 7th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	MEADE / MEAD – Thomas
Regiment (s)	7th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	2887
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	3rd June 1852 / 20 years / Clonmel Ireland Shoemaker
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 7 in Sallow / Grey / Black / amputation of middle finger of right hand after gunshot wound
Overseas Service/Duration	Turkey and Crimea – Embarked for Turkey 5th April 1854
Length of Service	3 years 80 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 21st August 1855 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Crimea War Medal with Alma clasp Turkish Crimea Medal
Intended Residence at Discharge	Clonmel Ireland
Pension Districts	1855-1861 Clonmel 1862-1891 Western Australia
Pension Paid	9d per diem 4th June 1878 Increased to 1/3d per diem for service to Enrolled Force in Western Australia
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	16th March 1862 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	NORWOOD 9th June 1862
Date/Place of Birth	1832 Cluneen Fethard Tipperary Ireland
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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	CUMMINS Brigid (Brigida) bap 27th January 1839 St Peter and Paul Clonmel Tipperary Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Catherine bap 14th February 1858 St Peter & Paul Clonmel Tipperary Ireland D 17th December 1862 Fremantle Western Australia bur Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia David bap 23rd June 1861 St Peter and Paul Clonmel Tipperary Ireland D 21st July 1862 Fremantle Western Australia Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia John Francis B 12th June 1863 Fremantle Western Australia bap 16th June 1863 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known Thomas Edward B 25th May 1865 Fremantle Western Australia bap 15th July 1865 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known James Patrick B 6th May 1867 Rottnest Island Western Australia bap 7th July 1867 Fremantle Western Australia D 17th February 1910 Carnarvon Western Australia Bridget Margaret B 1st October 1869 Fremantle Western Australia bap 2nd October 1869 Fremantle Western Australia M FANNON Robert 1891 Fremantle Western Australia D 21st September 1935 West Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Mary Ann B 22nd August 1872 Perth Western Australia bap 22nd August 1872 Perth Western Australia M MEADOWS John -Place and date unknown D 3rd February 1955 Perth WA Buried Karrakatta Cemetery Joseph B 23rd August 1874 Perth Western Australia bap 23rd August 1874 Perth Western Australia D Not yet known Johanna B c1876 Possible M FAHEY Thomas 1911 Murchison WA Margaret B 4th June 1876 Perth Western Australia bap 21st June 1876 Perth Western Australia D 3rd July 1876 Perth Western Australia bur East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia David B 18th November 1878 Perth Western Australia bap 24th November 1878 Perth Western Australia D Not yet known
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	CUMMING Stephen Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	CROUGH Helen or Ellen Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	23rd August 1884 granted Perth Town Lot H28 Hay Street West Perth of 3 roods 12 perches Title Application 21st April 1884 Title 6/177
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Perth Gazette and West Australian Times 17th October 1873 page 3 Fire in Barracks West Australian 18th September 1891 (Thomas Meade Death notice) West Australian 25th August 1908 (Wife Death notice) The Western Mail Saturday 29th August 1908 page 41 Obituary Bridget Mead Northern Times Saturday 19th February 1910 page 2 Death of JP Mead
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	September 1891 Beaufort St Perth Western Australia 18th September East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	24th August 1908 Perth Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Perth Western Australia
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Discharge due to amputation of middle finger of right hand after gunshot wound. On 20th May 1871 the Fremantle police reported that a boy the son of a pensioner named Meade of about 9 years of age was seriously injured when a triangle fell on his head at the south jetty. He was not expected to survive. It appears to be John Meade however he is mentioned in his mother’s obituary in 1908. On 28th December 1882 Thomas Meade was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting his wife. Half his pension was suspended and half to be paid to his wife during his imprisonment. In the obituary for Bridget Meade it stated her daughter Mrs J Meadows and grandson Mervyn Meadows were present at the funeral. Mervyn was born Carlton Victoria to John Meadows and Mary Mead (sic) 1899 Mervyn enlisted in WW1 and died of wounds received in action 16th October 1917. There was another daughter mentioned in the Obituary Miss Johanna Mead of whom there is no birth record is again mentioned in her brother James’s administration papers. Son James Patrick Mead well sinker of Mooloo Down Station Gasgoine died in Carnarvon on 17th February 1910 intestate and no one applied for Letters of Administration and although his estate was originally estimated as £25 a search was held for his next-of-kin which were listed as sisters Mary Meadows (38) of 72 Dyer Street West Perth married woman. Johanna Mead (34)of Carnarvon, Spinster, Bridget Fannon (40) married woman of Kirrup and brother John James Mead (46) woodcutter of the Barracks St. Georges terrace Perth – (this may be the child we have as John Francis). Eventually his estate consisted of assets of £41/6/11 and debts of £41/6/11. SROWA Cons 5790/1910/048