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Thomas Minorgan by Jeffery W Oates – 2020
Thomas Minorgan and Vale Colin Minorgan – EPG Gazette 2001 No 2
Name | MINORGAN – Thomas |
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Regiment (s) | 10th 24th 4th and 24th Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | – / – / – / 694 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 20th November 1851 / 19 years / Dublin Ireland Labourer |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7.1/8 in Fresh / Hazel / Brown / None |
Overseas Service/Duration | Malta – 7 months Crimea – 2 years 4 months |
Length of Service | 16 years 28 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Colour Sergeant / 17th December 1867 / Sheffield England |
Campaign Medals | Crimean War Medal with Alma Inkerman and Sebastopol clasps Turkish Crimea Medal One Good Conduct Badge Meritorious Service Medal (annuity) 1899. |
Intended Residence at Discharge | 28 Henrietta Street Dublin Ireland |
Pension Districts | 1868 Dublin 1873 Greenwich 1874-1911 Western Australia |
Pension Paid | 1/6d per diem 1878 Increased to 1/8½d per diem then 2/0d per diem for service in Enrolled Force and being allowed for 5 years 8 months service in Dublin City Military Militia |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 1st November 1873 Gravesend England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | NAVAL BRIGADE 18th February 1874 |
Date/Place of Birth | 19th March 1832 St James Dublin Ireland |
Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
Father Date/Place of Birth | MINORGAN Thomas B 1768 Ireland |
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | YOUNG Jane B 1806 Scotland Dublin Ireland |
Siblings | MINORGAN Robert |
1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | POWER Alice 1840 (of Waterford Ireland – marriage certificate) – death not yet unknown |
Date/Place of Marriage | 2 February 1858 Dungarvan, Waterford, Ireland |
Children by 1st Wife | Robert John B 29 December 1858 Killarney, Kerry, Ireland baptised there 1 Jan 1859 M MACK Catherine 1884 Perth Western Australia D 6th November 1917 Cottesloe Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | POWER Pierce (a farmer) |
Mother of 1st wife Marriage | Not yet known |
2nd Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | MEEGHAN Annie 1841 Connaught, Ireland. |
Date/Place of Marriage | 13 August 1859, Clonmel, Ireland also registered 25th November 1859 Medway, Kent, England Father is Michael MEEGHAN |
Children by 2nd Wife | None known |
2nd Wife Date of Death | November 1869 Dublin Ireland |
3rd Wife | FLYNN Catherine |
Date/Place of Marriage | 11th July 1870 Dublin Ireland |
Father of 3rd wife Date/Place of Birth | FLYNN Patrick |
Children by 3rd Wife | Thomas B 19 May 1871 in Dublin Ireland D 6 May1915 in Perth WA M Mary Geary 1893 Perth WA Annie B 11 January 1873 in Dublin Ireland D 2nd June 1976 Como Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia (did not marry) James Christopher B 8 March 1875 Perth Western Australia D 30th March 1927 West Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia – (did not marry) Alice Mary B 28 April 1877 in Perth D in 1877 at age 9 mths in Perth WA Catherine Mary B 1 December 1878 in Perth D 9 June 1968 in Como, Perth WA (did not marry) Evelyn Mary B 29 December 1880 in Perth D October 1881 at age 9 mths in Fremantle WA Edward Patrick B 1882 Perth Western Australia D 5th June 1948 West Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia M Margaret Brown 1918 Perth WA Alice Mary B 8 December 1887 Perth Western Australia D 17 April 1973 in West Leedervile, Perth WA M James Brown (no record of actual marriage located) |
Date/Place of Death/Burial 3rd Wife | 21st June 1930 Como, Perth Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
Land Grants Western Australia | John Street West Perth Lot 126Y 0.3.0 acres |
Occupation after Arrival | Enrolled Pensioner Force: – Staff Sergeant at the Perth Barracks – Inspector of Pensioner Cottages – Imperial Paymaster for the pensioner force in the colony. Also Drill Instructor to the Metropolitan Rifle Volunteer Corps (MRVC) for a term of nearly six years |
Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1st December 1911 Perth Western Australia Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
Will or Probate | Will: 30 Apr 1907. Probate: 15 Jul 1912, Supreme Court of Western Australia. |
Further Information | Believed to be Major Domo at Government House Perth |