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| Name | MUIR – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company 1st Bombay European Fusiliers |
| Regiment Number (s) | 771 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 16th October 1849 / 18 years / Liverpool England Shoemaker |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | Not Yet Known |
| Overseas Service/Duration | To India 4th January 1841 per Lady East From India 17th October 1860 per Cossipore |
| Length of Service | 19 years 7 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 17th October 1860 |
| Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-1859 |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not Yet Known |
| Pension Districts | 1860 2nd East London 1862 Tilbury 1862-1886 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d 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 | 1822 Lismore Waterford 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 |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | KINGSTON Catherine Nee FERGUSON 1822 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1st quarter 1861 St. George in the East, London |
| Children by 1st Wife | Catherine B 4th April 1862 Commercial Road Westminster Middlesex England bap 8th June 1862 St. Mary and St. Michael Tower Hamlets London M SEYMOUR William 1883 Perth Western Australia D 8th December 1937 Katanning Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 1st Husband of Wife | KINGSTON Thomas |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Husband | Paul B 1839 St. George in the East London Middlesex England George B 2nd September 1841 Not yet known bap 14th September 1841 St. Mary and St. Michael Tower Hamlets Westminster Middlesex England Mary Anne B 8th April 1844 Not yet known bap 21st April 1844 St. Mary and St. Michael Tower Hamlets Westminster Middlesex England M 1st THOMPSON London M YOUNG Henry Wells 1867 Perth Western Australia Died 1872 Bur 29th September 1872 RC Cemetery Skinner street Fremantle Western Australia Thomas George B 24th July 1846 London England bap 4th August 1846 St. Mary and St. Michael Tower Hamlets Westminster London Middlesex England M MAY Elizabeth 1874 Toodyay Western Australia D 4th June 1929 Toodyay Western Australia James B 1848 London Middlesex England Samuel B 13th December 1849 London England bap 30th December 1849 St. Mary and St. Michael Tower Hamlets Westminster London England D Possibly 1850, St George in the East London. – (Not on 1851 Census Charles B 13th February 1852 London England bap 25th March 1852 St. Mary and St. Michael Tower Hamlets Westminster London Middlesex England Henry B 1855 London Middlesex England D 24th January 1879 wreck of the “Rosetta” of the coast at Cossack Western Australia Francis John B 1857 London Middlesex England M O’NEIL Bridget 1885 Perth Western Australia D 26th May 1943 Victoria Park Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Perth lot V132 0 acres 3 roods 20 perches – Collins street (near Thomas Street) West Perth |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Daily News Saturday 23rd August 1884 – page 3 – William MUIR charged drunk West Australian Wednesday 15th July 1885 – page 3 – William MUIR hit by train The Daily News Friday 17th July 1885 – page 3 – William MUIR hit by train – recovery The Daily News Saturday 29th May 1886 – page 3 – William MUIR – drunk Western Mail Saturday 18th December 1886 – page 15 – death of William MUIR Great Southern Herald Katanning Wednesday 1th December 1937 – page 2 – (Long article) – death of Catherine SEYMOUR |
| Departure from Western Australia | None known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 12th December 1886 Coach House Railway Hotel Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 3rd April 1886 Western Australia Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | In the 1861 Census William Munie (sic), age 38 a wharf labourer, born Ireland is living at 15 Smith Place, St. George in the East, London Middlesex with his wife Catherine, age 38, born Middlesex London together with [step]sons James Kingston, 13, Charles Kingston, 9, Henry Kingston, 6, and Francis Kingston, 4, all born Middlesex London. Of the nine Kingston children it appears only Thomas George, Charles, Henry and Francis John came to Western Australia on the York, Mary Ann Thompson came at a later date. On the 10th July 1865 Catherine MUIR the wife of pensioner MUIR applied for her daughter Mary Anne THOMPSON to be a Government Immigrant. Mary Anne was aged 21, a widow, and living at No 2 Lower Clapham Street, Commercial Rd, East London. The referee was Thomas LOUNEY surgeon of 10 Pratt Street, Lambeth, London. Subsequently Mary Anne Thompson married Henry Wells Young at Perth 1867, their son Frederick William was born in 1871 and was buried in the Catholic cemetery Skinner Street on 30th December 1871. Henry Wells Young died by suicide 19th July 1873 age 43 and was buried in the Church of England cemetery Skinner Street Fremantle on 21st July 1873. |
