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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 | HEIC |
| Length of Service | 19 years 7 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 17th October 1860 / Cossipore India |
| 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 | 1823 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 | Not yet known |
| 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 2nd DONEGAN John Thomas 1905 Newcastle Western Australia D 1950 Toodyay 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 | AJCP Reel 1646 Piece 143 page 97 – Catherine MUIR pensioner MUIR’s wife 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 1861 UK Census RG09/281/154/10 : 15 Smith Place, St. George in the East, London Middlesex |
