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| Name | MUIRHEAD – Archibald |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery 1st Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | – |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 28th November 1835 / 18 years 4 months / Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland – Printer of Calico |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8¾ in Fair / Grey / Fair / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | West Indies – 5 years 10 months Gibraltar – 8 years 10 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 182 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner and driver / 26th May 1857 / Woolwich Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1857 1st Portsmouth 1863-1870 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 10d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 15th March 1863 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLYDE 29th May 1863 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1817 Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland |
| 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 | GERRARD Sophia B 1820 Marchwood Hampshire England Bp 20th February 1820 Eling Hampshire England Father John Gerrard (Bombardier RA) Mother UNKNOWN Elizabeth |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 7th July 1847 St. Mary’s Portsea Island Hampshire England |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not applicable |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 17 February 1886 page 5 Death of Sophia |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1870 Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 14th February 1886 York Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Archibald Muirhead Gunner & Driver 3rd Company 3rd Battalion location St. Vincent Barbados 1851 As above location Gibraltar Discharge due to Chronic rheumatism 1861 CENSUS RG09/647/145/19 9 Park View Portsea Portsmouth Archibald Muirhead age 42 a married man occupation railway porter born Scotland Sophia Muirhead age 40 married woman born Marchwood Hampshire England 1869 charged with being drunk and fighting at the Shamrock Hotel Perth. Archibald Muirhead died in 1870; his registration of death gives no further information as to place, actual date or cause of death beyond his age which was 53. Sophia Muirhead married Samuel DABBS Newcastle WA in 1873. She was burned to death aged 65 in a bushfire at York WA on 16th February 1886. 14th February 1886 Inquest into the death of Sophia Dabbs. Her husband Samuel Dabbs gave evidence that he was at Haythorpe (Beverley) fighting the fire and when he went home he found the body of his wife burned beyond recognition about 4-5 chains from the hut. Verdict “The said Sophia Dabbs going to the well for a bucket of water was burnt to death by a bush fire – accidentally and casually and by misfortune came to her death.” SROWA Cons 527/1886/0748 (This makes her date of death the 14th not the 16th as previously recorded, possibly registered on the 16th.) |