McCARDLE / McARDLE – Michael 41st Regiment and Royal Canadian Rifles

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McArdle Michael and his family – Jeanette Lee c2015

Name	McCARDLE / McARDLE – Michael
Regiment (s)	41st Regiment and Royal Canadian Rifles
Regiment Number (s)	1175 41st / 574 – Royal Canadian Rifles
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	26th July 1839 / 18 years / Enniskillen Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 5½ in Fresh / Hazel / Dark Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	India – 2 years 11 months Canada – 1 year 10 months
Length of Service	21 years 4 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Sergeant / 31st May 1860 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Derrygormelly Fermanagh Ireland
Pension Districts	1860 Enniskillen 1863 Tilbury 1863-1872 Western Australia 1872 Melbourne 1872 Western Australia 1881 Adelaide
Pension Paid	1/6d per diem 1878 Increased to 2/0d per diem for service in the Enrolled Force Western Australia
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	1821 Devenish Fermanagh 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	O’SULLIVAN Annie Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Mary Jane B 1854 England (1857 on Death Notice) D 7th April 1922 West Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Francis B 1856 England D 25th April 1881 Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia Helena Susanna Antonio B 8th June 1857 Bap 14th June 1857 St. Thomas of Canterbury, Deal, Kent, England D 23rd February 1948 Convent of Mercy, Victoria Square, Perth, Western Australia Robert B 1863 Perth Western Australia D 2nd June 1921 Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Michael B 1864 Western Australia D 29th October 1924 Leederville Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Annie B 1864/65 Perth Western Australia D 21st October 1932 Convent of Mercy, Victoria Square, Perth 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
Land Grants Western Australia	1883 granted Perth town Lot 34/H
Occupation after Arrival	Boarding House Keeper Livery stable and accompanying equipment business
Newspaper Articles	Perth Gazette Friday 27th September 1867 – page 2 Perth Gazette Friday 15th May 1874 – page 3
Departure from Western Australia	Departed Fremantle on the Azelia 25 April 1872 for Melbourne Pension paid Melbourne 5 June 1872 to September 1872 he then transferred back to WA but on 23 September 1881 he transferred to Adelaide South Australia His WO 97 has correspondence to Staff Officer at Omagh noted in 1883 indicating he returned to Ireland
Date/Place of Death/Burial	8th February 1887 Dublin Road Omagh Ireland (McCardle)
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	16th July 1894 Western Australia Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Will or Probate	SROWA cons3403 1932/828 Annie McArdle’s will bequeathed considerable property in Perth City to her children
Further Information	British Army, Worldwide Index 1841 Michael McCardle 1175 Private 41st regiment location Kurrachee 1851 Michael McCardle 1175 Private 41st Foot location Cork Ireland, and at sea \also a 2nd entry locates him at Castlebar Ireland Discharge due to chronic catarrh. There are newspaper accounts of the legal disputes in which the father, mother and some of the children were involved during their time in Western Australia as well as obituaries. The McArdle family were paid £25,000 for their land where the Post Office stands in Wellington Street, Perth, it was the site of their livery stable. In their old age Annie and Susan retired to the Convent of Mercy, Victoria Square Perth where they lived until they died. The bulk of all the siblings estates went to charitable institutions connected with the Catholic Church as none of them married.