McGOVERN – Patrick 64th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	McGOVERN – Patrick
Regiment (s)	64th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	1174
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	28th September 1835 / 20 years 4 months / Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 6½ in Fair / Grey / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Jamaica – 2 years 10 months North America – 2 years 9 months India – 8 years 6 months
Length of Service	22 years 191 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 1st June 1858 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Glasgow Scotland
Pension Districts	1859 2nd Glasgow 1859 – 1865 Sligo, Ireland 1866 – 1891 Western Australia
Pension Paid	1/0½d per diem 1878 increased to 1/5½d per diem for service to Enrolled Force 1881 increased to 1/6½d per diem for further service to Enrolled Force
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	7th April 1866 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	BELGRAVIA 4th July 1866
Date/Place of Birth	1816 Killinagh Enniskillen Cavan Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	McGOVERN Philip Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	FOUSY Mary (Could be one of many names including Farris and Foury)
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	BROTHERSON Catherine B 27th April 1824 Shelburne Nova Scotia
Date/Place of Marriage	15th October 1841 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Children by 1^st Wife	Mary Ann B 14th February 1843 Bp 8th March 1843 age 3 weeks Halifax, Nova Scotia D 4th September 1849 Poona India James B 14th January 1846 Dublin, Ireland D 12th August 1846 Duncannon Fort, Wexford, Ireland Sarah B 14th June 1847 Bansha Tipperary Ireland D 21st August 1849 aged 2 years 2 months Poona India John Joseph B 14th June 1850, Bp 24th June 1850 Karachi India M MANNIX Mary B 12 Mar 1858 Perth, Bapt 4 Apr 1858 (FamilySearch) bapt 30 Mar 1858 (per scan of transcripts from Battye) Parents: Denis Mannix and Bridget Moroney Perth Western Australia (D 1899 Matron at Albany Gaol) D 1 June 1926 aged 76, Bur Albany Memorial Park Cemetery. (Details in Warders and Gaolers Records of Service 1880-1938) Catherine B 30th December 1852 Bp 11th January 1853 Karachi India M BUTCHART David 1871 Perth Western Australia (Son of Pensioner John Butchart, per William Jardine) D 1892 age 39 North Fremantle, Western Australia Bur 24th April 1892 Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia Andrew B 27th September 1855 Bp 8th October 1855 Belgaum, Bombay, India D 30th March 1858 At sea on board the Eastern Monarch. Patrick B 25th October 1858 Glasgow, Scotland M Heinicke Lydia 1902 Albany D Not yet known Thomas B 16th January 1862 Sligo Ireland D 26th June 1883 Guildford Western Australia Elizabeth B 20th October 1864 Sligo Ireland D 7th November 1864 Sligo, Ireland Bridget B 20th December 1865 Sligo Ireland M HAYES John Patrick 1888 Perth Western Australia D 13th August 1922 West Perth Western Australia Denis B 14th January 1870 Fremantle Western Australia M EDGAR Amelia Caroline Perth WA 1890 D 18th March 1947 Maddington WA Bur Karrakatta Cemetery WA
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	BROTHERSON James
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	SWANSBERG/SWANSBURGE Elizabeth Elizabeth Most common name in records is Swansburg baptised 15th July 1797 (FamilySearch) or 15th July 1798 (transcription from Church record) Shelburne, Nova Scotia as Swansburg Her father was Christian Swansburg – referred to earlier as Schweinsburg (variations).
Land Grants Western Australia	17th January 1883 Title Application Lake Munster Cockburn Sound Lot P12 20 acres 2nd February 1883 Title issued
Occupation after Arrival	Small farmer
Newspaper Articles	The Herald Saturday 30th June 1883 page 4 Death of Thomas McGovern son of a pensioner.The Daily News Thursday 28th June 1883 Inquest into the death of Thomas McGovern. The Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 27th May 1891 page 5 Death Patrick McGovernWestern Mail Thursday 17th June 1926 page 2 Death notice John McGovern
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	23rd May 1891, Western Australia Registration 266 Bur East Perth Cemetery
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	26th December 1880 age 56 Western Australia (McGovarn)
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army, Worldwide Index: 1841 Patrick McGovern 1174 Private 64th regiment location Halifax, Nova Scotia [WO12-7343] 1851 Patrick McGovern 1174 Corporal 64th regiment location Hyderabad, India [WO12-7352] Discharge: Chronic rheumatism, the effect of age and service in tropical climates. Suffers from cough and dyspnoea. Worn out from long service. In 1858 prior to Patrick’s discharge the McGovern family returned to the UK on the Eastern Monarch, son Andrew (McGiven) age two and a half years died on the voyage from tabes misenterica. 5th February 1870 purchased Fremantle Town Lot 638 @ £6 In 1881 Patrick McGovern bought furniture at the disposal sale of Barracks furniture. The birth and baptism information is contained in the fly leaves of the McGovern family bible as is the death of Catherine McGovern nee Brotherson. Patrick McGovern (Jnr) died before 18th September 1920 as his wife (Anna Luisa Lydia McGovern, widow) married Karl Vogelsang at Unley South Australia. Both the DPS shipping site and the Bi-Centennial Dictionary erroneously claim Patrick McGovern also was known as Peter McGowan and married Catherine Foot nee Foran in 1875 at Greenough. Patrick McGovern died in 1891 and his wife Catherine McGovarn(sic) nee Brotherson died in 1880 while Peter McGowan died in 1907. Further inquiry reveals Peter McGowan was a convict whose actual name was George Peters. Thanks to Ron Heal and Leonie Hayes for their generous contributions to the profile for the McGovern Family and for allowing access to the McGovern family bible BMD entries.