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| Name | McLAUGHLIN / McLOUGHLIN – Robert |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company Bengal Infantry |
| Regiment Number (s) | Discharge No. 404 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 1836 (Deduced)/23 years (Deduced)/Calcutta Bengal |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | Not yet known |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Embarked India July 1844 per “Prince of Wales” for England |
| Length of Service | 7 years 8 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 10th July 1844 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1851 2nd East London 1851 Western Australia 1858 Bengal |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th July 1851 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MINDEN 14th October 1851 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1813 Amboyna now known as Ambon Indonesia British Subject |
| 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 | GRIMWOOD nee GOFF Susannah Richards 15th June 1810 Middlesex England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 3rd Qtr 1845 Stepney London England |
| Children by 1st Wife | None |
| 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 | GRIMWOOD Lockyer Joseph Swainson |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 4th November 1833 St. Mary Lambeth London England |
| Children by 1st Husband | GRIMWOOD Amelia bap 21st June 1835 Camberwell Surrey England M SKELDON John 1852 Perth Western Australia. D 6th September 1896 Melbourne Hospital, Victoria GRIMWOOD Edwin bap 28th June 1837 Stepney London England M YATES Jennatte 1858 Victoria D 15 June 1932 age 95 Echuca Victoria GRIMWOOD Alfred bap 14th July 1839 Stepney London England M FELL Harriet 1861 Victoria D 5 September 1932 Richmond Victoria age 93 GRIMWOOD Susannah bap c1842 Not yet known bur 8th November 1843 St. Botolph without Aldgate London England |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Riverina Herald Monday 11th June 1888 page 2 Memorial notice Susanah (sic) Ethersey The Age Wednesday 7th September 1932 page 1 Death of Amelia Grimwood The Argus Saturday 12th June 1932 page 17 Death notice Edwin The Age Wednesday 7th September 1932 page 1 Death notice Alfred |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1857 quit Australia without leave 1858 Fort William Bengal |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | R. McLaughlin pensioner private died 13 November 1861/Bengal/ buried 15th November 1861 Sangor Cemetery Calcutta India: Cause of death Cirrhosis of the liver |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 10th June 1887 South Melbourne Victoria (Ethersey) |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to injury of the testicle. 1851 Census Golden Fleece Court St. Bololph, Aldgate Middlesex, England Robert McLaughlin age 40 an East India pensioner born East Indies, British Subject is living with his wife Susannah, 39, dressmaker, born Middlesex and her 2 children Edwin Grimwood age 13 and Alfred Grimwood, age 11, , both born Whitechapel, Middlesex, London, relationship to the head of the family was ‘son-in-law.’ The Surgeon Superintendent recorded Robert and Susan McLaughlin were accompanied by the children Amelia age 16, Edwin age 14 and Alfred age 12 on the voyage to Western Australia Susannah reverted to her name Grimwood when she and her two sons Alfred and Edwin left Fremantle 15th September 1854 on the ship Fergus to journey to Melbourne. Susannah Grimmood (sic) married her 3rd husband James Ethersey at Melbourne 1859. Amelia’s husband John Skeldon had been a convict on the Minden, he appears to have returned to England while Amelia went to Victoria with her family. Amelia died as the result of her clothes catching fire; her death was also registered as Grimwood. |