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PALMER – Charles Henry 70th Regiment

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70th Regiment of Foot – Surrey Colours
Land Grants
Name PALMER – Charles Henry
Regiment (s)70th Regiment
Regiment Number (s) 861
Date/Age/Place/Trade or
Profession at Attestation
10th February 1831 / 17 years 10 months / Hatfield Hertfordshire England
Labourer
Description – Height
Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars
5 Ft 8¼ in
Fair / Blue / Light Brown / None
Overseas Service/DurationGibraltar – 2 years 73 days
Malta – 1 year 266 days
West Indies – 3 years 70 days
Canada – 2 years 24 days
East Indies – 2 years 194 days
Length of Service21 years 161 days
Rank/Date/Place of DischargeCorporal 14th September 1852 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign MedalsNone
Intended Residence at
Discharge
Possibly Chatham Kent England
Pension Districts1852 Chatham
1853 3rd Plymouth
1855-1865 Western Australia
Pension Paid1/4d per diem
Date of Departure and Place
England or Ireland
16th April 1855 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival
Western Australia
ADELAIDE 18th July 1855
Date/Place of Birthc1813 Whitechurch Ramsgate Kent England
Date/Place of BaptismNot yet known
Father
Date/Place of Birth
Not yet known
Mother
Date/Place of Birth
Marriage
Not yet known
SiblingsNot yet known
1st Wife
Date of Birth or Baptism
BASSETT Anastasia
Not yet known
Date/Place of MarriageNot yet known
Children by 1st WifeMary B 1841 La Prairie Canada
Letitia/Eleticia B 1843 Quebec Canada
bap 16th April 1863 Toodyay Western Australia (Letitia Robinson (sic), Father Charles Henry Parmer (sic) Mother Anastasia
M 1859 ROBERTSON John Toodyay Western Australia
Thomas B 1845 Newry, Ireland (GRO Regimental Birth Indices 1761-1924)
Phoebe B 1848 Cork Ireland (GRO Regimental Birth Indices 1761-1924)
D 26th June 1849 India
Bur 27th June 1849 Dum Dum India
Pheobe(sic) B 4th March 1851 India
Bap 23rd March 1851 Fort William Bengal
Matilda Ann bap 22nd May 1853, Chatham Hill Luton, Kent England
D Not yet known
Mary Matilda B 1855 Western Australia
D 1907 age 55 Perth Western Australia (Matilda)
Land Grants Western
Australia
Newcastle Lot S15
6 acres (Application to Purchase 1st December 1860)
Newcastle Lot S13
4 acres Assigned 31st October 1864 Title 7th March 1865 Title 2054
Occupation after
Arrival
Not yet known
Newspaper ArticlesNot yet known
Departure from Western
Australia
Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial16th July 1865 Toodyay Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial
Wife
27th June 1868 Toodyay Western Australia
Will or ProbateNone known
Further InformationBritish Army, Worldwide Index
1841 861 location West Indies and La Prairie Canada
1851 Corp 861 location Cawnpore India
Discharge: Chronic pain and dyspnoea
The 70th regiment was stationed 1831 Ireland, 1834-1836 Gibraltar, 1838 Barbados, West Indies, 1841 Laprairie Canada, 1843 Portsmouth & Manchester England, 1845 Newry, Dublin & Templemore Ireland, 1848 Cork Ireland, 1848 East Indies, Charles was discharged Chatham 1852. By following these postings we are able to get some idea of the children of this marriage although there may have been more.
WO23/59 shows this man having gone to South Australia. However, believe this has been transcribed incorrectly from the information concerning the ship arrival “Adelaide”.