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| Name | PARKINSON – Nathaniel |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 89th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2933 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 19th June 1851 / 18 years / Westminster Middlesex England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6¾ in Fresh / Grey / Fair / Scar on left cheek and right hand |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Crimea – no time given |
| Length of Service | 4 years 78 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 4th September 1855 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal with Sebastopol clasp Turkish Crimea Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Ramsey Huntingdon England |
| Pension Districts | 1855-1860 Cambridge 1861 1st East London 1862 Tilbury 1862-1863 Western Australia April 1864 – September 1878 Sydney |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem Temporary for 1 year until 25th September 1856 6d per diem Temporary for 1 year in 1858 16th August 1859 Increased to 8d per diem Permanent |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th March 1862 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | NORWOOD 9th June 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1833 Ramsey Huntingdon England |
| 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 | GREENHAUGH Amelia Frecuough B October – December 1840 Shepton Mallet Somerset England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | NSW BMDs Nathaniel Taikenson and Amelia Greenhough Reg 3438/1875 |
| Children by 1st Wife | Nathan B 1873 Newcastle New South Wales M STAFFORD Lillian M. 1899 Petersham New South Wales D 25th March 1934 Sutherland New South Wales bur Woronora Cemetery New South Wales |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | WILLIAMS Shadrach Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | SPEED Triphemia Not yet known |
| 1st Husband of Wife | GREENHAUGH James Peter |
| Date/Place of Marriage | c1859 Camden New South Wales |
| Children by 1st Husband | James Mary Ann Nathaniel Parkinson Funeral Notice for Amelia |
| 3rd Husband of Wife | BRIEN James |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1879 Newcastle New South Wales |
| Children by 3rd Husband | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Gardener (NSW) |
| Newspaper Articles | Newcastle Morning Herald 7th September 1878 (Funeral Notice) New South Wales Government Gazette Friday 22nd August 1879 page 3704 Probate notice Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate Monday 31st July 1893 page 8 Funeral Notice Amelia Brien (2 notices) |
| Departure from Western Australia | Late 1863 / early 1864 by unknown ship for New South Wales |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 5th September 1878 Georgetown Warialda Lambton District New South Wales 7th September 1878 North Waratah (Mayfield) Cemetery Newcastle New South Wales |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | July 1893 Hamilton NSW (Reg 6989/1893) Buried Sandgate cemetery |
| Will or Probate | 11th October 1879 grant of probate (available NSW SRO Series 3-3819) |
| Further Information | Discharge is due to frost bite to all the toes of the right foot and some of the left sustained in the trenches at Sebastopol. 1861 Census RG 09/258/25 South Conduit Street Bethnal Green. Nathaniel Parkinson, single man, labourer age 35 born Ramsey Huntingdon is a lodger in the home of William Smith |