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| Name | PICKERING – Joseph |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1965 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 3rd May 1842 / 17 years 6 months / Leicester Leicestershire England Woolcomber |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fresh / Hazel / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Ionian Islands – 1 year 8 months. Cape of Good Hope (Kaffir Wars) – 5 years 5 months. Crimea – 1 year 10 months. British North America – 1 year 10 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 15 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 17th November 1863 / Regimental board of Inquiry held Hamilton Canada 21st September 1863 approved Horse guards 17th November 1863. |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal with Alma Balaklava Inkerman and Sebastopol clasps Turkish Crimean Medal South Africa Medal (Kaffir Wars) |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Kibworth Leicestershire England |
| Pension Districts | 1863 – 1864 Leicester 1866 Liverpool 1866-1897 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 10d per diem 1881 increased to 1/4d per diem for 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 | St Martin’s near Leicester |
| Date/Place of Baptism | bap 24th October 1824 Kibworth Beauchamp Leicester |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | PICKERING Joseph B 1788-1792 Tur Langton Leicester D 1862, 1863 or 1865 Leicestershire |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | BALE Lucy (possible death Quarter 3 1843 Leicester) C 1806 Leicestershire (1841 census) 19th November 1821 Kibworth Beauchamp Leicester England |
| Siblings | George bap 24th October 1824 Kibworth Beauchamp Leicester England Sarah bap 9th May 1826 St Nicholas Leicester England William bap 1829-1833 Tur Langton Leicestershire England Eliza B 1833 Leicester England Lucy B Quarter 1 1838 Tur Langton Leicestershire England (Mother’s maiden name BALE) |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | BALE Lucy B 1839 (from Western Australia Death Certificate) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Sarah B 1867 Fremantle, Western Australia (Mother Bates) D1867 Fremantle, Western Australia Bur 23rd August 1867 Skinner street Cemetery Fremantle WA Lucy Harriet B 1869 Fremantle, Western Australia (Mother Baile) D1869 Fremantle, Western Australia Bur 10th December 1869 Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle WA Elizabeth B 1871 Fremantle, Western Australia (Mother Bale) D1873 Fremantle, Western Australia Bur 1st January 1873 Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle WA Joseph William B 25th March 1874 Fremantle, Western Australia (Mother Baile) D1880 Fremantle, Western Australia |
| 2nd Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | CARROLL Mary daughter of EPG Cornelius Carroll B 1859 Westmeath Ireland (from death certificate) Listed on Belgravia |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1876 Fremantle St John’s Church of England Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Wife | Stillborn unnamed male B1877 Fremantle Western Australian Unknown male child died May 1877 Fremantle Western Australia (Son of pensioner Pickering burnt to death) Stephen B 1878 Fremantle Western Australia D 1881 Fremantle Western Australia Joseph William B 1st September 1880 Fremantle Western Australia M ERWOOD (nee OAKLEY) Eliza or Ella 1906 Fremantle Western Australia D 4th March 1961 Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section 1961 Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Florence May B 5th November 1882 Fremantle Western Australia M SCREEN William 1898 Fremantle Western Australia D 15th August 1907 Fremantle Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Stephen B 6th August 1884 Fremantle Western Australia M HOUGH Helene Marie 1920 Fremantle D 13th November 1951 Fremantle bur Baptist Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Hilda Mary Catherine B 3rd August 1886 Fremantle Western Australia M WATTS Ernest 1904 Perth Western Australia D 27th May 1909 Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Lucy B 3rd July 1891 Fremantle Western Australia M ARMSTRONG Arthur H. 1906 Fremantle Western Australia D 29th January 1960 Palmyra Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia George B 1892 Fremantle Western Australia D 1892 Fremantle Western Australia Henry Ernest George B 1894 Fremantle Western Australia D January 1898 Fremantle Western Australia John Walter Frederick B 1896 Fremantle Western Australia D 1899 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Father of 2nd Wife Date/Place of Birth | EPG CARROLL Cornelius 1824 Solohead Tipperary Ireland |
| Mother of 2nd Wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | HUGHES Margaret Not yet known |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | BALDWIN Denis |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1899 Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | None |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Fremantle Lot P89, 1 acre Wellington Lot 263, 40 acres |
| Occupation after Arrival | Dairyman at Waterloo Western Australia |
| Newspaper Articles | The Herald Saturday 19th May 1877 page 3 Death of unnamed child Western Mail Friday 21st January 1898 page 35 Death of Henry |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 18th August 1897 Fremantle Western Australia Canning Road, Richmond, Fremantle Western Australia Buried 19 August 1897 St John’s Church, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife | 1876 age 38 Western Australia Reg 8836 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | 28th January 1925 North Fremantle Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | Cons 3403 1897/154 |
| Further Information | 1841 Census Jury Wall Street, St Nicholas, Leicester [HO107-605-9-39] British Army Worldwide Index: 1851 Dover [WO 12-10083]. 1861 Aldershot, Dublin & Curragh [WO12-10094] 1863 Discharge: Free to pension after 21 years service Conduct “Very Good”, in possession of 2 Good Conduct Badges. He has been once tried by court-martial and 10 times in the Regimental Defaulters Book 1880 Joseph Pickering was the occupant and owner of a house at the corner of Parry Street and Queens Square Fremantle. (Rate books Fremantle) 1897 Attended Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Banquet at Government House Joseph Pickering’s estate was valued at £2878/10/0 Value of land at Bunbury £200 Value of 4 stone buildings at 53 Queens Street Fremantle £2500. He left the property at Waterloo township, cattle, furniture and personal property to his wife Mary absolutely and all the rest and residue to her for her life after which it was to be divided as follows: ‘Piece of freehold now occupied by me at the corner of Perry (Parry) street and Queens Square Fremantle to my son Joseph William Pickering absolutely’ The other 4 houses and land in Parry Street starting from Queens Square 1st cottage and land to his daughter Florence May Pickering absolutely 2nd cottage and land to son Stephan Pickering absolutely 3rd cottage and land to daughter Hilda Mary Catherine Pickering absolutely 4th cottage and land to daughter Lucy Pickering absolutely In the 1841 census prior to his enlistment Joseph (15) was living with his parents Joseph (45) and Lucy (35) Pickering at Jury Wall Smeet (sic), St. Nicholas, Leicester with his siblings George, Sarah, William, Eliza and Lucy. Joseph, his father and brother George are all wool combers while sister Sarah is a wool spinner. [HO 107-605-9-39]By the time of 1851 Census Joseph Pickering is an army private age 25 at the Western Heights Barracks, Hougham, Dover [HO107-1632-10-739] In the 1861 Census Joseph is still a single man serving with the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade North Camp, Farnborough, Hampshire, his place of birth is recorded as St. Martin’s Leicestershire. [RG09-435-38-27-0] Mary Carroll gave her father’s names as John Carroll, pensioner, on her marriage certificates and again he is named as John on her death registration. However the Pickering family believe she was the daughter of Cornelius Carroll who was also a Convict guard on the Belgravia. Apparently Cornelius left the colony about 1868 leaving his eight year old daughter Mary in the care of the Catholic church. In 1876 after the death of Joseph Pickering’s wife Lucy she married the 52 years of age Joseph. |