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| Name | SCANLAN / SCANLON – Frederick John Burke |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery 11th Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | 320 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 15th December 1832 / 18 years 3 months / Kilmainham Dublin Ireland Clerk |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fresh / Blue / Grey / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Gibraltar – 10 years |
| Length of Service | 23 years 168 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner and Driver / 12th August 1856 / Woolwich Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1856 Woolwich 1857 2nd West London 1857 2nd Plymouth 1861 2nd West London 1864 Tilbury 1864-1892 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/1d per diem 1887 Increased 1/9d per diem for service in Enrolled Force Western Australia |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 30th January 1864 Portland |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLARA 13th April 1864 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1814 St. George Dublin Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | SCANLAN Thomas Occupation Ships’ agent Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | BARTHOLOMEW Mary Ann c1826 Titchfield Hampshire England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 20th August 1851 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Children by 1st Wife | Frederick John B 1852 Egham Surrey England bap 21st March 1852 Egham Surrey England M LANGOULANT Louisa 3rd August 1873 Perth Western Australia D 11 June 1911 East Melbourne Victoria Buried St. Kilda Cemetery Victoria Catherine Jemima B 1855 Woolwich Kent England M CORBITT James 1878 Guildford WA D 5th March 1936 Inglewood WA Bur Karrakatta Cemetery WA Ellen B 1856 Woolwich Kent England M JOSE Henry James 1880 Fremantle WA M McPHERSON Robert 1894 Fremantle WA Died 4th October 1922 Fremantle WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery WA Emily Mary Evelyn B 1858 Lydford Devon England M GRIFFIN William 1883 Western Australia D 7th May 1919 Kalamunda WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery WA Thomas Richard B 1860 Lydford Devon England M UNKNOWN Florence D October 1938 Boulder WA Morris Lewis B 11 September 1862 Chelsea London Bp 15 February 1863 St Mary Kensington and Chelsea London M WARRENER Harriet Western Australia D 20th July 1934 Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Walter Augustus B 1864 Perth Western Australia Edwin B 1866 Perth Western Australia D 10th May 1869 Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia Cecil Robert B 1870 Western Australia M HOLGATE Harriet Elizabeth 1897 Busselton Western Australia D 12th September 1951 Busselton Western Australia Buried Busselton Cemetery WA |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | BARTHOLOMEW Richard Occupation Brewer 15th April 1798 Titchfield Hampshire England Bur 22nd April 1841 Titchfield Hampshire England |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | HUGHES Ann M 26th December 1825 Titchfield Hampshsire |
| 1st wife’s Siblings | Richard b 1829 Bp 19 July 1829 Titchfield Hampshire England Fanny b 1836 Bp 28th July 1836 Titchfield Hampshire England |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Perth Lot E77 0.2.16 2 roods 18 perches Assigned 21st July 1881 Title Application 17th October 1883 – Title 6/60 Between Wickham and Stokes Streets East Perth |
| Occupation after Arrival | 1868 appointed Military Hospital – Compounder or Chemist |
| Newspaper Articles | The Daily News Friday 6th October 1882 page 3 Trial of Frederick Scanlan. The Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 17th August 1892 page 2 Frederick’s Obituary The Daily News Friday 21st July 1916 page 3 Obituary Mary Scanlan The West Australian Thursday 5th October 1922 page 1 Death of Helen McPherson formerly Nellie Jose nee Scanlan |
| Departure from Western Australia | Wife and Daughters visited Eastern Colonies 1878 and 1884 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 13th August 1892 Fremantle Western Australia Interred 13th August 1892 St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Skinner Street Fremantle |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 18th July 1916 Guildford Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index: 1841 Frederick Scanlan Gunner & Driver location Gibraltar 1851 Frederick Scanlan Gunner & Driver location Gosport and Portsmouth Discharge due to chronic rheumatism in shoulders and limbs 1851 Census (HO107/1658/795/3). Frederick Scanlan is a single man living with his regiment at the Portsmouth Barracks Hampshire. His rank is gunner and driver and he was born Dublin, Ireland In the 1861 Census (RG09/1458/78/16) Frederick and his family are living at the no. 12 Pavilion, Lidford Barracks, Devon Frederick age 45 is a warder at the infirmary and a Chelsea pensioner born Ireland. His wife Mary Anne is age 35 and she was born Titchfield Hampshire. Frederick, his son is age 9 and he was born Egham Surrey while daughters Catherine and Ellen age 6 and 5 were both born at Woolwich, Kent. The younger children Emily and Thomas age 3 and 1 were both born at Lydford, Devon. Also living with the family is a general servant Sarah Jane Finch age 10. In October 1882 Frederick Scanlan ‘was charged with having on the 13th September last caused the death of a man named William Barr (pensioner) by administering a poisonous compound’ – found Not Guilty |