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| Name | SHEA – Patrick |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 77th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 341 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 8th December 1823 / 14 years / Dublin Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 5 in Sallow / Grey / Brown / Marks of corporal punishment |
| Overseas Service/Duration | West Indies – 10 years 3 months Mediterranean – 2 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 100 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 14th May 1850 / Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Hull Yorkshire but resided in Jersey |
| Pension Districts | 1850 Jersey (residing 6 Poonah Road St Helier Jersey) 1853-1873 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 22nd November 1852 London England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | DUDBROOK 7th February 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1810 Ennis Clare Ireland |
| 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 | LAMEY/LEMY Elizabeth C 1818 Ireland (place 1851 census, birth deduced from death) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 16 Jun 1846 Templemore Ireland (Patrick of the 77th) |
| Children by 1st Wife | Robert B 1848 Registered September S Quarter 1848 in Portsea Island Union Registration District D Not yet known Louisa B 1858 M 20th May 1876 SWEENEY James 1875 Fremantle D 03 March 1912 Fremantle Western Australia Helen B 1855 Fremantle Western Australia D 1869 Fremantle Western Australia Buried 22 October 1869, daughter aged 14 of Patrick – Skinner Street Cemetery, Registered St Patrick’s Church, Fremantle. Mary Ann B 5 January 1859 Western Australia Baptised 19 January 1859 Western Australia D Not yet known Michael James B 13 July 1864 Western Australia Baptised 24 July Fremantle Western Australia D July 24, 1912, at the Sanatorium, Spring Kell, Modderfontein, South Africa, (Sergeant Michael James Shea, late 1st W.A. Bushmen) Patrick B 6 July 1867 Western Australia Baptised 17 July 1867 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Assigned land in North Fremantle 1864 another Fremantle Town Lot granted to a ‘Shea’ (details unknown) 1885 M.J. Shea (son) granted Fremantle Town Lot |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The West Australian Sat 13 Dec 1894 – Death Notice Elizabeth Page 4, leaving residence of son-in-law James Sweeney The West Australian Mon 4 Mar 1912 Page 1 – Funeral of Louisa Sweeney nee SheaThe West Australian Fri 23 Aug 1912 Page 1 Death of Michael James Shea brother to sister L C Sweeney |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 6th June 1873 Western Australia age 63 Buried 7 June Skinner Street Cemetery, Registered St Patrick’s Church, Fremantle. |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1894 aged 76 “Pensioner’s Barracks” Western Australia Buried 12 December 1894 Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle, Registered St Patrick’s Church, Fremantle |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharged at Chatham due to chronic rheumatism. Character described as “very bad” (numerous courts martial) 1851 residing 6 Poona Rd, St Heller, Jersey. 1855 charged with military offences. Dec 1862 diagnosed suffering from heart disease and unable to pursue any laborious occupation. |