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| Name | SHINNERS aka GLEESON – Daniel |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company 1st European Fusiliers |
| Regiment Number (s) | Discharge No. 358 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 4 May 1837 / 20 years /Templemore Tipperary Ireland Tailor |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 in Fresh / Blue / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | HEIC To India 26 June 1837 per Repulse Returned to London August 1854 |
| Length of Service | 15 years 8 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 30th July 1854 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | Possibly Sutlej |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Templemore Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1854 Kilkenny 1856 Birr 1858-1877 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th March 1858 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | LORD RAGLAN 1st June 1858 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1818 Mullingar Westmeath 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 | RYAN Mary Agnes 1834 (deduced) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 11 January 1855 Templemore Tipperary Ireland – to Daniel Shinners Gleeson |
| Children by 1st Wife | Johanna GLEESON b 1855 Bp 7 November 1855 Templemore Tipperary, Ireland Michael GLEESON B c1857 Bp 10 January 1857 Nenagh, Tipperary Ireland Mary Ann B 19th October 1859 Fremantle WA M COCHRANE William 27th June 1885 D 3 August 1934 Subiaco Western Australia Bur Karrakatta cemetery RC Michael William b 19 October 1859 James Joseph B 22 November 1861 Fremantle Western Australia D 13th December 1944 Victoria Park Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia John Thomas Gleeson B 27 February 1864 Kojonup Western Australia D 1900 Drowned at sea Hawkes Bay NSW Daniel Matthew Gleeson b 1866 Kojonup WA M BURTON Jane de Grey, Roebourne WA 1888, D 16 June 1929 D 17 June 1964 aged 98, East Fremantle Western Australia Bur Karrakatta Cemetery RC Catherine Elizabeth B 31 July 1868 M ARMSTRONG Joseph Edward 1889 D 22 April 1909 Leederville Western Australia Bur Karrakatta Cemetery RC Margaret Gertrude b 17 November 1870 M DONOVAN William Alexander 3 December 1888 Karridale D 23 May 1932 Busselton Western Australia Bur Old Busselton Cemetery Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | FORD Samuel James |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1878 Albany Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | FORD Samuel James b Albany 1876 Killed in action WW1 Chester Ridge Gallipoli Peninsular 15 October 1915 three days after joining the 28th Battalion. He enlisted as Samuel James Gleeson N of K mother Mrs Mary Murray |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Kojonup Lot P10 – 10 acres Assigned 25 August 1875 Title Deed 3/600 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News Friday 29th January 1864 – Greenough Fire Fund The Daily News Friday 4th January 1889 page 3 Marriage of Margaret Gleeson The West Australian Wednesday 25 July 1900 page 5 Death by drowning of John Gleeson The West Australian Monday 26 April 1909 page 4 Obituary of Catherine Armstrong Daily News Tuesday 16 November 1915 page 6 Obituary of James Albert Murray where it says he married the widow of Daniel Gleeson The South-Western Times (Busselton, WA: 1903-1949) Friday 2 July 1926 page 2 Death of Mary Agnes Murray The South-Western Times Friday 27 May 1932 page 4 Death of Margaret Donovan The Sunday Times Sunday 12 August 1934 page 8 Obituary of Mary Ann Cochrane The West Australian Friday 29 December 1944 page 1 Death notice James Gleeson |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 8 August 1877 Western Australia Bur East Perth Cemetery WA |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 26 June 1926 Busselton Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to hepatitis and an enlarged liver – he died from an abscess on the liver Lt Col Harvest Commandant wrote to His Excellency the Governor on 17 August 1874 regarding the family of Daniel Shinners late of the East India Company @9d per day who died in the hospital of a liver complaint. He had been living at the Mt Eliza Barracks with 6 of his children as he had left his wife in Kojonup and she had run off with ‘a low ticket-of-leave man names Ford’ and was living with him in Albany. His cottage and land at Kojonup had been made over to Mr HS Parker in payment of debts. His eldest child Michael was employed sheep herding up the country the second son James is apprenticed to Mr Randall. He recommended the third son John Thomas be employed by the telegraph office saying he had had 2 years at the Roman Catholic school in Perth and 3 years at Kojonup. The eldest daughter could get employment in some family. He recommended that the youngest boy and two youngest girls be admitted to the Roman Catholic orphanage which was done. SROWA Cons 36 Vol 871/127 Kate Shinners aged 9 years 8 months and Margaret Shinners aged 7 years were admitted to the RC Orphanage on 29th September 1877 Kate was sent out to service in Perth on October 1881 and Margaret was sent to her mother in November 1881 According to the Obituary of James Albert Murray he married the widow of Daniel Gleeson – no children |