SPRANKLIN / SPRANKLING – James Thomas 90th and 91st Regiment

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Name	SPRANKLIN / SPRANKLING – James Thomas
Regiment (s)	90th and 91st Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	90th 844/1601 – 90th Regiment
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	28th September 1831 / 18 years 6 months / Bow Street London Middlesex England Servant
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8½ in Fresh / Grey / Light Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Ceylon – 2 years
Length of Service	21 years 64 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 29th November 1852 / Enniskillen Ireland
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Dublin Ireland
Pension Districts	1853 Salisbury – admitted to Out Pension Salisbury 1853 1st Portsmouth 1854-1856 Western Australia 1856 Chatham 1856 Tralee 1861 Salisbury 1865 Dorchester
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem 1856 Increased to 1/2d per diem due to loss of sight 1857 Increased to 1/6d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	5th May 1854 Plymouth England via Gibraltar
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	RAMILLIES 7th August 1854
Date/Place of Birth	29 March 1810 Wareham Dorset
Date/Place of Baptism	28 April 1811 Independent baptism Wareham Dorset
Father Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	UNKNOWN Mary
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	BROSNAHAN Catherine B 1811 Place unknown
Date/Place of Marriage	23 April 1841 Newcastle West Limerick Ireland
Children by 1^st Wife	Mary A born 1846 Ireland Sarah Jane born 8th/12th July 1849 Portsmouth Hampshire England Bp 13th June 1851 Liverpool, Lancashire, England
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	None
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Not yet known
Departure from Western Australia	1856 to England
Date/Place of Death/Burial	23rd June 1867 England bur 26 June 1867 Wareham St Mary Dorset England
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	1^st Qtr 1864 Wareham Dorset England
Will or Probate	Not yet known
Further Information	Surgeon’s Log states placed on sick list 17th June 1854 suffering from Amaurosis. Transferred to hospital 14th August 1854 after the arrival at Western Australia. Mrs Spranklin (sic) age 36 was treated for dyspepsia during the voyage . WO97 Discharge document has comment about loss of complete sight shortly after arrival Western Australia British Army Worldwide index 1841 James Sprankling (sic) Private 844 90th foot location Depot Tralee 1851 James Sprankling (sic) 1601/844 91st Regt location Liverpool 1861 Census GR09/1345/69/15 Trinity Lane Wareham Dorset James is living with his wife Catherine born 1811 place unknown and his daughter Mary A who was aged 15 and born in Ireland. James has been totally blind for 7 years. Sprankin in all its variations was a well-known name in Dorset, it is likely James and Catherine had children other than Mary and Sarah Jane.