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| Name | STONE – James |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 40th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 988 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 25th November 1836 / 21 years / Kilkenny Kilkenny Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Sallow / Grey / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 3 years 3 months Scinde Baloochistan and Afghanistan – 3 years 11 months |
| Length of Service | 9 years 32 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 26th December 1845 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | 2nd Afghan Campaign Medal Inscribed “Candahar” “Ghunzee” “Cabool” “1842” Bronze Star for Maharajpur |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Buncrana Donegal Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1845 Londonderry 1856-1887 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 6d per diem 1874 increased to 1/3d per diem for service to the Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th January 1856 Plymouth Devon England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | WILLIAM HAMMOND 29th March 1856 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1815 St Patricks Dublin 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 | DOHERTY Ann Dorothy (see further information below) B Donegal Ireland – James wife Ann Doherty is the name on the England & Wales birth certificate for son James and in the WA birth register index for her children Jane Ann, Catherine and John; Anna Dogherty is the name listed in the baptismal records for Jane Ann, Catherine and John, though the register is in Latin. Ann Dorethy is the name in the death register index record for son James’ death, which may have been a transcription error. Ann Stone is the name in the death registration index and cemetery record. Anne Stone is the name in the Probate record. In the probate records there is a note from the lawyer certifying that the Ann Stone in the Death certificate was the same Anne Stone who had written the will. The birth certificate for son James also spells her former married name as Odonnel. Year of birth, 1824, estimated from age at death. A birth record has not been identified. From her death certificate she was born and married in Donegal so it is assumed she was born in or near Buncrana where son Patrick was born. Ann O’Donnell, widow, maiden name Doherty married James Stone. The first marriage record and husband has not been identified and it is not known how James and Ann met. Son Patrick was born in Buncrana, Donegal, in March 1854 so it is assumed they married before then. |
| Date/Place of Marriage | c1853 Donegal Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Patrick B 14th March 1854 Buncrana Donegal Ireland M ROE Ellen (Helen) Emery February 1880 St Peter’s Chapel Bootenal Greenough Western Australia, she was the daughter of convict James Elphinstone Roe D 23rd December 1926 Geraldton Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Eastern Road Cemetery Geraldton Western Australia James B 25th July 1855 Princetown Devon England M HOGAN Catherine 24th July 1882 Geraldton (RC) WA daughter of EPG Patrick Hogan D 16th October 1900 Geraldton Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia Catherine (Twin) B 10th September 1857 Fremantle Western Australia M BUCKLEY Daniel 22nd August 1877 Bootenal Greenough Western Australia son of EPG Jeremiah Buckley D 27th December 1923 East Perth WA Bur Karrakatta Cemetery RC Jane Ann (Twin) B 10th September 1857 Fremantle Western Australia M BUCKLEY John 1877 Greenough Western Australia son of EPG Jeremiah Buckley D 30th September 1932 Greenough Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Greenough Cemetery Western Australia Bridget B 1860 Fremantle Western Australia M BAKER George 1891 Greenough Western Australia D 7th January 1932 Geraldton Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Utakarra Cemetery Geraldton Western Australia John B 30th June 1863 Greenough Western Australia M O’CONNOR Bridget Mary 1895 Yilgarn Western Australia D 9th January 1910 Greenough Western Australia bur Greenough Cemetery Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | DOHERTY Cornelius Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Greenough P27 & P28 both of 16 acres 2 roods 2 perches Title deeds 1/22 & 1/55 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Small farmer |
| Newspaper Articles | Victorian Express – Geraldton, 25 Jun 1887 Page 4 Geraldton Advertise Friday 19th October 1900 page 2 Obit James |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 12th January 1887 Bootenal Greenough Western Australia Greenough Cemetery Western Australia. Note the headstone at this cemetery incorrectly records his death date as 12 Jan 1899. See above newspaper article dated 25 January 1887. |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 2nd February 1901 Greenough Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Greenough Cemetery Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | SROWAConsignment 3403 Item 1887/832 James Stone made his will on 9 November 1886 whereby after payment of all his just debts he left all his real and personal property to his wife Ann otherwide Dougharty and to his son John and daughter Bridget the following shares and proportions: Wife and daughter shall inherit three fifths and son John two fifths of his property except his Geraldton Town lot which was bequeathed exclusively to his wife and daughter. He appointed his sons John and Patrick as executors. On the same day he added a codicil which directed his wife, his son John and daughter Bridget to give and deliver to his son James Stone 200 sheep within 4 years dating from the day of his death and likewise to his son Patrick 2 years after the day of delivery of the first mentioned number of sheep. He also made arrangements for masses to be said for the repose of his soul. |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 James Stone 988 Private 40th Foot Location Quettah Bombay Discharge due to a gunshot wound through the left thigh 29 December 1843 at the battle of Maharajpore In 1865 James employed a ticket of leave convict in grubbing sandalwood. James STONE’s daughters Jane Ann and Catherine (twins) married sons of fellow Pensioner Guard Jeremiah BUCKLEY; His son James married the daughter of fellow Pensioner Guard Patrick HOGAN |