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| Name | STONE – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 60th Rifles 1st Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1326 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 15th April 1839 / 18 years / Dublin Ireland Plaisterer (sic) |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9½ in Fresh / Blue / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies and Upper Scinde [Punjab] – 9 years and 345 days |
| Length of Service | 17 years 78 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal 9 March 1845- 2nd March 1847 Sergeant 3 March 1847-21 August 1849 Private 22 August 1849 8 July 1856 Discharged Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Good Conduct ring with pay |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Dublin Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1856 – 1859 2nd Dublin 1859 – 1878 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 7d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th May 1859 Plymouth Devon England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SULTANA 19th August 1859 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1820 St. Mary’s Limerick 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 | CLANCEY Margaret nee HAMILTON Not yet known (Widow of EPG Peter CLANCY – two children by this union) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 21st April 1869 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 1st Wife | Samuel William (this child was illegitimate and seems to have also called himself ‘Clancy’ (Cons 144 entry) B 11th August 1865 Fremantle Western Australia M WANDLASS Mary Jane 1872 D 9th November 1926 Wooroloo Western Australia George Frederick B 25th November 1867 Fremantle Western Australia D 8th November 1938 West Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta 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 |
| 3rd Husband of Wife | HEGGIE David (noting she is widow of William Stone and previously EPG Peter Clancy) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1882 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 3rd Husband | None known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | North Fremantle P 22 1 acre Title 4/966 (between John & Swan Streets) SROWA Cons 144 11 March 1882 – Title deed of the late Pensioner Sergeant Stone’s land being returned to Commissioner of Crown Lands. Inform Clancey who must make own application. |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Inquirer & Commercial News 27 March 1878 page 3 Death of Another Imperial Pensioner. — The ranks of the pensioner force are rapidly thinning, and in proportion, of course, the colony is becoming a loser. Last week Sergeant Stone, of the Enrolled Force, a very old resident at Fremantle, died. The Inquirer & Commercial News 7 March 1883 page 5 TAKE NOTICE that Margaret Heggie the wife of David Heggie of Jarrahdale Administratrix of the estate of William Stone late of Fremantle Military Pensioner deceased has made application to be registered as the proprietor of an estate in fee simple in possession in the following parcel of land situate in Fremantle aforesaid containing 1 acre or thereabouts and being Fremantle Town Lot P 22 as the same is described in certificate of Title registered VoL IV., foL 369 etc etc |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 16th March 1878 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | 28th February 1883 Letters of Administration (SROWA Cons 33459 3459 1882/374) Margaret Heggie as former wife of William Stone, Pensioner applied to administer his estate. William died at Fremantle hospital on 16 March 1879 (sic) and the whole of the personal estate and effects does not amount in value to the sum of 43 pounds, to the best of her knowledge. SROWA Cons 541 AO 887 David Heggie applied for a land grant of 50 acres in the Serpentine district. He arrived in the Colony from Melbourne by the ship Albion Isle in April 1876 to work for a Mr Palmer on the norther railways and is now working for the Jarrahdale Timber Company. |
| Further Information | 1841 British Army World Wide Index – William Stone 1326 1/60 Rifles location Windsor, England WO12/6900 1851 British Army World Wide Index Service No: 1326 Private Regiment/Unit: 1st Battalion 60th (The King’s Royal Rifle Corps) Location: Kussowlee & Jalandhar, India Discharge due to chronic rheumatism, liver disease and general cachexia. 11th March 1882 Title deed of the late Pensioner Sergeant Stone’s land returned to Commissioner of Crown Lands (SROWA Cons 144) |