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| Name | TAAFFE / TAAFE – Francis |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 22nd Regiment 1st Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1484 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 2nd October 1839 / 18 years / Dublin Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9.3/8 in Fresh / Hazel / Dark Brown / Cross cupped over loins |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 13 years 9 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 148 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 13th February 1861 / Parkhurst Isle of Wight England |
| Campaign Medals | Scinde Medal: Clasps for Battles of Meeanee and Hyderabad |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Liverpool England |
| Pension Districts | 1861 1st Liverpool 1865- Tilbury 1865-1898 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 10d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th May 1865 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | RACEHORSE 10th August 1865 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1821 Swords Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 16 March 1821 Swords Dublin Ireland |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | TAAFFE Frank Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | HARFORD Jane Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | RAFFERTY Bridget Nee FARRELL Bp 24 July 1831 Swords Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 17 January 1858 Swords Dublin Ireland (Bridget had previously married RAFFERTY Peter – 29 November 1851 Swords, Dublin Ireland) |
| Children by 1st Wife | Eliza Anne B 1st Qtr 1861 Isle of Wight Hampshire England M RILEY Francis William Bell Luton 1877 Greenough Western Australia Mary Jane B 1st Qtr 1859 Salford Lancashire England M ODELL V. Henry 1880 Perth Western Australia D 29th December 1947 Geraldton Western Australia Helen B 1864 place not yet known D 25 October 1879 Fremantle Western Australia, Bur Skinner St Cemetery Margaret May B 1867 Fremantle Western Australia D 15 January 1884 Fremantle, Western Australia Catherine B 1869 Newcastle Western Australia M BOWERS David 1894 Fremantle Western Australia D 14th August 1917 Bunbury Western Australia Francis Martin B 1870 Fremantle Western Australia M STEELE Mary Anne 1895 Perth Western Australia D 24th October 1937 Perth Western Australia bur Salvation Army Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | FARRELL Martin |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | GAUNTLY Mary |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Lot 1062 Freshwater Bay of 9 acres 3 roods 3 perches Title 5/377 There is no indication this was ever taken up |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 10 April 1874 page 3 Francis charged with James Regan’s manslaughter Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 24 April 1874 page 3 case dismissed |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1898 Fremantle Western Australia, buried 4 October 1898 Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle WA (Jacobus Taafe age 76) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 29 December 1894 Western Australia Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | Cons 3458/1895/003 Bridget Taafe(sic) |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index 1841 At sea and camp near Poona 1851 Dogshai India Discharge: At own request free having completed 21 years’ service Had a silver medal and gratuity for long service and good conduct and 2 Good Conduct badges ‘13 April 1876.FRANCIS TAAFFE, pensioner, reports at station at 1pm that on the evening of the 11th while he was in the “Albert” hotel Fremantle he was robbed of a silver hunting watch. Description ¾ plate, Geneva no 12734 on dial and back also that he was robbed at the same time and place of a watch chain. Description Albert double links, very close pattern, no one suspected.’Following the escape of the fenians the Fremantle police occurrence books record: 17 April 1876 ‘a search Warrant executed at 12 noon by Sgt Campbell, Cox Mills (coxswain) and a number of land and water police constables on the premises of FRANCIS TAAFFE, pensioner, in search of absconders. The marriage of does not appear to have been a happy one both being somewhat volatile personalities. Francis asked the court to protect him from her tongue and she in return sued for a separation due to cruelty which may have been denied as he was still her lawful husband at the time of her death. The girls seemed to be rather similar as there are proceedings against them for aggressive behaviour. On 8th January 1895 Frank Taaffe applied for letters of Administration for the estate of his lawful wife Bridget Taaffe who had died on 29 December 1894 intestate, the value of the said estate was not expected to exceed ten pounds. |