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EPF Disbanded 1887 EPG Gazette October 2011
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| Name | TEAPLER / TEAPLAR – James |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 37th Regiment |
| Regiment No (s) | 2234 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 22nd February 1845 / 20 years / Limerick Limerick Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 11 ins Fresh / Hazel / Brown / few whitish spots on breast |
| Overseas Service | Ceylon – 9 years 11 months Bengal – 3 years 10 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 31 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 12th Mar 1867 / Preston Lancashire England |
| Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal |
| Residence at Discharge | Manchester England |
| Pension Districts | 1867 2nd Manchester 1867 Tilbury Fort 1868 – 1906 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 10d per diem 1887 Increased to 1/3d per diem Service in Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place UK or Ireland | 12th October 1867 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | HOUGOUMONT 9th January 1868 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1825 Tullamore Kings Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | TEAPLER James Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Mary Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife | PEACOCK Mary Ann nee McCARTHY Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 7th July 1868 Perth Western Australia |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| Father of 1st Wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st Wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 1st Husband of Wife | PEACOCK Gough – 40th Foot arrived Palmerston 1861 D 1867 Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 28th January 1860 Limerick Limerick Ireland (George Goff Peacock married Mary Anne McCarthy) |
| Children of 1st Husband | Johanna B Fremantle 18th May 1861 Western Australia D 19th May 1861Western Australia bur 19th May 1861 St Patrick’s Cemetery Skinner Street Fremantle Western Australia Thomas James B 1st July 1862 Fremantle Western Australia D 20th December 1862 Western Australia William Gough B 22nd March 1864 Perth Western Australia D 1869 Western Australia bur 29th September 1869 St Patrick’s Cemetery Skinner Street Fremantle Western Australia Elizabeth B 2nd October 1865 Perth Western Australia D 1866 Western Australia (Father Coff) |
| Land Grants Western Australia | He applied for a 20 acre grant at Kelmscott in 1881 North Fremantle Lots 42P and 45P John Street through to Jackson Street (back to back) 1 acre each Assigned 11 November 1881 Title Application 17 October 1883 Titles 6/179, 6/147 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Teacher at both day and night school Fremantle for 22 years |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Perth 6th April 1887 – page 5 The West Australian 9th May 1889 – page 2 The West Australia Saturday 6 August 1898 page 2 Inquiry Mt. Eliza Depot |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 23rd April 1907 Perth Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial – Wife | May 1889 Pensioner Barracks Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None Located |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index: 1851 James Teapler 2234 Private 37th Foot location Kandy and Colombo Ceylon 1861 As Above location ret from India Discharge at own request having completed 21 years’ service. 1880 on reserve list for Enrolled Guard but it was not until 24th April 1884 he was appointed. In 1881 he was recommended as a railway porter. 7 November 1881 appointed to be an armed sentry at the Exhibition held in Perth. He was living in No 2 barracks Fremantle with his wife and 2 children from 1880. (We do not know who these 2 children were as all the Peacock children died and there were none of the Teapler marriage.) In a later survey he was living with his wife – no children. In 1881 he was teaching at the night school when he fell out with fellow pensioner Sergeant Beswick over the pranks of Beswick’s son. At the Commission of Inquiry into the Mt. Eliza Depot 9th May 1889 Alexander Menzies charged James Teapler with using threatening language towards him. May 3rd 1894 James Teapler wrote to the Colonial Secretary requesting employment as a school teacher at Rottnest. He stated he had temporary employment at Rottnest in charge of the reformatory from 18 October -28 November 1893 in the absence of Mr Watson due to illness. He stated he had had 22 years’ experience teaching at both the day and Night schools at Fremantle as well as having spent 16 of his 21 service as a teacher in the regiment (see SROWA Cons 527/1894/0742) |