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| Name | URQUHART – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery 11th Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | – |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 17th May 1834 / 20 years / Aberdeen Aberdeen Scotland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 6 Ft 0½ in Fair / Blue / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Newfoundland – 9 years 4 months |
| Length of Service | 19 years 292 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant / 11th April 1854 / Woolwich Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1854-1885 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/3d per diem 1873 Increased 1/8d per diem for 10 years 6 months service in Enrolled Force |
| 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 | 7th February 1814 Fodderty Dingwall Ross Scotland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | URQUHART Duncan 19th February 1790 Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | ROSE Christian 14th July 1783 Not yet known |
| Siblings | Alexander b 1815 Fodderty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Duncan b 1817 Fodderty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland died 1889 Lanarkshire, Scotland Hugh b 1818 Fodderty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland died 1889 Glascow, Scotland Kenneth b 1820 Fodderty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland died 1889 Lanarkshire, Scotland Catherine b 1821, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland died 1872 Lochcarron Rossshire Isobel b abt 1827 Fodderty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Charles b 1829 Contin, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | KING Rachel 24th May 1819 Newfoundland North America |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known (Newfoundland) |
| Children by 1st Wife | Duncan B c 29 Jan 1841 St John’s Newfoundland Canada enlist Royal Artillery 1853 aged 12, appears 1871 UK Census John C 4 Apr 1843 St John’s Newfoundland Canada D 1844 Canada Alexander James B1845 Woolwich England Bp 13 July Woolwich Kent England M CONNOR Mary Mina 8 April 1875 daughter of EPG James Connor D 1903 Jarrahdale Western Australia Mary Christine B 1847 Dublin M HURST Abraham 1868 Bunbury Western Australia M BLAKE Henry 1873 Fremantle Western Australia D 1891 Geraldton Western Australia Catherine Ann B 1850 Deal Castle, Kent M DELAPORTE Richard 1868 Bunbury Western Australia D 24 Jan 1923 Midland Western Australia William B 1852, Woolwich Kent, England D Woolwich 1852 ref Armed Forces Deaths (note death in 1907 Liverpool, Sydney parents William and Rachel may be a different person) Rachel B c1855 Fremantle Western Australia M ARNOLD John 1873 Fremantle Western Australia D 27th October 1922 Perth Western Australia bur Wesleyan Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Isobel Anne B 1858 Rottnest Island Western Australia M STANLEY John Parsons 1896, Bridgetown Western Australia D 1942 Bridgetown 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 |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Turkey Point near Bunbury Lot 402 10 acres Title application 20th September 1879, approved 18th October 1879. |
| Occupation after Arrival | Appointed Warder Convict Establishment 3 August 1855 dismissed 25 September 1855 In July 1856 William Urquhart was doing duty with the Enrolled Force at Rottnest |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer Wednesday 9 March 1887 page 3 Result of Inquest Rachel Urquhart Western Mail Saturday 12 December 1903 page 17 Death of Alexander The West Australian Thursday 25 January 1923 page 3 Funeral notice Catherine Delaporte Bridgetown Advocate Friday 24 April 1942 page 4 Obituary Isobel Stanley |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 26th December 1885 Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 4th March 1887 William Street Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | Not yet known |
| Further Information | n the 1851 Census Sergeant William Urquhart is living with his family at Sandown Castle Kent. Wife Rachel age 32 was born Newfoundland as was son Duncan age 10. Son Alexander age 5 was born Woolwich, Kent, daughter Mary aged 4 was born Ireland and 10 month old Catherine was born at Deal in Kent. Discharge due to accidental fracture of the patella of the left knee. William Urquhart served on the Enrolled Pensioner Force until 1874 when he was discharged on arrival of the draft from England. WO97 has comment “Convicted in Police Court Fremantle 10th July 1877 of theft. One month in prison. Half pension to be suspended and other half paid to wife. |