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| Name | WELLS – Alexander |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery 4th Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | None given |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 16th January 1836 / 18 years / Hadlow Kent England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8¼ in Dark / Hazel / Dark Brown / Nil |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Cape of Good Hope – 8 years 238 days |
| Length of Service | 15 years 83 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner and Driver / 8th April 1851 / Woolwich Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | South Africa Medal (Kaffir War 1846-47) |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | None recorded |
| Pension Districts | 1854 Brighton 1856 Woolwich 1857 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 7d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 19th March 1857 London England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLARA 3rd July 1857 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1817 Tonbridge Kent |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 12th October 1817 St Mary’s Leigh Tonbridge Kent England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | WELLS Thomas 14th February 1766 Leigh Kent England |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Sarah Not yet known Not yet known |
| Siblings | Elizabeth Bp 1 December 1811 Leigh Kent England Thomas B 21st February 1812 Leigh Kent England Sarah B 10th July 1814 Leigh Kent England John B 28th January 1816 Leigh Kent England |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | DOLDING Caroline Emily Minnor B 26th July 1829 Kent England (from Bi-Centennial Dictionary) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 5th July 1855 All Saints Tudeley Kent England (from Bi-Centennial Dictionary) |
| Children by 1st Wife | Martha B 1855 Woolwich Kent England M HOULAHAN John 21st January 1872 Geraldton Western Australia D 22nd June 1936 Fremantle (while residing at Leederville) Alfred John Claris B 21st March 1857 aboard the Clara during the voyage to Western Australia bap 9th August 1857 St Georges Cathedral Perth Western Australia M DOUST Sarah Jane 1877 Toodyay Western Australia M UNKNOWN Jessie Rachael – possible common law marriage in that Susan Wells did not die until 1941 D 1937 Toodyay Western Australia Amelia Ann B 17th July 1858 Fremantle Western Australia M BARBER George 1874 Fremantle Western Australia D died 26th June 1931 Perth WA , registered as “Amy Barber” Ellen B 6th October 1859 Glengarry Station (near Geraldton Western Australia M HUTCHINGS Alfred 1879 Toodyay Western Australia D 27th December 1937 Toodyay Western Australia Emily B 22 August 1862 Toodyay Western Australia bap 28th September 1862 St Georges Anglican Church Perth M BARBER George 1874 Fremantle Western Australia D died 26th June 1931 age 68, Perth WA. (Registered as “Amy Barber”) |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | DOWLING |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | WETHERALL Esau (widower and expiree) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 3rd May 1864 Perth Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | Stillborn male in 1865 |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Farmer |
| Newspaper Articles | The West Australian Thursday 6 July 1905 page 1 Funeral Notice Caroline Weatherall (sic) the West Australian Saturday 24th July 1937 page 1 Death of ‘Claris Allan Alfred Wells’ West Australian 23rd June 1936 page 1 Death of Martha Houlahan The West Australian Tuesday 28th December 1937 page 1 Death Notice Ellen Hutchings Farm Weekly 9th October 2008 page 39 |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 30th June 1863 Champion Bay (Geraldton) Western Australia Geraldton Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 5th July 1905 38 Tuckfield Street Fremantle Anglican Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known: Alfred John Claris (son) will is available |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Alexander Wells Gunner & Driver 4th Bn RA 5th Company location Cape of Good Hope 1851 As above location Woolwich Discharge due to varicose veins in both legs On the birth entries for Ellen and Emily the mother name is given as Dowling. Alexander Wells has a Welcome Wall Panel at the WA Maritime Museum at Victoria Quay. It lists his original occupation as Armed Services and his occupation in Australia as Farmer Another child Pam is included on Welcome Wall at Fremantle: may have been born in England prior to the Clara voyage (from Bi-Centennial Dictionary) but there is no mention of a Pam in the registration of marriages or deaths |