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| Name | WHITE – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 99th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 370 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 28th May 1824 / 18 years / Dublin Ireland Weaver |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 ¼ in Sallow / Grey / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mauritius – 11 years New South Wales Australia – 3 years |
| Length of Service | 22 years 120 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 22nd September 1846 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Callan Kilkenny Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1846 Kilkenny 1850-1868 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/2½d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 22nd July 1850 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | HASHEMY 25th October 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1806 St Nicholas Dublin 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 | MEADE Julia B Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Unknown date Kilkenny Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary Ann B c1843 (William White was in Sydney 1843- 1846 WO 97) M KELLY John James 1859 Bunbury Western Australia D Not yet known Julia B c1847 Kilkenny Ireland D 1850-1851 Fremantle Western Australia William James B 21st November 1850 Fremantle Western Australia M GARRAD Ann Mary 1875 Geraldton Western Australia D 8th November 1928 Bunbury Bur Bunbury Cemetery Ellen Jane B 1853 Bunbury Western Australia M HANDS John Edward 1859 Bunbury Western Australia D 27th July 1911 Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Sand Dunes Cemetery Bunbury Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | MEADE James (see further information) |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Granted Lot P1 Bunbury 1 acre Assigned October 1851 Title application 4th December 1858 Title 1623 |
| Occupation after Arrival | 1851 Night Warder Convict Establishment (not verified – a William White could have been this Warder, although not EPF, he was in 51st Regiment and discharged in WA in March 1847 and died in 1864.) Commissariat Bunbury Warder Bunbury Western Australia Pound Keeper later in life |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Political and News WA – Shipping Intelligence 1st November 1850 – page 2 – List of Pensioners on the Hashemy named Bunbury Herald Thursday 27th July 1911 page 3 Obituary Ellen Hands South West Times (Bunbury) Thursday 8th November 1928 page 5 Obituary William James White |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 30th August 1868 Bunbury Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Sand Dunes Cemetery Bunbury Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Unknown date Bunbury Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Sand Dunes Cemetery Bunbury Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index 1841 William is located Dublin Ireland When the Hashemy was chartered as a convict transport in 1850 its destination was Van Diemen’s Land but due to the strong anti-transportation movement in the Eastern states it was decided to send it to Western Australia where transportation was still acceptable. As a result the WO 23s still have the pensioners located in VDL in 1851 instead of Western Australia. Report by Henderson on ship leaving England indicates William White having been found out, just before they left England, of trying to pass his midwife sister-in-law off as a daughter, Then required to pay 6d per day for her rations for the voyage. Mrs White age 36 received medical treatment aboard the Hashemy also Ellen Meade (her sister) age 17 received medical treatment Ellen Mead married married Thomas Trott (Convict 11) at Bunbury in 1851. Ellen Trott died aged 69 in 1901, so born c 1832 her father is reported as James Meade. William White’s wife Julia applied for her sister Mary to be a migrant (WA Bicentennial Dictionary) |