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| Name | WHITEHOUSE – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 36th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 902 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 14th January 1832 / 19 years / Chippenham Wiltshire England Tailor |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fair / Brown / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | North America – 3 years 19 days Ionian Islands – 4 years 78 days |
| Length of Service | 21 years 53 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 22 November 1853 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Frome Somerset England |
| Pension Districts | 1853 Bath Somerset England 1855 Western Australia 1869 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th April 1855 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | ADELAIDE 18th July 1855 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1813 Frome Somerset England |
| 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 | KANE / CANE / KAIN Caroline Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 24th March 1856 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary Jane B Unknown William B 1857 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | KANE / CANE / KAIN William Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 25th July 1856 (Foss General Court Martial) Perth Gazette & Independent Journal of News & Politics 8th August 1856 page 4 Claim against Foss |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1869 to South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 5th August 1878 Portland Estate Adelaide South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index 1841 location St. John’s Brunswick, Canada 1851 location Corfu Ionian Island then to West Indies Discharge: Due to dyspnoea and debility Mrs Catherine Whitehouse ,wife of William Whitehouse 36th Regiment, gave evidence at the trial of Captain Foss that she had deposited £18 with Captain Foss for safe keeping, she had subsequently with drawn £3 leaving an amount owing of £15. It is possible William was a widower when he came to Western Australia as a William Whitehouse was the father of a Mary Jane Whitehouse born 26th February 1852, baptised 14th March 1852 at Frome in Somerset, the mother was Caroline. On 22nd July 1878 William Whitehouse was admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital where he died on 5th August 1878. At the time he was a married man, 65 years of age, a Roman Catholic, living at Portland Estate, born Somerset. He arrived in the Colony in the ship Adelaide and had been 23 years in the Colony |