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| Name | WILSON – Alexander |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Marines Chatham Division 59th 81st and 37 Company |
| Regiment Number (s) | 5346 / 5829 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 28th May 1832 /26 Years 9 months/Chatham Kent England Brushmaker |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9½ in Dark / Hazel / Black / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Served onboard HM ships – 1832-1832 – Ocean 1835 -1839 – Russell 1840-1843 – Caledonia 1844-1845 – Eagle 1845-1846 – Vanguard 1846-1849 – Mutine 1849-1850 – Poictiers (This was a Depot ship at Chatham) At sea: 11 years 8 months 11 days On Shore: 9 years 4 months and 2 days |
| Length of Service | 21 Years 13 days- includes 2 years 11 days from his 1st enlistment 20 August 1827-19 July 1830 |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 12th July 1850 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1850 2nd Plymouth 1851 1st Edinburgh 1851 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | £15.4.0 per annum |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th July 1851 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MINDEN 14th October 1851 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1805 St. Cuthbert’s Edinburgh Scotland |
| 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 | RONALD Janet 1801 Edinburgh Scotland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 28 November 1826 Saint Cuthbert’s Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Jean/Jane B c1828 England Bp 10 August 1828 Chatham Kent England (Mother Jessie) M EPG CLARK George 16 February 1853 Fremantle WA M BROWN John 1857 Fremantle WA Mary Ann B c1834 England Bp 20 August 1834 Chatham Kent England M1 ENSOR Thomas (convict no. 76) marriage not registered Western Australia M2 ADAMS Thomas Richard Adams 9th Feb 1863 South Hackney England M3 HARPER Edward 1873 Fort William, Bengal India D 31 August 1902, Massachusetts, USA See further information regarding Mary Ann |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | RONALD William |
| 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 and Independent Journal Friday 5 January 1855 page 3 Theft of money from Mrs Wilson |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1857 aged 52 years Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 24 November 1870 Western Australia Bur East Perth Cemetery |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Previously served in Royal Marines between 20th August 1827 and 19th July 1830 2 years 334 days. Paying £20 to obtain discharge. 1851 Census 175 Canongate Midlothian Scotland Alexander Wilson/head/married/45/ Pensioner Royal Marines and brushmaker/ born Edinburgh Janet Wilson/ wife/married/50/ born Edinburgh Scotland Jane Wilson/daughter/22/ unmarried/ Dressmaker/ born England John Gorman in his Journal made the following observations regarding the Wilson family: “An investigation took place this morning to find out the man who entered the young women’s room. Wood, one of the sailors, confessed to it, he was then made a prisoner of; it appears that Mary Ann Wilson made the engagement with him; the man was handcuffed and placed in charge of the sentry this morning. The family of the Wilsons ever since they have been on board have caused more disturbance than all the rest put together and from personal observation the daughters are very light in their conduct, one is already enceinte [pregnant] and the other wished to bid face for it and yet the parents cannot or will not see their glaring faults, one of the married women sent to sleep in their room.” In 1852 both Alexander and Mary Ann were advised that there was unclaimed mail at the post office, in Mary Ann case there were 3 letters. 24 February 1863 the resident Magistrate Fremantle applied to the Colonial Secretary for out-door relief for the widow Wilson and her daughter also a widow. He stated she was 70 years of age and both her and her daughter were in poor health but did not want to go to the Poor House. Advised them to make an application for entry into the Poor House and then if they needed hospital treatment they would receive it. (SROWA CSR Cons 36 Vol 524/16) Mary Ann Wilson had 3 children by convict Thomas Ensor convict 76 per Hashemy 1850. Mary Ann returned to England without Thomas Ensor and baptised the three children Thomas, Harriet and Richard in Stoke Newington, London on 29 Aug 1858, Thomas described as a Clerk by Mary Ann. In February 1863 “spinster” Mary Ann Wilson married gunsmith Thomas Richard Adams in Hackney England, their first child Ernest was born 1864. They move to Queensland 1865 where two more children are born, Pauline 1868 and son Frederick (of uncertain parentage) 1870 as Richard Adams dies 1868. In August 1873 widowed Mary Ann Adams marries soldier Edward Harper at Fort William, Bengal, India. In 1881 Edward Harper a Chelsea Pensioner and wife Mary Ann live in Sheffield, England with her children Pauline and Ernest. Mary Ann emigrated to Massachusetts in 1892 with her daughter, Pauline. According to EPG John Gorman’s journal on the Minden, Mary Ann was pregnant when she left the Minden. In the 1901 USA census she records herself as having had 7 children but only 6 still alive. Thanks to descendant Sharon Davage for the above family history information. |