Click on images to view (if available) a larger image. Use your browser’s Back button to return to site.
Family History Jeremiah Woolhouse by Jennifer Edgar 2019
| Name | WOOLHOUSE – Jeremiah |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 70th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 804 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 15th January 1831 / 18 years / Ashton Lancashire England Farmers Servant |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7½ in Fresh / Hazel / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Gibraltar – 2 years 97 days Malta – 1 year 266 days West Indies – 3 years 70 days Canada – 2 years 24 days |
| Length of Service | 21 years 245 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 14th September 1852 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Wickesley near Rotherham Yorkshire England |
| Pension Districts | 1852 Sheffield 1852 Hull 1854-1861 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| 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 | c1813 Aston Wossup (??) Yorkshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 31st October 1813 Aston Yorkshire England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | WOOLHOUSE Jeremiah c1780 Yorkshire England |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | STEVENSON Elizabeth c1782 Yorkshire England 7th June 1803 Cathedral Church of St Peter and St. Paul Sheffield England |
| Siblings | Mary bap 25th March 1804 Yorkshire England| Sarah bap 23rd February 1806 Aston cum Aughton Yorkshire England George bap 14th June 1807 Aston Yorkshire England John bap 12th March 1809 Aston Yorkshire England Robert bap 12th March 1809 Aston Yorkshire England Joseph bap 2 June 1811 Aston Yorkshire England Ann bap 14th April 1816 Aston Yorkshire England Jane bap 6th September 1818 Maltby near Rotherham Yorkshire England William bap 28 September 1821 Stainton (near Tickhill) Yorkshire Martha bap 15th April 1827 Maltby near Rotherham Yorkshire England |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | OMARA or MARR Margaret c1828 Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | William B 14th January 1850 (Woodhouse) Bp 4th February 1850 St. Paul’s Brompton Chatham Kent England D 1856 Western Australia George Born c1851 died of Cholera in England Sarah Jane b Medway Kent England c 4th Qtr 1851 B 21st October 1851 Bp 7th November 1851 St. Paul’s Brompton Chatham Kent England M LOCKYER Alfred Brookes D 16 June 1921 Goomalling Western Australia Bur Northam Cemetery WA Thomas B c 1851 (age 3 on ship’s sick list) Margaret B 1853 Bp 19 June 1853 Myton Kingston upon Hull M GLASS Charles 5th May 1874 Northam Western Australia D 26 March 1929 Northam Western Australia Bur Northam Cemetery WA Elizabeth B 24th July 1855 Bibra Lake Western Australia M PERRIN William 1871 Northam Western Australia D August 1908 Northam Western Australia Bur Northam Cemetery WA (Not on register) Martha B 17th May 1857 Toodyay Western Australia M HITCHCOCK William 1877 Middle Swan Western Australia D August 1940 Northam Western Australia Bur Northam Cemetery WA (not on register) George James B c1860 Western Australia D 1861 Toodyay 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 | Margaret Woolhouse widow of Jeremiah Woolhouse assigned S5 Toodyay (Newcastle) 25th June 1868 of 3 acres 2 roods 33 perches Title application 30 June 1868 Title Deed 2599 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Northam Advertiser Wednesday 19 August 1908 page 3 Obituary Elizabeth Perrin Northam Courier Friday 24 June 1921 page 3 Obituary Sarah Lockyer The Weekly Gazette Friday 29 March 1929 page 3 Obituary of Margaret Glass The Avon Argus and Cunderdin-Meckering-Tammin Mail Saturday 24 August 1940 page 1 Obituary Martha Hitchcock |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1st December 1861 Newcastle Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Margaret Wilson died 7 November 1891 Northam Western Australia age 68 Buried York Cemetery WA |
| Will or Probate | Not yet known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Location West Indies and La Prairie Canada 1851 Location Chatham 1851 Census HO 107/1611/578/12 Brompton Barrier, Gillingham, Medway Kent England Jeremiah a serving soldier is living with his wife Margaret aged 23 born Ireland and their son one year old William who was born in Chatham Both Margaret aged 9 months and Thomas aged 3 had medical attention during the journey to Western Australia as did Mrs Woolhouse. Purchased Newcastle Lot S16 6 acres 1st December 1860 The town of Toodyay was originally named Newcastle and where used usually referred to the town we now call Toodyay In 1861 Jeremiah Woolhouse, David Gailey and Darby Connors successfully petitioned the governor for compensation for New Road cutting through their allotments. Margaret Woolhouse married WILSON John 27 February 1862 |