Private Michael
Barret (.1789.......1854..)
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Born :
c. 1789
Where Born : Military Records
PofB as Laughlin (? Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon, Ireland)
Occupation :
Labourer/Soldier/Sawyer
Date Arrived :
21st July 1824
Ship Arrived on :
“Phoenix”
Port Arrived :
Tasmania
Rank on Discharge : Private
Date of Army Enlistment :
8th September 1817, from desertion from ? 44th Regt.
Where Enlisted Army : Stirling,
Scotland
Regimental # :
Transferred to 63rd
West Suffolk of Foot in December 1929
Last Regiment
Served :
From 63rd Regt. In 1833
Regiment Enlisted from :
40th Regiment
Where Discharged : Hobart,
Tasmania
Died : 2 May 1854, at
home in Davey Street, Hobart @ 65 years
Where Died /
Buried :
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name :
Ellen (Eleanor) Rourk(e) or Rowan
Date Married :
Where Married :
Spouse's Parents :
Born :
c. 1789
Where Born : Ireland
Occupation : Soldier’s wife
Date Arrived :
Ship Arrived on :
Died :
Where Died /
Buried
Kingston, Tasmania
- Descendants
- Area Settled :
- Port Esperance, Dover, Huon River in Tasmania
- Children :
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Mary b. 1815, Ireland TBC
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Catherine b. 1816/7, Scotland
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John b. 1820/1, Manchester Eng., or
Templemore, Ire.
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Edward b. 1824, Unknown place
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Henry b. 1826, Georgetown, Tasmania
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George b. 1828, Hobart, Tasmania
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Johanna Elizabeth b. 1829, Hobart,
Tasmania
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Alexander Christopher Cornelius b.
1831, Hobart, Tasmania
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Christopher b. 1833, Hobart,
Tasmania
- History &
Achievements :
"Pheonix":
Sailed from Portsmouth 29th March 1824. Arrived Hobart 21st
July 1824. Lieutenant Butler, Ensign Floyer, 2 Drummers, 51 other ranks.1825/26
On duty in NSW and Port Dalrymple (Georgetown), Tasmania.In
1842 Michael was the licensed government sawyer at Cummins Bay, Huon River.
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