Private Henry Belford
(c.1822.......1897)
- Back to . . .96th
Foot Manchester Regiment.
- Surnames of those
men in 99th Mounted Police
- Surnames of the11th
Born :
Circa 1822
Where :
Occupation : Soldier
Date Arrived :
Ship Arrived on :
Rank on Discharge : Private
Date of Enlistment :
Regimental #
:1330
Where Enlisted Army :
Last Regiment
Served : 11th Regiment
Regiment Enlisted from :
99th Regiment
Date Enlisted
Mounted Police
: 1 August
1846
Rank Mounted
Police
: Mounted Trooper/ Gold Guard
Date Discharge Mounted Police: August
1852
Regiment Re-Joined
: 99th Regiment
Date Discharged Army :
6 November 1852
Transfered :
Sydney Police 7 November
1852
Date
Discharged Police : to 3 March 1856.
Comments Regarding
Army Discharge : Joined 11th
Regiment
Where Discharged : Sydney
Died :
7 August 1897 aged 75
years
Where Died /
Buried : St
Stephen's Church of England Cemetery in Penrith.
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name : Lydia Kelly.
Born :
Where :
Occupation :
Date Arrived :
Ship Arrived on :
Died :
Where Died /
Buried :
Date Married :
9 November 1846
Where Married : Scots Presbyterian Church in Sydney
Spouse's Parents
Descendants :
Information supplied by Yvonne
Stubbs Stubbsyl@aol.com
- Children :
1 . Caroline Belford born on 12 February 1849 in Sydney
- Area Settled :
- Penrith
- History &
Achievements :
- NSW Police Historical Records show
that Henry was recruited from the 99th Regiment on 1
August 1846. Leaving the Regiment may have been
prompted by his falling in love with an Irish immigrant
girl, Lydia Kelly.
Henry and Lydia were married on 9 November 1846 in the
Scots Presbyterian Church in Sydney by James Fullerton, a
Presbyterian Minister. It appears from the
certificate that Henry was a member of the congregation
but that Lydia was not, although from her immigration
record we do know that she was a Protestant. The
witnesses to their marriage were Patrick and Sarah
Hannan.
In a telephone interview the Historian from the NSW
Police Public Relations unit informed me that there are
two surviving records for Henry Belford. In the
first entry Henry is a Mounted Trooper serving places
including Emu Plains, Bathurst and the Blue
Mountains. This record begins at his
recruitment date of 1 Aug 1846 and finishes in
1848. In the second entry Henry is a Sergeant in
the Gold Police serving at Bathurst and the Western
Districts. He also served on the Southern Road
Patrol between Goulburn and Sydney. These records
extend from 27 November 1852 to 3 March 1856.
We know that between these two periods Henry was still in
the police because when his daughter Caroline was born on
12 February 1849 in Sydney his occupation is recorded on
her baptism certificate as "Policeman"
(Reference #363 Vol: 50, 14 Mar 1849, NSW Registry of
Births, Deaths and Marriages). Henry could
have transferred to the Sydney Police. Until the
Police Regulation Act of March 1863 this was a separate
organization to the Mounted Police. Perhaps it
meant he would be around home more often than when
travelling in the Mounted Police. Caroline was
christened in the same Presbyterian Church where her
parents were married, by the same minister. Their
residence is listed as Sydney. Apart from Caroline, Henry
and Lydia had five other children, four males and one
female, but I have been unable to find any record of
them. The children were reported by Caroline on
Henry's death certificate.
After retiring from the police Henry became a farmer in
Penrith. They lived on the Richmond Road.
Henry died on 7 August 1897 aged 75 years of
"dropsy and senile decay", at Richmond Road,
Penrith. On his death certificate he is listed as
"retired soldier". He was buried on 10
August at St Stephen's Church of England Cemetery in
Penrith.
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(QLD) Australia
- Last revised: March 08, 2004.