Private Joseph Bilson (1792....1872.)
- Back to . . .Royal
New South Wales Veterans Regiment ,
Born :
9 . January . 1792
Where Born : Derby
Occupation : Soldier
Regimental Number
:
Date Arrived : 18 . August
1826
Ship Arrived on : "
John Barry"
Rank on Discharge : Private
Previous Service : :12th
Regiment
Date of Enlistment :12th
Regiment (Suffolk) as a Private.
Where Enlisted : England / Chatham
Date of Discharge :
12th Regiment pensioned on 27 Jan 1817
Enlisted Date: Royal Veterans 1st
detachment Co on 1 January 1826
Where Enlisted
Veterans:England / Chatham
Date of Discharge Veterans::24th
Nov. 1829
Where Discharged Veterans: Launceston Tasmania
CommentsArmy Discharge :
Died : 15th June 1872
Where Died /
Buried :
old C of E Cemetery,
Cypress St. Launceston Tasmania
Parents Names : James Bilson (b.......d.) m 23.
Sept .1776 Sarah Cockram (b.....d.)
Spouse's Name :
Mary Allen
Date Married :
29. June 1818
Where Married : St Alkmund Derby, Derby
England.
Born :
Circa 1798
Where Born :
Occupation :
Date Arrived : 26/8/1826
Ship Arrived on : "
John Barry"
Died : 10th October 1873
Where Died /
Buried : old C of E Cemetery,
Cypress St. Launceston Tasmania
Spouse's Parents :
Descendants
- Some information supplied by Kate (direct descendent) Hobart. Tas. tha91339
- Area Settled :
- Launceston Tasmania
- Children :
- 1 . Mary Ann 11 March 1819 in Samuel Storey 1835 in
Launceston.
2 . Ann b 1823... 1823
- 3 . Joseph, was born in Derby(b.3
April 1824 ....d. 1860 - PT
SORELL, Tasmania, Australia
[f] )
m Eliza Craig in Melbourne 1847
LAUNCESTON, Tasmania, Australia
( to ELIZA CRAIG )
- 4 . Elizabeth Bilson (b.1827 Hobart .....d. ) m 1847 -
LAUNCESTON, Tasmania, Australia ( to
WILLIAM SCOTT ) William Scott (b 1825 .....d.)
- 5. George Bilson (b.1829
Georgetown Tas.1829 d Victoria 1910
- 6 . Sarah Dinah Bilson
(b.1833 ....d.1901 Beaconsfield Tas
) .m 1853 -
LAUNCESTON, Tasmania, Australia ( to
WILLIAM ANNEAR )
- 7 . John b Launceston 1839 (never married) d Launceston 1923.
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History
& Achievements :
Private Joseph
Bilson began his military career as a member of an Unknown
Regiment. Joseph would have discharged in
England and enlisted in the Royal New South Wales Veterans Company Regiment (; service in Australia ; 1810 -
1823 & 1826 - 1833) arriving
in Australia as part of the Number 3 Company Royal Veterans of
Tasmania 1826 - 1833 .
These men arrived in Van Diemans land 26/8/1826 on the ship
" John Barry" It looks like he was married in Derby,
England, in 1818, went to Tasmania in 1818/19, returned to
England in 1824/25, and joined the Veterans Corp 8 December 1825,
arriving back in Tasmania on the ship John Barry, 26 August
1826.
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- References
- Family Members, Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters,
Cemetery Records, Church Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library
,Sydney Australia
- The information is intended for short Historical
value only,
- E- mail address
- © Copyright B & M Chapman (QLD) Australia
- Last revised: Friday, 29 May 2009 11:45:31