Private William Close
(.1788....1853.)
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2nd Veterans Company Regiment of Foot :Newcastle 1826 - 1833
Born :
1788.
Where Born : Ripon,
Yorkshire
Occupation : Soldier
Regimental Number
:
Date Arrived :
September 1826.
Ship Arrived on : " Orpheus
"
Rank on Discharge : Private
Date of Enlistment : 1825
Where Enlisted : Chatham
Date of Discharge : 24th
July 1829
Where Discharged : Newcastle
Regiment Prior to
Royal Veterans: 7th Hussars as a
"sergeant of horse"
Died :
10th Oct 1853.
Where Died /
Buried :Armidale
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name : Frances/Fanny
JOHNSON
Date Married : 14
Jan 1836
Where Married : Maitland.
Born :
b. 1813
Where Born : Lincolnshire
Occupation : Kitchen Maid,
Country
Date Arrived : 6
Sep 1835 Age 22
Ship
Arrived on : "Mary
III"
Tried at Lancaster Quarterly Sessions on 2 Mar
1835, sentenced to 7 years.
Died : 22 Feb 1866
Where Died /
Buried : Blandford, Murrurundi,
NSW and was buried 24 feb in Haydonton, NSW.
Spouse's Parents :
- Descendants
Information supplied by Mari
Viertel mari@viertel.org
- Area Settled :
- Maitland area
-
- Children :
- 1 . Mary Ann CLOSE (b 1836......d ) married Jacob
MOULE (b........d.)
2 . Caroline CLOSE (b 1839......d ) married Robert ALLEN
(b........d.)
3 . Fanny CLOSE (b 1841......d ) married George WILLIAMS
(b........d.)
4 . William CLOSE (1844......d )
History
& Achievements :
- © Copyright B & M Chapman
(QLD) Australia
- Last revised: January 04, 2005.