Sergeant Etherington
William Joseph (1847.......1887.)
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of the 40th Regiment's Soldiers who stayed
Born :
16 May 1847
Where Born :
Bermondsey
England
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Sergeant
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Died :
1887
Where Died /
Buried :
Rotherhithe in Surrey England
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Spouse's Name :Elizabeth
PHILLIPS
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Date Married :1868
Where Married :
Bermondsey
England
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Descendants
Some information kindley supplied by Kerry
Farmer
kerry@austega.com
- Area Settled :
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- Children :
His children John Austin & Annie Maud ETHERINGTON,
born Lucknow India in 1873
Edith Alice ETHERINGTON b Dum Dum 1877
George Albert b Jellapahar, Darjeeling 1879
Ada Georgina born Rahikhet, Bengal 1881
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- History &
Achievements :
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William's father John
died just before he was born, and his mother died when William was aged 7
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- I've now
found that he came out to Melbourne in 1857, aged 9, with his brother,
sister-in-law & baby niece, so I guess it must have been possible for
him to join the regiment as a drummer here in Australia. Do you have
any idea how old/young a drummer boy could be? I'm not surprised that
the poor boy didn't want to go off to NZ to the Maori Wars.
- I know
that William married in Lonondon in 1868, had a son in Bradford in
1869, a son in Ireland in 1871, and then 5 kids in India between 1873
& 1881 - when I gather that the 40th joined with the 82nd to become
the 1st & 2nd battalions of the South Lancashire Regiment. What
started this process for me was trying to find out where William's 3
kids from 1882-1884 were born, so I guess that means some more
researching the regiment.
Then I lose him for some years, in which time he
had Mary (c 1882), Harry (c1883), Alice (c1884) & he is back in England,
at Southwark, for the birth of his son Harry in 1886.
The father, William Joseph ETHERINGTON died
at Rotherhithe in Surrey in 1887. So he himself wasn't a settler in
Australia, however some of his siblings were.
ETHERINGTON,
William J. Dmr 40th 13.6yrs, 4'7"; fresh complexion,
fair hair, blue eyes; born Middlesex; deserted at
Melbourne on 26.4.1860. Note - arrested 17.5.1860.
- 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,
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- Last revised: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 04:31:33