Private Andrew Peagan (c.1809.......1860.)

Born : ca 1809

Where Born : Kilmannon, near Maryborough Queens County, Ireland

Occupation : Soldier

Date Arrived : Sydney October 1833 Oct 1833 then Hobart , Tasmania 10 October 1833

Ship Arrived on : " Lord Lyndoch "

Rank on Discharge : Private

Date of Enlistment : 7 June 1827 (age 18 years)

Where Enlisted :

Transferred to 51^st Regiment of Foot 1 October 1838 31 July 1846

Transferred to 11^th Regiment of Foot 1 August 1846 to 31 July 1848

Transferred to 99^th Regiment of Foot 1 August 1848 to 31 January 1850

Date of Discharge :1 February 1850

Where Discharged : Hobart, Tasmania

Died : 1860

Where Died / Buried : Beechworth, Victoria,

Parents Names :

Spouse's Name : Margaret (Delaney)

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Where Born :

Date married :6 June 1831

Where Married :

Occupation :

Date Arrived : Sydney October 1833 Oct 1833 then Hobart , Tasmania 10 October 1833

Ship Arrived on : " Lord Lyndoch "

Died : 29 June 1885

Where Died / Buried : Tasmania

Area Settled :

Children :
1 . James Joseph Pagan (bca 1832 .........d)his descendant is in New Zealand
2 . Richard born Hobart 1834 became a well known shipwright and hotelier in the Balmain and then Forster area. He married a Mary Anne (Minnie) Low
3 . John born Hobart 1837 John lost his wife and daughter in 1860 – got on the wrong path with the Clarke Gang spent some time in prison but was then sequestered as a Special Constable to apprehend that gang and was shot and is buried at Braidwood. He had one surviving daughter who was reared in Tasmania
4 . Andrew Barnabas born Hobart 1839 He died at 29 but his children have descendants in Cowra, NSW.
History & Achievements :
Margaret died Tasmania 29 June 1885 after having remarried a George Batterson (Battison) in 1862

E- mail address
bmchapman@iprimus.com.au
Last revised: January 30, 2004.