Private James Waller
(c.1787.........)
Born :
Circa 1787
Where Born : Manchester,
England
Occupation : Soldier ,
Date Arrived : 8
July 1826
Ship Arrived on : "
John Barry"
Rank attained :
Weaver / Private
Date of Enlistment
: Before 20 February 1826
Where Enlisted : England
Date of Discharge : 24 July
1829
Where Discharged : Sydney
Died :
Where Died /
Buried :
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name : Mary Dickenson
Born : Circa . 1790
Where Born : Manchester,
England
Occupation : Matron, Female
School of Industry, Sydney
Date Arrived : 8
July 1826
Ship Arrived on : "John
Barry "
Date
Married : 16
July 1807
Where Married: Manchester,
England
Died : 18 February
1868
Where Died /
Buried : Botany
Cemetery
Spouse's Parents :
Descendants
- Area Settled :
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- Children :
- 1 . James Waller (Junior) b.1819
....d.1871 m. Sarah Muddle 1853
2 . Martha Waller b. 1829 ....d.
1909 m. William Beaumont 1851
3 . Agnes Waller b.1832 .... d. 1900
m. Charles Muddle 1854
- History &
Achievements :
- James Waller enlisted in the 23rd Regiment of
Foot, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1805 at the age of 18.
He served with this famous regiment throughout the
Peninsular and Napoleonic Wars, seeing service in Spain,
Portugal, France and Belgium and was a participant in the
great Battle of Waterloo. He was discharged on 24
November 1818 and recommended to the Chelsea Hospital as
deserving a pension. Life outside the army was not for
James and he enlisted in the 5th Royal Veterans Battalion
the following year, serving for 2 years. He followed his
trade as a weaver before enlisting in the newly formed
NSW Royal Veterans Company and arrived with it
in 1826 on the "John Barry". He took an early
discharge, possibly disqualifying himself from the
promise of a land grant, to work as a messenger in the
office of the Colonial Secretary. In 1837 he entered the
service of Captain Lonsdale and travelled to the new
settlement of Port\ Phillip where he was briefly
appointed gaoler. He disappears from historical record in
a dispatch by Captain Lonsdale on 29th December, 1837
stating that "he has gone to Van Diemens Land."
All attempts to trace him have failed.
Shortly after arriving in NSW Mary Waller, his wife, was
engaged as Matron of the Female School of Industry, a
position she held for over 10 years. This was the first
charity in Australia wholly created and managed by women,
with a committee of socially prominent ladies, headed by
Mrs Darling, wife
of the Governor. The institution was dedicated to the
moral, religious and basic academic education of girls
whilst training them to become household servants.
James and Mary's three children all achieved a very high
level of
social and economic success.
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(QLD) Australia
- Last revised: December 01, 2004.