William GLANVILLE [11003]

  General Notes:

in November 2018 I discovered that John Elijah Jones (Howells) stated that he had a cousin living in Cottosloe Western Australia. His cousins name was given as Margretta Dore.

On researching Margretta Dore, I find that her father was William Glanville, an Army Officer who travelled widely. It is uncertain if William Glanville is the brother of Mary Glanville, but for the purposes of this exercise I have added them as siblings until proof or otherwise can be found as to the relationship of Margretta (Margaret) Dore and Michael Cronan and John E Jones (Howells).

No date of birth has yet been found for William Glanville, but his army records state he was born in St Andrews, Devon. He enlisted on 3 February 1831 in the 85th Regiment and transferred to the 47th on 2 May 1831. His occupation at enlistment was brush maker. William's regiment was stationed in Scotland, Ireland, Gibraltar, Malta, Barbados, St Kitts, and England during his time in the Army. He was discharged at his own request on 15th March 1849 in Limerick, Ireland with a gratuity of on years pay. In the last year of his service he was detached to move around the UK on recruitment duties in Cornwall, Devon, Truro, and Redruth.

He is supposed to have come to Australia on the ship the prison ship Pyrenees in 1851 as a warder, but I have not been able to find his name recorded on the manifests so far. Also on Board was his wife Sofia and the children. Sophia supposedly giving birth to William Pyrenees Glanville on 1 January 1851 on that ship.

After Sophia's death in about 1852 or 1853, William was said to have returned to England and re-enlisted and fought in the Crimean War, however I have so far found no evidence of that. All the children and step children remained in Western Australia and no record can be found of William's death in Australia, or elsewhere.

Some stories have it that William vanished in the West Indies, but again, I have no evidence of this.

Is this William when he is supposed to have re-enlisted on his return to England?
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7874491
Name Glanville, William Place of Birth: Plymouth, Devon Continuous Service...
Reference: ADM 139/259/25803
Description:
Name Glanville, William
Place of Birth: Plymouth, Devon
Continuous Service Number: 25803
Date of Volunteering: 01 October 1855
Date of Birth: 17 May 1822
Date: [1853-1872]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

I have found the death of a William Glanville, in 1890 (aged 68 years) who is a naval pensioner of Kingston, England. The certificate states that William died at the Royal Portsmouth and Gosport Hospital after being accidentally run over by a cart. His death is recorded as 26 November 1890. There was an inquest held into his death on 28th November 1890. If this is the correct William, it would make him only about 9 years old at his first enlistment (see transcript below), so it is possible it is not the correct person.

WO 12 5920
Sergeant William Glanville Regimental number 876 85/800 was discharged at his own request on 15 March 1849 in Limerick Ireland with a gratuity of one years pay, he was born at St Andrews Devon, he enlisted 3 February 1831 in 85th Regt. and transferred to 47th on 2 May 1831, his occupation at enlistment was brush maker.
WO 12 5902
Entry at time of transfer to 47th (2 May 1831) refers to a document 4.79 which I could not locate. This presumably explains his odd regimental number 876 for the 47th followed by the 85/800 which is number 800 in the 85th Regt. This odd mix followed him till his discharge. The Regt. was posted all over the place.
1827 Berhamporo, East India
On the 12 May 1831 William Glanville embarked on the Amphitude going to Edinburgh.
1832 Edinburgh
1832 Castleblaney Ireland
1833 Keady/Armagh Ireland
1834 Dublin
1835 Gibraltar
1836 Presumably in Malta as that is where Sophia married James Kellam
1838 Malta
1841 Malta
1842 Barbados
1842 St Kitts

1844 Presumably in England as he married Sophia (nee Gomez) in Daventry (Sophia must have followed the Regt. from St Kitts where William Duck left her a widow)
1845 Bolton England
1846 Charleville Ireland
1847 Glevasheew
Promotions/demotions.
WO 12 5907 Promoted to Corporal 21 January 1836
WO 12 5908 Demoted to Private 7 February 1837
WO 12 5914 On trial in Guard House at St Kitts for a Military Offence on 3 March 1842, sentenced to 13 days confinement on 6 March 1842.
WO 12 5916 Promoted to Corporal 26 August 1844
WO 12 5917 Promoted to Sergeant 24 March 1846
WO 12 5918 Detached to Charleville Ireland
In the last year or so of his service he was detached to move around the UK on recruitment duties (Cornwall, Devon, Truro, Redruth). From Ancestry.com via noellb_1 originally shared this on 31 Jan 2017

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence, Nov 1844, Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire, England. This event was shared with Sophia GOMEZ [11004].

William married Sophia GOMEZ [11004] [MRIN: 3640], daughter of Senor James GOMEZ [11788] and Unknown, on 26 Nov 1844 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England.⁸⁴⁰⁷ (Sophia GOMEZ [11004] was born in 1819 in Madrid, , Spain and died in 1853 in Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia.)