BOVELL, James

(1837-29/06/1907)

James died in Fremantle. He arrived on 12/12/1863 on the Tartar. James married around 1868 to Mary (Margaret) Burnside (1843 - 11/11/1875). She died in Fremantle. Mary arrived on 05/08/1868 on the Palestine. James possibly married again to Elizabeth Fordham. James's children were Joseph (1873-), Alexander (1875 who died in infancy), John William (1878-), Benjamin (1881-) and Robert (1883-). James was a police constable in Bunbury, a Warden in York in 1873 and in Fremantle, he was a warden/night gatekeeper for the Convict Department. He had twelve years of service by 1876 with a salary of £107. He nominated a cousin, Thomas Spence of Antrim, as an assisted migrant.

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