ECCLESTON(E), William

(1810-13/04/1895)

He died in Boyanup. He arrived on 31/08/1853 on the Phoebe Dunbar as an Enrolled Pensioner Guard. William's wife, Mary Parsons (1826-26/11/1911), was from England. Their children were Elizabeth Ann (1853-) born at sea, William James (1854-1924) born in Fremantle, Ellen (1857-1944), John Thomas (1859-1863), Mary Ellen (1864-), James Henry (1862-1935) died in Boyanup, Charles Henry (1868-) and Sarah Ann (1870-) born in Perth. William was formerly a private of the 67th Regiment. He enlisted in 1828 and was discharged in 1850. William worked as a Fremantle guard and police constable in 1856, then as a farmer in the 1870s in Boyanup. He employed three ticket leave men from 1872 to 1873.

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