Clare Genealogy: Family Histories - Donated material: Inhabitants of Scattery Island, Shannon Estuary, Co. Clare: 8.19 Appendix I: Family Databases: Soldiers 1831-1853

	Name	Birth.	Marriage	Death	Occupation	Comment and Sources Reference Grave No Census Age 1901/1911
Henry	Keevy				Master Gunner	First Master Gunner appointed to Scattery Battery, WO 54/222
			1831
Andrew	Wright			18/07/1831	Master Gunner	Died aged 64. Source, Kilrush Parish Register in Representative Church Library
						Braemor Road, Churchtown, Dublin 14.
			1837
George married Sylvia	Wright? ?				Bombardier	No Battery noted in Church of Ireland Register but Scattery nearest to Kilrush.
George		10/01/1837				Kilrush Parish Register (1804 -1841) in Representative Church Library, Dublin 14.
			1842-1843
Peter married Elizabeth	Fish? Thompson		03/04/1842 03/04/1842		Royal Artillery	Church of Ireland Register, Saint Columba's, Ennis Co Clare 1842 to 1990 See also www.familysearch.org Daughter of Master Gunner Scattery.
George married Margaret	Lumsden Thompson	c1818 c1822	11/03/1843 11/03/1843		Artillery	Church of Ireland Register, Saint Columba's, Ennis Co. Clare 1842 to 1990 See also www.familysearch.org Scattery Island. Daughter of Master Gunner Scattery.
			1845
George married Ellen	Day Day				Royal Marine	Church of Ireland Register, Saint Columba's, Ennis Co Clare 1842 to 1990 Register of Births 1842-1862, Marriages 1842 -1845 and Deaths 1842 to 1990.
John	Day	23/05/1845
Martha	Day	28/12/1846				Father now (28/12/1846) described as Artillery man
			1850
George W married Bridget Ann	Bloomfield McMahon	14/09/1828 c1832	17/07/1850 17/07/1850	01/03/1919 16/07/1880	Gunner	Based at Scattery Battery. Buried Liverpool (worldconnect.rootsweb.com) In Civil Registers Office Kilrush, Witnesses John Carey, Henry Taylor & H Carey. Buried Birkenhead (worldconnect.rootsweb.com)
Alice	Bloomfield	c1868
Annie Honora	Bloomfield	c1872				Born Wallasey, Liverpool (rootsweb.com)
Cath Corbett	Bloomfield	c1871				Born Wallasey, Liverpool (rootsweb.com)
Elizabeth	Bloomfield	c1864				Married Timothy Hanrahan, in a civil marriage. (worldconnect.rootsweb.com)
Ellen	Bloomfield	c1866				Married James Buckley Fitzgerald in Toxteth Park, Liverpool in 1888 (rootsweb.com)
George	Bloomfield	c1851				Born in Kilrush
Henry Austen	Bloomfield	23/03/1855		c1912		Born Leith Midlotian, Scotland. Died Wandsworth London (rootsweb.com)
Mary Ann	Bloomfield	c1853				Born Woolwich, Kent
Robert Edward	Bloomfield	c1874				Born Wallasey, Liverpool (rootsweb.com)
Susan	Bloomfield	c1860				Born Gibraltar (worldconnect.rootsweb.com)
William	Bloomfield	c1862				Born Wallasey, Liverpool (worldconnect.rootsweb.com)
Martin married Honor	Whelan Crotty		02/06/1850 02/06/1850		Soldier	Noted as at Scattery Battery on Kilrush Catholic Marriage Register Witnesses: James Caca? and Kate Kean ? Native of Scattery on Marriage Register.
			1851
Alexander	Fraser				Sergeant	WO 17 /1118 1851 (shows that:
John	Dougherty				Gunner	Lieutenant Haig was in command until August 1851 and Lt Davis to December.
David	Graham				Gunner	WO 10/2067 Scattery was manned by 6th Battalion commanded by Captain Smythe.
James	Domigan				Gunner	Which included Burcrana & Ballincollig)
Henry.	Ferguson				Gunner	Sergeant Fraser was probably the Master Gunner in charge of the seven gunners
Henry	Baker				Gunner
James	Roy				Gunner
John.	Clark				Gunner
M	Lumsden			31/05/1851		Church of Ireland Register, Saint Columba's, Ennis Co Clare 1842 to 1990
						Scattery stated as abode.
			1852
Alexander married Margaret	Lamb Lamb				Sergeant	Sergeant Royal Artillery Scattery
Margaret	Lamb	06/05/1852				Church of Ireland Register, Saint Columba's, Ennis Co Clare 1842 to 1990
Robert married Elizabeth	Thompson Thompson				Son of M/G	Son Of Master Gunner Scattery Island
Margaret	Thompson	07/09/1852				Church of Ireland Register, Saint Columba's, Ennis Co Clare 1842 to 1990
John	Thompson			N/D 1852	Mastergunner	Church of Ireland Register, Saint Columba's, Ennis Co Clare 1842 to 1990
						No exact month of death given (Nov/Dec?) 1852, but abode noted as Scattery.
			1853
James married Ellen	Nolan Scanlan		09/08/1853 09/08/1853		Soldier	Royal Artillery Scattery noted on marriage Register. Witnesses: William Fox and Pat Brennan. Native of Scattery on Marriage Register. (See first Scanlan family)