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| Inhabitants of Scattery Island, Shannon Estuary, Co. Clare by Senan Scanlan |
| 8.20 Appendix I: Family Databases: Soldiers 1855-1890 Soldiers 1855-1890 Royal Artillery soldiers were stationed on Scattery Battery (Fort) from 1814 to 1891. Extensive searches in The National Archives only yielded the following information. It appears that the Brigade was mainly reported on as one unit covering a number of Batteries with individual names but without exact locations. WO = War Office. From about 1860 a Coast Brigade was formed specifically to man the Batteries. WO 17/1123 1861 In January there were 7 men, (5 Episcopalians, 1 Presbyterian &1 RC. In February Lt Ryde was in command he had 30 men (28 E and 2 RC). In March there were only 3 men all (E). In April there were 4 E & 1 RC, WO 10/2820 1861 Scattery is listed under Limerick with only Thomas Drought listed. However Spike Island, Tarbert, Dunaha, Carrig Island, Charles Fort & Duncannon Fort are all listed as served by the 8th Division and 58 soldiers are listed without location. |
| Name | Birth. | Marriage | Death | Occupation | Comment and Sources Reference Grave No Census Age 1901/1911 | |
| 1855-1862 | ||||||
| William married Sophia Harriet |
Smeadley Smeadley |
Private Rank | WO 10/2820. No 883 (Gunner) | |||
| Samuel | Smeadley | 14/02/1857 | Church of Ireland Register, Saint Columba's, Ennis Co Clare 1842 to 1990 | |||
| Thomas married Jane |
Drought Mahony |
Master Gunner | Master Gunner No 341 3rd Class (worldconnect.rootsweb.com)
Coast Brigade, Royal Artillery, based on Scattery in 1860, Ref TNA WO 10/2818 (worldconnect.rootsweb.com) |
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| Frederick | Drought | 02/03/1856 | Sponsors John Mahony & ? | |||
| Henry Patrick | Drought | 27/04/1858 | 04/04/1917 | (worldconnect.rootsweb.com) | ||
| Jane Frances | Drought | 26/07/1862 | Sponsors Thomas Drought and J Maloney. | |||
| Joseph | Drought | 16/11/1859 | Sponsors Patrick McGrath & Alice McGrath. | |||
| John married Jane |
Williamson Williamson |
Gunner R.A | WO 10/2820. No 670 |
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| James | Williamson | 01/12/1859 | Father now described as Bombardier Royal Artillery. | |||
| Marianne | Williamson | 01/02/1857 | Church of Ireland Register, Saint Columba's, Ennis Co Clare 1842 to 1990 | |||
| Pat | Kean | Bombardier | No 524 WO 10/2820 (Sponsor for Simon Pendy 18/04/1858) | |||
| Mark | Buckingham | 27/12/1857 | Royal Artillery | Church of Ireland Register, Saint Columba's, Ennis Co Clare 1842 to 1990 | ||
| Andrew | McMaster | 19/02/1859 | Gunner R.A | Church of Ireland Register, Saint Columba's, Ennis Co Clare 1842 to 1990 | ||
| Stephen married Catherine |
Trowell McMahon |
c1832 c1837 |
18/02/1891 |
Sergeant | Based at Scattery Battery .Army Pensioner
in 1881 British Census. No 709 Gunner in 1861 Ref TNA WO 10/2818 Buried St Bede’s R.C Church. in South Shields, Durham. UK |
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| Austin | Trowell | c1877 | Born in South Shields, Durham, England. (www.familysearch.org) | |||
| Elizabeth | Trowell | c1858 | Born in Limerick | |||
| Louisa | Trowell | 02/03/1860 | Dressmaker | Sponsors Austin McMahon & May Keane (www.familysearch.org) | ||
| Nora A | Trowell | c1879 | Born in South Shields, Durham, England (www.familysearch.org) | |||
| Sarah A | Trowell | c1871 | Born in South Shields, Durham, England (www.familysearch.org) | |||
| Stephen | Trowell | 19/01/1862 | Accountant | Sponsors Tim Moran & Catherine Lyons (www.familysearch.org) | ||
| William | Trowell | c1866 | Seaman | Born in Wicklow Engineer in British 1881 Census.) (www.familysearch.org) | ||
| Thomas married Mary |
Pendy Quinlivan |
Soldier? | Sponsors Pat Kean & Mary O'Neill. Kilrush Parish Register. |
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| Simon | Pendy | 18/04/1858 | Patrick Kean (Sponsor), Bombardier No 524 was at Scattery in 1861. WO10/2820 | |||
| Joseph married Margaret |
Blackware Beaty |
Soldier? | Thomas Drought (Sponsor) was the Master
Gunner at Scattery in 1861 |
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| Robert Patrick | Blackware | 02/11/1862 | Sponsors Thomas Drought & Elizabeth Beaty. | |||
| 1863-1867 | Thom's Directory for 1865 states that Clare in within the Cork or South Western | |||||
| Military District. | ||||||
| Michael | O'Reilly | 23/06/1863 | Gunner | Royal Artillery (Occupation noted on Register for marriage) | ||
| married | Witnesses Felix Brennan and Honora O'Gorman (In WO 10/2820 No 910 as Reilly) | |||||
| Bridget | Tuohey | Bridget noted as native of Scattery? | ||||
| William married Johanna |
Taylor McMahon |
c1867 | Bombardier | Source: From Birth Certificate for Robert
Austin born 25/03/1867. Note William Taylor listed as deceased on this
Birth Certificate. Johanna 1st marriage? Second marriage to Peter Anderson. |
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| Mary Anne | Taylor | 28/08/1864 | Sponsors Michael McMahon & Johanna Moran. (www.familysearch.org) | |||
| Robert Austin | Taylor | 25/03/1867 | Sponsors John Gorman & Ellen Connor. (www.familysearch.org) | |||
| George married Mary |
Gasboy Kelly |
Soldier | Royal Artillery (Occupation noted on Register
for birth of Frederia as R.A.) |
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| Frederia Martina | Gasboy | 16/10/1866 | Sponsors John Kelly & Mary? | |||
| Matthew married ? |
MacKinder Sullivan |
Soldier | Royal Artillery (Occupation noted on Register
for birth of Mary as R.A.) |
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| Mary | MacKinder | 20/10/1866 | Sponsors Austin McMahon & Mary? | |||
| Henry married Bridget |
O'Gorman McInerney |
Soldier | Royal Artillery (Occupation noted on Register
for birth of Mary Jane as R.A.) |
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| Mary Jane | O'Gorman | 27/09/1866 | ? O'Loughlin & Elizabeth O'Gorman. | |||
| 1871 | ||||||
| James | Enser | No 853 | Corporal | (WO 73/12 1871 Listed as Coast Brigade but in fact 13th Brigade 8th Battery at Scattery | ||
| James | Currie | No 1006 | Gunner | There were 12 men and no officership. In May it became 17th Brigade 6th Battery with | ||
| James | McLaughlin | No 1217 | Gunner | 13 men. WO 10/2719 listed these men as stationed at Scattery Island.). | ||
| John | Wallace | No 521 | Gunner | |||
| John | Nunn | No 1632 | Gunner | |||
| Edward | Percival | No 1759 | Gunner | |||
| William | Stevens | No 620 | Gunner | |||
| Henry | Berry | No 919 | Gunner | |||
| John | Lovett | No 1903 | Gunner | |||
| George | Poulter | No 1906 | Gunner | |||
| Francis | Dwyer | No 832 | Gunner | |||
| James | O'Dwyer | No 1591 | Gunner | |||
| Thomas | Roberts | No 1287 | Gunner | |||
| James married M |
O'Dwyer O'Brien |
No 1591 | 19/07/1871 19/07/1871 |
Gunner | 17th Battery Royal Artillery Scattery on
Kilrush Catholic Parish Register. Witness John Nunn (Gunner No 1632) |
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| 1872 | ||||||
| William married Abigail |
Whiston Connolly |
Gunner | Gunner Royal Artillery, occupation from
Birth Cert for Maryanne born 02/11/1872. |
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| Maryanne | Whiston | 02/11/1872 | Sponsors? James & Johanna Hanrahan (www.familysearch.org) | |||
| 1873 | ||||||
| Michael married Bridget |
Kelly McNamara |
02/10/1873 02/10/1873 |
Gunner | Gunner Royal Artillery noted on Marriage
Register. Witnesses: Denis McNamara and Mary Cunningham. |
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| 1875 | ||||||
| Frederick A married Catherine |
Buckingham Courtney |
05/09/1875 05/09/1875 |
Soldier | Royal Artillery Scattery noted on marriage
Register. Witnesses Thomas Mahony and Mary Browne. Native of Kilrush |
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| Stephen married Mary |
Hawkins Walsh |
04/07/1875 04/07/1875 |
Soldier | Royal Artillery noted on marriage Register.
(Scattery was the only Battery operating near Kilrush in 1875 )? Witnesses: Michael Griffin and Bridget Flanagan. |
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| 1877 | ||||||
| William | Cooper | No 1952 | Gunner | WO 10/2708 Listed only 2 men at Scattery Fort. | ||
| John | Driver | No 1954 | Gunner | |||
| Patrick married Mary Jane |
Neill Annett |
1876-1879 | Master Gunner | Source: Occupation from Birth Certificate
for Harriett Alice Matilda born 04/04/1878. |
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| Albert Patrick | Neill | 01/10/1876 | Sponsor James O'Connor (www.familysearch.org) | |||
| Alice Matilda | Neill | 04/04/1878 | Sponsors Michael Neill & May Moran. | |||
| Alfred Daniel | Neill | 11/06/1879 | Sponsors Patrick Moran & Catherine Edwards. | |||
| George | Swanson | No 989 | 1881? | Master Gunner | WO 73/22 1881 There were no officers and 7 men increased to 8 in May the musters | |
| do not give any locations. | ||||||
| Swanson was a Master Gunner. No 939 Gunner in 1860 Ref TNA WO 10/2818 | ||||||
| Not sure of date that Swanson served on Scattery? (Oral family information) | ||||||
| Thomas married Bridget |
McGowan McCarthy |
22/01/1860 |
Gunner | McGowan was a gunner and served on Scattery
Fort. His sons William and Joseph also joined the British Army and retired to Kilrush. Sponsors Andrew Kelly & May Faul. Surname 'Carthy'. |
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| Joseph | McGowan | |||||
| William | McGowan | |||||
| 1890 | ||||||
| William married Mary |
Pennington Hehir |
19/08/1872 |
Gunner | Kilrush Catholic Parish Register for Births,
Marriages and Deaths 1881 to 1905. (Occupation from copy Birth certificate for Honora named Mary Jane on cert ) (See Hehir) |
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| Honora | Pennington | 19/03/1890 | Sponsor Mary Casey. Kilrush Catholic Parish Register. |
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