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Persoonlijke gegevens James Francis (Jas) Leary 

• Alternatieve namen: Jacobi O'Leary, Jacobi Francisci O'Leary, Jas Leary
• Hij is geboren in het jaar 1832 in Corfu, Kerkyra, Ionian Islands, Greece.Bronnen 1, 3

  1832-1834?

• Beroep: Corporal (230) in the 79th Highlanders during the Indian Mutiny. Sgt in the 2nd Bn 24th Foot (at time of marriage) Sergeant Instructor 3rd Durham Rifle Volunteers recorded on his death certificate..
• Woonachtig in het jaar 1881: Westoe, Durham, England.Bron 1
• Hij is overleden op 14 oktober 1882 in Royal Scotch Arms Hotel, Newgate St. Newcastle-on-Tyne Engla, hij was toen 50 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven oktober 1882 in St Marys R C Church, Sunderland.

  Not confirmed though a James Leary is recorded as being buried there.

• Een kind van Patrick LEARY en Mary ?

Gezin van James Francis (Jas) Leary

Hij is getrouwd met Agnes Maria Hackett.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 2 mei 1867 te Queens Town, hij was toen 35 jaar oud.Bronnen 3, 6

Kind(eren):

1. Patrick Joseph O'Leary  1868-1934 
2. Mary Ann O'Leary  1869-????
3. Thomas O'Leary  1872-????
4. James Joseph O'Leary  1874-1879
5. Francis O'Leary  1876-1877
6. Elizabeth O'Leary  1881-????

Notities over James Francis (Jas) Leary

James (Jas) Served in the Indies for 12 years. Discharged 1870. Indian Mutiny medal (Indian Mutiny was in 1857 - 58).
24th Regiment of Foot is now the Royal Regiment of Wales. When Jas served it was called the 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot.
In 1857, on the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny, it was part of the garrison of the Punjab. On 7 July that year, thirty-five soldiers of the regiment were killed by mutineers at their garrison in Jhelum. Among the dead was Captain Francis Spring, the eldest son of Colonel William Spring.[2] The regiment subsequently took part in the disarming of several units of the Bengal Army of the British East India Company and the pursuit of escaped mutineers,but was not involved in the major engagements of the subsequent war.
In 1858 the 2nd Battalion was re-formed at Sheffield.
In 1860 the 2nd Battalion was sent to the Mauritius where it spent 5 years, after which it left for Burma and then to the Andaman Islands in 1867. Two years later it was based on the Indian mainland. It returned home in 1872 and would remain there until war broke out in Southern Africa in 1878.
The 79th Regiment of Foot also known as The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1793. In 1961 it was merged with the Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs,The Duke of Albany's) to form the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons). The regiment's lineage is now continued by The Highlanders, 4th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

Birth Location is Cobh according to family papers though it is possible he was actually born in Corfu and there are records on the web that match the family.

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