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Personal data James Francis (Jas) Leary 

Sources 1, 2Sources 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Alternative names: Jacobi O'Leary, Jacobi Francisci O'Leary, Jas Leary
  • He was born in the year 1832 in Corfu, Kerkyra, Ionian Islands, Greece.Sources 1, 3
    1832-1834?
  • Profession: 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..
  • Resident in the year 1881: Westoe, Durham, England.Source 1
  • He died on October 14, 1882 in Royal Scotch Arms Hotel, Newgate St. Newcastle-on-Tyne Engla, he was 50 years old.
  • He is buried October 1882 in St Marys R C Church, Sunderland.
    Not confirmed though a James Leary is recorded as being buried there.
  • A child of Patrick LEARY and Mary ?

Household of James Francis (Jas) Leary

He is married to Agnes Maria Hackett.

They got married on May 2, 1867 at Queens Town, he was 35 years old.Sources 3, 6


Child(ren):

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


Notes about 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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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Francis (Jas) Leary

James ? LEARY
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Thomas Mahony
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Mary ?
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Mary ?
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James Francis (Jas) Leary
1832-1882

1867

Agnes Maria Hackett
1844-1881

Patrick Joseph O'Leary
1868-1934
Mary Ann O'Leary
1869-????
Thomas O'Leary
1872-????
James Joseph O'Leary
1874-1879
Francis O'Leary
1876-1877
Elizabeth O'Leary
1881-????

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    Sources

    1. 1881 England Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Class: RG11; Piece: 5009; Folio: 41; Page: 24; GSU roll: 1342206 / Ancestry.co.uk
    2. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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    4. UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949, Ancestry.com, WO 100; Piece: 38 / Ancestry.com
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    6. Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915, Ancestry.com, Catholic Parish Registers, The National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 04987 / 05 / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Day of marriage May 2, 1867

    • The temperature on May 2, 1867 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
    • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
      • March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
      • July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
      • October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
      • November 23 » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.
      • December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).

    Day of death October 14, 1882

    • The temperature on October 14, 1882 was about 7.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
      • May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
      • June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
      • July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
      • September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
      • September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
    

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