The New South Wales Police Gazette from late 1850 carried a notice for the desertion of a soldier from the 11th regiment of Infantry. His details were as follows:
REPORT OF A DESERTER FROM THE 11TH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. DATED AT SYDNEY, THIS 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1850.
Man's Name: William Hughan
Age: 20 years and 10 months
Size: 5 feet 9 inches
Fresh complexion
Grey hair, dark brown eyes
Time of desertion:1 October, 1850
Place of desertion: Sydney NSW
Date of Enlistment:3 May, 1848
Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, West Derby.
Marks" W:H on right arm.
Trade: labourer
Jacket: regimental
Breeches or trousers: regimental
-W.K Bloomfield, Lt. Col 11th Regiment. "
There was no other mention of this William Hughan, so presumably he was returned to his Regiment without further drama.
From the Police Gazette information, we can see that this William was born c. late 1829-early 1830. He should therefore appear on the 1841 census return for either England or Scotland. I will be returning to do further investigation on this Hughan soldier in the near future.
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Margaret Hook, mother of Thomas Hughan's two daughters
At last... after years of pondering the mystery of who was the mother of Thomas Hughan's two natural daughters, Jane and Margaret, the a...
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Above: Portrait of Thomas Hughan of Airds acquired by me in 2008 from the National Portrait gallery, U.K. Details: Mr Hughan by Henry Bone, ... -
I would love to know who the mother of these two girls was, but I think that too long a time has passed and with no direct descendants of ei...
It is thrilling to have found your site! I visited the old Cults farmhouse (and Balhasie) in Scotland with my mother, Maggie, and tried to find the origins of the Hughan family there but ran into many dead-ends. There seems to be a lot more information available now---much of which you have printed here! We will have to get the old charts and notes out. Can you email me from this message? ---Marta again
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