Patrick Boulger

  Research Notes:

Name from Achievements to WCP Baldwin II.
Birth date added 12/17/08 from 1851 census. Chelsea pensioner in Hampshire born Ireland aged 39. Later ammeded from 1812 to 1811 reading the Achievements letter again. He was a corporal in the army.
Served in army for 20 years 166 days
Death date from service record but FreeBMD has death in Chelsea in March quarter aged 69
Shown as a butcher at the marriage of his daughter Mary Ann. There is a problem with his age of 52 when he should have been 60.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Army Record Boulger Sign Up: Patrick Boulger (696) 69th Reg foot, army joined, Private, 29 Apr 1829, Athlone. ¹⁴⁷² Received bounty of 3 pounds for signing.
Received 3 shillings 6 pence for attesting.

• Army Court trial 1830: Patrick Boulger tried by army court, 27 May 1830.

• Army Record Boulger Imprisoned: Patrick Boulger (696) 69th Reg foot, army Imprisoned 30 days +4, 27 May 1838.

• Army Record Boulger Deserted: Patrick Boulger (696) 69th Reg foot, army Deserted, 26 Aug 1840.

• Army Record Boulger apprehended: Patrick Boulger (696) 69th Reg foot, army Apprehended and confined 29th Aug, 27 Aug 1840.

• Army Court trial 1840: Patrick Boulger tried by army court. Sentenced 10 days solitary confinement, 8 Sep 1840. Aquited of desertion

• Army Boulger Solitary confinement: Patrick Boulger. Sentenced 10 days solitary confinement, 26 Sep 1840.

• Army Court trial 1843: Patrick Boulger tried by army court, 20 days solitaryconfinement, 16 Sep 1843. Confined 15th Sep 1843

• Army Record Boulger Good conduct: Patrick Boulger (696) 69th Reg foot, Good conduct, 14 Sep 1849.

• Army Record Boulger Discharge: Patrick Boulger (696) 69th Reg foot, army discharge, 4 Jan 1850. Classed as labourer. Served in army 20 years 166 days.
Abroad 12 years 7 months
West Indies. 7 years 1 month
British North America 3 years 6 months
Mediterranean 2 years 23 days
Discharge Chronic rheumatism, unfit to serve

• 1861 Census Bradford Boulger Patrick: Patrick Boulger Head widr aged 42 Chelsea Pensioner, born Ireland, Apr 1861, 66 Captain Street, Bradford, Yorks. ¹⁴⁷³

• Admitted to pension: Patrick Boulger admitted to pension, 1 Jan 1870.

• 1871 Census Chelsea Boulger Patrick: Patrick Boulger inmate widwr age 60 Chelsea pensioner born Ireland, Apr 1871, Her majesties royal hospital for pensioners, Chelsea, England.

Patrick married Jane Cole, daughter of Abbott Ellison Cole and Mary Ann Cole. (Jane Cole died in Dec 1854 in Alverstoke.)