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Henry Deery ²

  General Notes:

Queens Co. Ireland is now known as Co. Laois (pronounced LEESH)

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There is a conflicting birth date of 1801. ⁶ This date was calculated from his Service Record for the 83rd Regiment of Foot. (Royal Irish Rifles)

He served in the 83rd Regiment of Foot from 1816 to 1834. ⁶
83rd Regiment of Foot (1816-1834)
The 2nd Battalion was garrisoned in France until 1 June, when it left Bordeaux to return to England. It was then sent to Ireland in July 1814, with the depot rejoining them in November. The battalion transferred to Dublin in 1815, when all officers on active service were sent to join the 1st Battalion in South Africa, and then moved to detached duty in Armagh through 1816. It was finally disbanded in April 1817, with around 390 men posted to join the 1st Battalion, then under orders for garrison duty in Ceylon. 186 men were discharged, mostly wounded and unfit for further service.
Ceylon
In October 1817, the regiment, now reduced to a single battalion, was ordered from the Cape of Good Hope to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ) for garrison duty. While they were in transit, the Third Kandyan War broke out, and on arrival the 83rd was sent directly into the hills for active service. Over the year and a half of active duty, the regiment lost only twelve men to combat, but 121 to disease and illness; a further 91 died from long-term effects over the following year. The regiment was also reduced progressively in size, to 750 men in 1818, and under 650 in 1822
In early 1824 the 83rd was ordered to return to England, but after the Anglo-Burmese War broke out in March this order was cancelled, and it remained in Ceylon, though with an increased establishment of 850 men. Finally, in December 1825, it sailed for England; over the nine years in Ceylon, over five hundred men had died of illness. It arrived in England in May 1826, over twenty years since the original 1st Battalion had left for South Africa. Shortly after its arrival, the commanding officer retired, and was succeeded by Henry Dundas MP, a line officer in the regiment.
Canada
After a year in Glasgow, the regiment returned to Ireland, where it was dispersed among a number of stations for several years. In the winter of 1833-34, it concentrated in Dublin, and in February 1834 was ordered to Canada.
[Henry left the Regiment prior to deployment to Canada. This is contradicted in his Obituary some 40 years later.]

Source: Extract to cover period 1816-1834 from URL - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/83rd_28County_of_Dublin 29_Regiment_of_Foot> Accessed 9/11/2015

Henry's timeline
1819 13/1 - Enlist in 2^nd Battalion / 37^th Regiment of Foot as Private.⁽²⁾
1817 April - transfer to 1^st/37^th(2). (battalion was in Canada since 1814, did Henry go there?)
1818 1^st battalion / 83^rd Regiment of Foot sent to Ceylon. ⁽³⁾
1819 25/11 - transfer to 1^st/83^{rd (2)}
1823 27/6 - service record shows his transfer to East Indies (?Ceylon) ⁽²⁾
1825 1^st/83^rd returned from Ceylon
1826 24/2 - promoted to Corporal ⁽²⁾
1829 16/4 - promoted to Sergent. 18/5 - service record shows his return from East Indies.
1829 19/8 - demoted to Private. ⁽²⁾
1832 6/10 - promoted to Corporal ⁽²⁾
1833 28/7 - demoted to Private ⁽²⁾
1834 3/3 - discharged from the Army. [1^st/83^rd regt. of Foot sent to Canada]
(1)http ://search.findmypast.co.uk/record? d=gbm/wo97/925/879901
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He was present at the baptism of Caroline Deery Jun 25, 1835 Limerick City, Co. Limerick, Ireland. ⁷ Her sponsers were James Machale & Mary Hayes

He immigrated from England to Auckland, Waikato, New Zealand on Nov 26, 1847 ⁸ with his wife and 4 children. They were aboard the "Sir George Seymour" and left Gravesend, England on 12 August 1847 carrying 78 "Fencibles" pensioners, 63 Women and 114 Children. It was the fourth and largest of the ten ships, a barque at 867 tons and arrived in Auckland on 26 November 1847. There were 14 deaths during the journey, nine of which were children under 5 years of age. The last of the pensioners and their families dis-embarked on 16 December and followed the other families to Howick.

From the passenger list (Transcribed by Carol Whyte, Dec 2000)
NAME 1st name BORN DIED
Banan, John 1814 SCT - 1852 Howick
[Should have read Barron]
Banan, Elizabeth (nee Deery)
Banan, 3 children
Deery, Henry 1796 QNS IRE - 1879 Parnell
Deery, Catherine (Curtain) 1818 FRMY IRE - 1896 Parnell
Deery, 4 children

He served as a "Fencible" from Nov 27, 1847 to 1864 in Auckland, Waikato, New Zealand.¹

He was living at Howick, Auckland, New Zealand in Dec 16, 1847.

Fencibles village of Howick
This was the largest of the Fencible settlements. The village was called Howick after the third Earl Grey (1802-1894) who was formerly Viscount and Lord Howick. He had been largely responsible for the formation of the Fencible Corps. The settlers mainly arrived on the "Minerva", "Sir George Seymour", "Inchinnan" and the "Berwick Castle".

As with the Onehunga settlement, cottages were not ready for the settlers and two temporary sheds were built. They were 100 foot long, with earthen floors and leaked in heavy rain. Some moved into temporary native houses (raupoos) until their wooden cottages were built. By 22 December 1849 fifty-one cottages were completed and the remaining cottages for the 2nd and 3rd detachments were ready by May 1851. The first European building in Howick was All Saints Church of England church and the first service was held on Sunday 21 November 1847. The Sunday School started on 21 November 1847. The Roman Catholic Church was completed in 1848 and by 1851 there were 154 children enrolled at the two church schools.

The first shops where provisions could be bought were in the village hotels. Some pensioners also sold provisions from their cottages. There were also bake houses and a shoemaker. A General Store was opened in Wellington Street in 1851 and the Courthouse was in use before May 1851 that year. Most of the men were employed building roads, clearing the acre allotments, and helping with fencing, drainage and building bridges. Many took up the option of obtaining extra land. In 1849 thirty-one Fencibles held De-pasturing Licences and two years later that number had increased to forty-one. Holding a De-pasturing Licence allowed the men to vote for members of their first local government, who could then make decisions how the funds would be spent. Wardens were elected as in Onehunga.
In 1867 an anniversary dinner was held to commemorate the landing 20 years earlier. In 1897 a reunion was held which included a luncheon, a sports day, and a dinner and ball. At this time there were only 2 original Fencible settlers living in Howick.

Today there are many reminders of the Fencible influence in Howick including:
The Howick Historical Village in Bell's Road, Pakuranga contains a Fencible Village which presents life as it was for the Fencible families.

(Source - http://lesleysfamilytree.co.nz/royalnzfencibles.html - Accessed June 6, 2015)

Henry was living at Mechanics Bay Auckland, Waikato, New Zealand in Jun 20, 1853 ⁹

He was working as Government messenger in Auckland, Waikato, New Zealand on Jun 20, 1853 ⁹

Henry was granted a pension, the notice of which appeared in the Wellington Independent newspaper on Oct 3, 1867 in Wellington, New Zealand.

PENSION TO HENRY DEERY.
The House resolved itself into Committee to consider the report of the Committee on Petitions in the case of Henry Deery, recommending that provision be made for paying the sum of £26 per annum to the said Henry Deery. Mr HEAPHY said that Deery was an old Government servant, and that the small pension named would be only a recognition of his seventeen or eighteen years' service.
Mr H. A. Atkinson would not oppose the proposal to grant the small pension, though he did not consider it could not be claimed as a right. The report of the Committee was then adopted, and the House resumed.

(Source - Papers Past - Wellington Independent - 3 October 1867
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspasta=d&d=WI18671003.2.20.3&cl=&srpos=0&e=-------10--1----0--&st=1 Accessed 6/6/2015)

Henry Deery's Death Notice appeared in the New Zealand Herald, Aug 6, 1879, Auckland, Waikato, New Zealand.¹ ¹⁰
DEATH OF MR. HENRY DEERY.
One by one the old settlers of this province are passing away, and in our obituary columns to-day the death of one of them, Mr. Henry Deery, of Parnell, is recorded. Mr. Deery arrived here with his family in the year 1847. Previous to this he had served in the 83rd Regiment, in which he held rank as sergeant for a period of 21 years. He was with his regiment in India and Canada for a considerable period in each place. During his service in Ireland he married Miss Catherine Curtain in the City of Limerick, and after his term of service had expired, he emigrated to the then new colony of New Zealand with his family, arriving in Auckland in 1847. His certificates and grade at once procured for him employment under the Government of Sir George Grey. He obtained the appointment of messenger in the Surveyor-General's office, and held this appointment for 17 years, with credit to himself and satisfaction to the office. His age and long service were then sufficient to entitle him to a pension, which he has since enjoyed, together with his pension from the Imperial service. Mr. Deery has latterly led a very retired life with his family in Cracroft-street, Parnell, where he expired yesterday morning, at half-past eight o'clock, in the 83rd year of his age; He will be interred on Thursday, at half-past 2 o'clock, at the Roman Catholic cemetery. Mr. Deery leaves to mourn their loss his wife, four sons, and three daughters, all grown up, and the three latter married. During his lifetime he made for himself a large number of friends. He was always willing to aid by his counsel, and in other ways, too, the progress of his acquaintances, and although his own disposition was retiring and unassuming, he was able to exercise an influence which was frequently perceptible. In addition to his family and immediate connections, a large circle of acquaintances will mourn the death of Mr. Henry Deery.

He was buried along with his wife Catherine and his son David on Aug 9, 1879 in Symonds St Cemetery, Auckland New Zealand. ¹¹ But in the early 1960s the Roman Catholic and Anglican section of the cemetery was resumed for the construction of the Auckland Southern Motorway. More than 4,100 bodies were moved and re-interred into two memorial sites at the cemetery, and the land area was reduced by about a quarter. During the relocation, 2000 graves were found under 1200 headstones in the Anglican section, and 2100 graves under 400 headstones were found in the Catholic section.
None of the original headstones were retained.
(Source - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symonds_Street_Cemetery Accessed November 10, 2015)

Cemetery Records - Symonds Street
Abstract
According to the late 1950's tombstone transcriptions Henry Deery died 5 August 1879 aged 83 years, David Deery died 25 September 1880 aged 34 years and Catherine Deery died 8 April 1896 aged 78 years. The tombstone was originally erected by Catherine Deery and a son. The St Patrick's register has Henry Deary buried 9 August 1879 aged 85 years of Parnell. The Death certificate index for 1896 has Catherine Deery (No. 597). The New Zealand Herald of 9\\\\4\\\\1896 has Catherine Deery died 8 April 1896 aged 78 years, relict of Henry Deery, and buried 10 April 1896 in Symonds Street Cemetery.
Subjects
Deery, Henry, d.1879; Deery, David, d.1880; Deery, Catherine, d.1896; Deery, -
Symonds Street Cemetery
Notes: The list of Catholic removed graves has Henry, David and Catherine.

(Source - http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/symondsst/sscem.html [search "DEERY'] Accessed November 10, 2015.)

Henry married Unknown Not Recorded about 1814. (Unknown Not Recorded was born est 1795 and died before Jun 1833.)

Henry next married Catherine Curtin, daughter of David Curtin and Margaret Stack, on Jun 30, 1833 in Limerick City, Ireland.¹ (Catherine Curtin was born about 1818 in Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland,^{12 13} died on Apr 8, 1896 in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand ^{14 15} and was buried on Apr 10, 1896 in Auckland, Waikato, New Zealand ⁵.). The cause of her death was senile decay and syncopé (Hypotension or low blood pressure).