Henry Edward Glanville

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Henry Edward Glanville was born on 20 March 1844 at Shoreditch, MDX, ENG; registered q3 1844 Shoreditch.
     He was baptized on 2 September 1849 at Felpham, SSX, ENG, parents named Henry Harris Glanville and Anne.
     He married Elizabeth (Surname Unknown) before 1892 but no marriage registration was found in England nor Wales.
     He died on 24 July 1892 at Hospital, Port Pirie, SA, AUS, (when age calculated as 48); cause of death : Plumbism.
Obituary:
Advertiser, 4 Aug 1892, page 4
On the 24th July, Henry Edward Glanville, beloved husband of Elizabeth Glanville, Port Pirie, aged 48 years, of lead poisoning.
     He was buried in July 1892 at Port Pirie, SA, AUS.

Other information

     Henry Edward Glanville immigrated in 1862 to the USA.
     Henry Edward Glanville immigrated after 1864 to SA, AUS.
     Henry Edward Glanville, son of English clerk, Henry Harrap Glanville, and his wife Ann (maiden name Brown) was born on March 20, 1844, at St. Saviour, Shoreditch, in the county of Middlesex, England. By the time of the 1851 census of the United Kingdom, he is shown as a young school boy, residing with his grandparents, Charles and Jane Brown, at the village of Felpham, in Sussex County, England.
In March of 1863 he sailed for America, arriving there in the very midst of the Civil War. On October 6, 1863, he enlisted in the United States Navy, at the Cherrie Street Naval Rendezvous, New York, and was immediately sent aboard the Receiving vessel, the North Carolina. After completion of his initial training aboard this vessel, he was sent aboard the USS Pembina, in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, where he remained until discharged from the service November 9^th, 1863, for re-enlistment in the United States Army. He enlisted in the 84^th Regiment, New York Volunteers (famously known as the 14^th New York State Militia, or 14^th Brooklyn), at Brooklyn, New York, on November 17^th, 1863, and joined company H of the regiment at Culpepper Court House, Virginia.
By an act of Congress, he was transferred back for service in the Navy, again, about the month of May, 1864, and was sent aboard the receiving vessel at Philadelphia, the Princeton, and then to the USS Saratoga, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. He was then transferred to the ironclad monitor USS Lehigh, operating in the waters off Charleston, South Carolina, and finally served on the James River before he was discharged at Philadelphia, in July of 1865.
Rejoining the United States Navy, after the war, he served on the China station, aboard the flagship, USS Colorado, and then on the USS Ashuelot, and was discharged at Yokohama, Japan, after three years service. Glanville then made his way to the colony of South Australia, where he was engaged in woodcutting. It was while he was employed in this occupation that a fire engulfed his hut, which destroyed his personal effects, including his military and naval documentation acquired from his Civil War and post war services.
On the 24^th of February, 1891, while a resident of the town of Port Pirie, in South Australia, Glanville filled out a statement, detailing his service in the United States, and requested copies of his discharge certificates through the United States Consul (another source records "in a letter to the United States consul in Melbourne, dated March 21, 1891, Glanville requests copies of his discharge papers, as his 'five' discharge papers and other effects were destroyed when his tent caught fire"). The statement includes a description of Henry Edward Glanville, indicating that he was a man of spare build, standing at five feet, seven and a half inches tall, of light complexion, and was stated, at that point in time, to be growing a full beard and moustache.
In July, 1892, Glanville was admitted to the Port Pirie Hospital, and died of plumbism on July 24, 1892, occupation recorded as labourer. He was buried, the next day, in the Port Pirie Cemetery; Common Protestant Section, lot 37, grave 8. According to Mr. David Evans, records/Administration Officer of the Port Pirie Regional Council, he was buried, and recorded, however, under the name of Henry Edward ‘Granville’; not Glanville as has been reported. There is also a headstone on the burial site with the name of ‘James Ramsay’ who was buried there on June 19, 1917 at the age of 42 years. Somewhere down the line they must have been relatives, as Port Pirie Cemetery does not reuse old graves. The lease on the gravesite is current until the year 2047.
U.S. Consul documents; birth certificate; death certificate;Original research of the late Roy Parker, Barry Crompton, Bob Simpson, Len Traynor and Terry Foenander; http://www.geocities.com/tfoenander/henryedwardglanville.htm; David Evans, Records/Administra[tion Officer of the Port Pirie Regional Council; New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912; Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Military Statistics of the State of New York, Albany: [The Bureau]., (C. Wendell), 1866; New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center, Saratoga Springs, NY; The Civil War Archive, Union Regimental Index, New York State; U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania]