John GORMAN
1844 - 1921 (77 years)-
Name John GORMAN [1, 2] Born 1844 St Georges, Dublin, Ireland 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1911 24 Winchelsea Terrace, Dover, Kent, England Occupation: General Labourer Census 1901 17 Winchelsea Terrace, Dover, Kent, England Occupation: Harbour Contractors Diver's Attendant Census 1891 Joss Street, Dartmouth, Devon, England Occupation: Pension from Army Military & Maritime 23 Nov 1863 Dublin, Ireland Enlisted in the Royal Artillery, aged 19 Military & Maritime 21 May 1864 Bombay, India Arrived in India from Gravesend. Age: 20 Military & Maritime 9 Jul 1864 Gravesend, Kent, England Embarked for Bombay at Gravesend in the ship Agamemnon Age: 20 Residence 7 Oct 1864 Nepal [4] Stationed with 24th Brigade, Royal Artillery Residence 16 Mar 1868 Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, northern India [4] Stationed with 24th Brigade, Royal Artillery. Dharamshala was known as Bhagsu when John was stationed there. Residence 17 Feb 1869 Gwalior Fort, Madhya Pradesh, India [4] Stationed wth 24th Brigade, Royal Artillery Residence 25 Nov 1871 Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan [4] Stationed with 24th Brigade, Royal Artillery. This was part of British India when John was stationed here. Residence 23 Jan 1875 Fort Govindghar, Amritsar, India [4] Stationed with 23rd Brigade, Royal Artillery Residence 16 Mar 1877 St Thomas' Mount, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India [4] Stationed with 5th Brigade, Royal Artillery Residence 31 Dec 1877 Rangoon, Burma [4] Stationed with 8th Brigade, Royal Artillery Residence 21 Jan 1878 Rangoon, Burma Marriage to Ellen Nicholls Residence 19 Jun 1878 Rangoon, Burma Birth of son, James Gorman Residence 21 May 1881 Woolwich, London, England [4] Stationed with 8th Brigade, Royal Artillery Residence 2 Jun 1881 Dover Castle, Dover, Kent, England [4] Stationed with 1st Brigade, Cinque Ports Division, Royal Artillery Residence 10 Nov 1883 Dover Castle Barracks, Dover, Kent, England Birth of son, Patrick Gorman Residence 27 Mar 1884 Pembroke Dock, Dyfed, Wales [4] Stationed with 1st Brigade, Cinque Ports Division, Royal Artillery Military & Maritime 30 Dec 1884 Discharged from the Army. His pension was 12 pence per day for life from 31/12/1884 His pension number was 13225. Age: 40 Died 1921 Dover, Kent, England [5] Person ID I1324 WILLIS01 Last Modified 25 Apr 2021
Mother Mary GORMAN, b. Abt 1820 Family ID F3121 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ellen PYNE, b. 1845, Blackawton, Devon, England , d. 28 Mar 1917, 24 Winchelsea Terrace, Dover, Kent, England (Age ~ 71 years) Married 21 Jan 1878 Garrison Church, Rangoon, Burma [4, 6] Children 1. James GORMAN, b. 19 Jun 1878, Rangoon, Burma , d. 29 Dec 1889, 30 Clarendon Place, Dover, Kent, England (Age 11 years)+ 2. John GORMAN, b. 29 Aug 1880, Rangoon, Burma , d. 25 Mar 1917, 37 Victoria Street, Dover, Kent, England (Age 36 years)+ 3. Patrick Henry GORMAN, b. 10 Nov 1883, Dover Castle Barracks, Dover, Kent, England , d. 1970, Surrey North District, England (Age 86 years)Last Modified 17 Mar 2013 Family ID F233 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos 
Wedding of William Nicholls and Susannah Kingsnorth, Faversham 1895.
Histories 
Ellen Pyne - Matriarch & Military Wife
From rural Devon, Ellen Gorman went on to lead a remarkable life, demonstrating an indomitable strength of character and perseverance to push on through life despite the ‘slings and arrows’ that life threw at her.
Census Records 1891 - GORMAN, John & Ellen [PYNE/NICHOLLS] 1901 - GORMAN, John & Ellen [PYNE/NICHOLLS] 1911 - GORMAN, John & Ellen [PYNE/NICHOLLS]
1911 Census return for John & Ellen Gorman at 24 Winchelsea Terrace, Dover, Kent, England
Military & Maritime GORMAN, John - Pension Discharge papers
Obituaries GORMAN,Ellen: Funeral Report - Ellen Gorman (nee Nicholls, nee Pyme). Dover Express 06 April 1917
Portraits GORMAN, John (1844 - 1921)
Albums GORMAN, John - Attestation Papers - 23 Nov 1863 (10)
Attestation papers & Pension Discharge papers
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Notes - In the 1901 Census John(and his step-son, William Nicholls) list their occupation as 'Harbour Contractor's Diver's Attendant'.
It was the attendant's job to look after the diver he was engaged by, to assist him with the putting on of his elaborate equipment, watch him go down below the surface of the water in the diving bell, and then to stand by in readiness to deal with any signal made to him by the man who had vanished from his sight. Sometimes the diver made his descent from an anchored vessel, generally a ketch known as a 'diver's boat', and sometimes from the edge of a pier, or other structure overlooking the spot where work was being taken in hand.
Residence:
- The Medical Records in John's Attestation Papers note that from 18 - 25 May 1884 he was in hospital following a near-drowning in Pembroke Dock. The cause was listed as 'accident on duty'. Further enquiries have revealed that the moat around the fort at Pembroke never held water, so to get their weekly bath they went to the river. It appears some men got into problems, and on this day the water was running very fast and they had to be pulled out and taken to the hospital. However one died in the night.
- In the 1901 Census John(and his step-son, William Nicholls) list their occupation as 'Harbour Contractor's Diver's Attendant'.
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Sources - [S04] **1901 England Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 843; Folio: 8; Page: 8.
Name: John GormanBirth: abt 1845 in Dublin, IrelandDeath:
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1901&h=21608229&ti=0&indiv=try - [S05] **1891 England Census, Class: RG12; Piece: 1710; Folio 89; Page 8; GSU roll: 6096820.
Name: John GormanBirth Date: abt 1845Birth Place: St Mary, Dublin, IrelandResidence Date: 1891Residence Place: Dartmouth, Devon, England
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1891&h=3004654&ti=0&indiv=try - [S11] *England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - General Register Office. England a), Dover vol 2a page 131.
- [S229] Attestation Papers [Military].
- [S13] FreeBMD - Death Index: 1837-1983, http://www.freebmd.org.uk, Dover vol 2a page 131 (Reliability: 3).
- [S101] Families In British India Society [FIBIS], Transcription of Bengal Marriage Indexes 1874 - 1896.
- [S04] **1901 England Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 843; Folio: 8; Page: 8.
