John (1st) HARTSHORN, born
John (1st)
John (1st) Hartshorn married/partner Miss Ann Ruse KISS
1. John (2nd) Hartshorn was born in 1828 in Parramatta, NSW.
2. Rebecca Hartshorn was born on the 27.5.1830 in NSW - (Ref- 40/1830 V183040 150) - . Her father was 37 years of age. She died on the 23.9.1911 aged 81 years.
3. Eliza Hartshorn was born in 1833.- (Ref- NSW BDM 139/1833 V1833139 18)
NAME STATUS CRIME COURT DATE SENTENCE
Hartshorn, John Convict Middlesex Gaol Delivery 13 January 1819 Life
Convicts on the transport ship Grenada - 1819
Convicts embarked – 152 male convicts
Convicts relanded while still in English waters - 0
Convicts who died on the voyage – 0
Sailed from England on 8 May 1819
Arrived in Sydney, New South Wales on 21 October 1819 - (Ref- https://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4SKPT_enAU445AU446&q=convict+john+hartshorn).
JOHN HARTSHORN - was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of December , three shirts, value 9 s.; three pair of drawers, value 5 s; eight pair of stockings, value 8 s., and one handkerchief, value 6 d., the goods of Frederick Waugh , from the person of Sarah Hedley .
SECOND COUNT, the same, only stating them to be the property of Robert Hedley .
SARAH HEDLEY. I am a laundress, On the 18th of December, about half-past nine o'clock at night, I was in High Street, St. Giles's , three doors on the other side of St. Giles's church, and had the articles stated in the indictment in a bundle. The prisoner stood at the end of Dudley Court. I saw him plainly by the light of the lamp before he took it. He came up the Court, and snatched the bundle from my arm. I called out Watch! ran after him, lost sight of him at the end of the Court, and did not see him until he was at the watch-house, but am sure he is the man.
JOHN FRENCH . I am a watchman, and heard the cry of Stop thief! in Dudley Court, and went towards the Court; the prisoner ran out, with several people pursuing him - I saw the things on the pavement in Denmark street. I passed them, and stopped him by the church - he lost one of his shoes in running. The prosecutrix came to the watch house in about ten minutes, saw the prisoner with four or five others, and picked him out herself.
JOHN STEEL . I am a watchman. I was standing opposite Dudley Court, in Crown Street, and saw the prisoner come down the Court with the bundle under his arm. I sprung my rattle and pursued. Somebody said, "It is only fun, don't pursue him." I saw him throw the bundle down in Denmark Street, I picked it up. I am sure the prisoner is the man that I saw with the bundle. (Property produced and sworn to.) - (Ref - https://mail.google.com/a/acnrep.com/#inbox/12da18940c020995) 20.1.2001).
John Hartshorn, one of 152 convicts transported on the Grenada, May 1819.
Crime: - Convicted at: Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term: Life
Ship: Grenada
Departure date: May, 1819
Arrival date*: 30th December, 1819
Place of arrival New South Wales
Passenger manifest Travelled with 151 other convicts. - (Ref- http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/hartshorn/john/79890).
Deaths for the given name John HARTSHORN in the years 1788 to 1982
V18351629 19/1835 HARTSHORN JOHN parents AGE 38
10891/1881 HARTSHORN JOHN H parents JOHN & CAROLINE in TUMUT
13854/1959 HARTSHORN JOHN ARTHUR parents ALBERT GEORGE & ELEANOR MAUDE in GUNDAGAI
5897/1918 HARTSHORN JOHN 9O YRS parents TUMUT in TUMUT
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HISTORICAL TUMUT.
[BY "WOMBAT."]
No. 5
MR ROBERTSON had as a partner a Mr Barrymore. He owned and resided in those promises known as " Comely Bank," now owned by Mrs J Nestor. Like many of our oldest identities, he has passed away from earthly scenes.
My readers will pardon me for here making an addenda to my previous remarks, with a view to bringing in some worthy identities previously overlooked. It will be considered how very difficult is my task when attempted in chronological sequence.
In 1841 a group of sturdy immigrants arrived in Sydney. Amongst them were the following married couples:-
Mr and Mrs Jas Brennan (who hailed from Limerick, parents of Messrs Edward, Martin and Lawrence Brennan and of Mrs N Porter),
Mr and Mrs Richard Brett (who were near neighbours, just across the border, in County Tipperary, parents of Richard Brett, Tumut), and
Mr and Mrs Denny Keefe and
Mr and Mrs Michael Quirk (Wagra). Leaving the ship, they faced at once the hardships and the dangers of the bush, and came up country to Darbalara, then owned by the Hon L F De Salis.
After some years spent there, having by persevering frugality and steady work amassed some capital, the late Mr James Brennan and, if I remember rightly,
Mr Richard Brett rented farms from Mr Archer Broughton, of Gocup,
the latter residing on the site of Mr Samuel Gordon's present smiling homestead.
When Sir John Robertson's Free-selection Bill became law, Mr James Brennan quickly availed himself of its privileges and, with rare foresight, took up land in the vicinity of Gocup, thus founding the well known Eurobin Estate, now under the management of Mr Edward Brennan.
Mr James Brennan, the father of the family, was a grand type of man. His shipmates were worthy men and women, who proved hardy pioneers and prospered, and whose progeny are all well known and respected to-day.
In 1811, Mr William Haydon (father of Messrs John and Robert Haydon, of Tumut and Argalong respectively) came to Tumut. He was the first wheelwright and undertaker, and carried on his business in the now de-funct town on the flat; and Mr William Eggleton was the first blacksmith.
(I desire here to correct errors in my previous history where I stated that Messrs F Foord and Thos Eggleton held senior priority in their respecttive callings.)
Prior to 1847, some other old identities who have long since "returned to dust" were
Henry Rockley (father of Mrs Alfred Harris,
Charles Lee (known locally as " Cockatoo Charlie") and
Bill Ward.
They assisted in building Foord and Anderson's old bridge in 1847.
The first mailman to these parts was Ned Holmes. He carried the mails from Gundagai to Tumut when the town was on the flat, and he used to herald his approach by the blowing of a horn to rouse the inhabitants to the arrival of the much-appreciated mail.
There were no banks or financial institutions in the district in those days; IOU's were the medium of exchange between the business people, and it is needless to say many were lost, destroyed or worn out in the pocket before presentation could be effected.
At this time races were held at the back of the present racecourse. The run was a straight one starting from the " Frenchman's Waterhole" -the one in the Bull Paddock- so called by reason of a Frenchman having driven his bullocks and dray into it, and the culmination turned out to be his watery grave.
The finish was in front of the only public house, owned by Mr Timothy O'Mara, a sturdy old Irishman, whose physique earned for him the aboriginal title of " Teddy Caborn" (big).
An accident occurred at the races which might have cost Bill Ward before mentioned his life. Though nobblers were 1s a glass, men usually got pretty merry at races. On this occasion a crowd attacked Ward and, getting him down, were kicking him unmercifully, when another old identity in the person of William Buckley sr. appeared on the scene and struck one of his assailants with a stone. They all left their victim and turned on "Buck," as he was called, who took to his heels and was chased towards the Tumut River which he plunged into and swam to the opposite bank, none daring to follow.
The building of the Queen's Arms Hotel, Mr John Madigan's, was effected in 1852,
the late Mr James Leonard Madden, returning from the Ovens goldfield, being the contractor.
The erection of the Woolpack Hotel, a partly wooden structure, was carried on about the sametime, O'Mara removing his public house from the flat.
David Crampton sr, father of Mr D Crampton, of Lacmalac, was the first baker in Tumut, and his cheery presence on the occasion of racing or other festivities will still be remembered by many residents;
his "Aunt Sally" and other devices for coaxing the nimble shilling created much merriment.
The site of the first bakery was about where Mr Robins' chemist's shop is in Wynyard st,
and the position of Eggleton's blacksmith's shop was between that and the Commercial Bank corner.
Mr Joseph Allatt was one of Tumut's earliest working blacksmiths, having worked for sometime onward from 1847 for Mr F Anderson near the old bridge, where Mr Abraham Anderson's residence stands on Bombowlee.
Leaving that employ, he secured the residence he still occupies in Capper St, and also the block alongside on which he started blacksmithing and wheel wrighting on his own account.
Mr Henry Moon has the credit of building the first flour mill, at Gilmore. It was situate in front of Whitman's Hotel, was driven by water power and was on the stone system.
About 1851 or thereabouts he built an hotel on the site of O'Dea's, and opened it as the Royal Hotel. It passed later into the hands of C Jones.
About this time Timothy O'Mara built and carried on a general store, where Caspersson's buildings are erected. He was also a wine and spirit merchant.
(To be continued.)