Alexander Bartholomew

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Background

Alexander Bartholomew was born on 22 May 1813 at Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland. He married Jean Shanks at they had six children. The family traveled to Australia on the fever ship Ticonderoga with two daughters dying during the journey. Bartholomew died on 22 January 1895 and was buried in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery.[1]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Bartholomew was a juror at the Eureka State Treason Trials. He was a jurer at the trial of Raffaello Carboni on 21 March 1855.[2]

Post 1854 Experiences

Alexander Bartholomew moved to Ballarat where he lived in Drummond Street, and worked as a carpenter. [3]

Obituary

Bartholomew.—On the 22nd ult., at his late residence, No. 7 Drummond-street, Ballarat, Alexander Bartholomew, late of Avonbridge, Scotland, in his 82nd year.[4]

See also

Raffaello Carboni

Treason Trials

Newsworthy

On the 11th December, by the Rev. T. Raston, at the residence of the bride's father, White Flat, Ballarat, James, second son of the late Robert Low, Esq., Fifeshire, Scotland, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Alexander Bartholomew, Esq., late of Stirlingshire, Scotland.[5]

Further Reading

References

  1. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  2. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  3. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  4. The Australasian, 2 February 1895.
  5. Ballarat Star, 12 December 1862.

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