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Voyage
Transportation
Mark Holtam was transported on the Bengal Merchant, departing 27th Sep 1834 and arriving 30th Jan 1835 with 270 passengers.
Bengal Merchant (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 441 (222) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Aliases are added as genealogy records show a variety of spellings for surname, most common being Holton. Can confirm D Wong is correct, further records exists that link Mark Holtam / Holton to the Quarry accident. Mark was my GGG Grandfather.
Mark Holtam was 23 years old on arrival in NSW 1845: TOL Parramatta - Listed as Holsam 9/6/1849: CP Saturday 17/2/1849: Bathurst Advocate: DREADFUL ACCIDENT. --- FOURLIVES LOST.A fearful accident occurred about mid-day, on Friday, at the Pennant Hills Quarry, by which four persons lost their lives, and a fifth was so seriously injured that serious apprehensions are entertained respecting his recovery. It appears that as five quarrymen named Thomas Hardy, Mark Holtam, Thomas Gaffey, James Heley, and John Ford, were engaged at gravel, of several tons weight, and situate above seven feet where they working ; it suddenly slipped from the side and main body of the rock, and came upon them. All were knocked down and more or less covered by the stuff ; immediate assistance was rendered by the other men in the quarry, about thirty in number, and a very short time elapsed before the stuff was cleared from off them. Life was found to be extinct in Healy who presented a most fearful sight; he was barely recognisable, the body was completely crushed, every limb being broken, and the heart and viscera protruding through the throat and back of the neck. Hardy was also dead, but would seem to have been killed by a stone which had flown from off “the fall,” as he showed only a bruise or two. Holtam was found alive : one of his legs broken, as also the spinal bone, and some fractures on the skull. Ford was found to have sustained fracture of one leg and two compound fractures of the other. Messengers were immediately despatched to Parramatta for medical assistance, and Drs. Rutter and Robertson were in attendance in a very short time. Holtam being still alive, was sent into Parramatta, together with Gaffey, to the Hospital there, but the former expired within five minutes after arriving at that institution. Gaffey was up to yesterday alive, and apparently doing well ; but the nature of his injuries necessarily prevents any confident opinion being given as to his recovery. Inquests on the unfortunate men were subsequently held by Mr.Bethel Lyons, the district Coroner, when findings of accidental death were recorded. Is this the same man?? Holtam is not a common name and there are no other Holtam's listed as convicts. Is it possible that his CP was approved after his death? There are no listings for any Holtam's or Holsam's on the NSW BDM for either deaths, births or marriages.