Charles Ottoway

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 10th February 2026

1854 - MARRIAGE PERMISSIONS Name: Donohue, Witty. Ship/free: Australasia Marriage to: Ottoway, Charles. Ship/free: Mount Stewart Elphinstone Permission date: 11 Jan 1854. CON52/1/7 Page 344 1854 - 7 Feb 1854. Marriage with Charles Ottaway approved. 1854 - MARRIAGE; Date of marriage: 27 Feb 1854 Donahue, Witty. Aged; 20 years old Spouse: Ottaway, Charles. Aged; 32 years old Registered: Hobart. RGD37/1/13 no 310 1855 - BIRTH OF Ottaway, Charles William. Father: Ottaway, Charles. Mother: Donohoe, Catherine ** Date of birth: 25 May 185. Registered: Hobart. RGD33/1/6/ no 88 1856 - Certificate. Herself. 5 May 1856. 1859 - BIRTH of Ottoway, Adelaide. Date of birth: 17 Jul 1859 Registered: Hobart. RGD32/1/4 no 5423 DIED; Date of death: 11 Sep 1859, Lower Collins Street. Cause of death; Hooping cough. RGD35/1/6 no 1696 1861 - BIRTH OF Ottaway, Stephen. Date of birth: 03 Feb 1861 Registered: New Norfolk. RGD33/1/39 no 1649 1864 - DEATH. Name: Ottoway, Charles General Hospital Hobart Ship: Mount Stewart Elphinstone Date of death: 19 Jul 1864. Accidently killed by a mass of stone falling on him. HSD145/1/1 July 1864

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Maureen Withey on 5th February 2022

Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-66$init=CON33-1-66p176 Charles Ottoway, Tried at C.C.Court, 19 Aug 1844, 10 years. Stated this offence, Picking pockets, Stg. Handkerchief, pr. Mr Brown, Fenchurch Street. For similar offence, 6 months. Trade, labourer. Age 28. married, native place, Maidstone.18.5.1840, T.L. Cert. Free. 26 Oct 1854, himself. -------------------------------------------------- Fatal Accident at The Quarries.—We regret to have to record an accident of a fatal character, which occurred at the quarry in the Queen's Domain, yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. One of the workmen named Charles Ottoway was engaged there at work, when the earth suddenly gave way, and falling, buried him alive. Without loss of time his fellow workmen set to work to remove the earth, and succeeded in doing so, but only to find the poor fellow literally crushed to death. The body was removed to the General Hospital to await a Coroner's inquiry. The unfortunate man leaves a wife and two young children. The Advertiser, Hobart, 19 July 1864. ----------------------------------------------------- The Late Fatal Accident at the Corporation Quarry. -An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the Exchange Hotel, before A. B. Jones, Esq, Coroner, and a jury consisting of Messrs. Wm. Robertson, John Curie, Wm. Snow, James Osborne, Ellis Williams, Thos. Jones, and Ezrah Willcombe, on view of the body of Charles Ottoway, whose death was announced in Tuesday's Mercury. Before entering upon the enquiry, the jury at the suggestion of the coroner, before viewing the body, proceeded to inspect the scene of the accident. It appeared from the evidence of Patrick Keogan, John Manion, George Kti, Dr. Turnloy, and some other witnesses, that the deceased, who was about 40 years of age, and had been for a considerable time in the employ of the contractor, had come by his death, as already stated in The Mercury, in consequence of a mass of earth and stone weighing some ten tons falling upon him, as he was engaged in his accustomed labor, and completely burying the unfortunate fellow beneath it. The deceased, it further appeared, was a very quiet, well conducted man, and we regret to add, as we have previously stated, that he leaves a wife and two children quite unprovided for. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the circumstances detailed in the evidence, adding the following rider:-The jury beg the coroner will call the attention of the authorities to the unsafe state of the quarry, arising from the improper way it has been worked, and to suggest that steps should be taken to prevent further loss of life, by compelling the contractors and others to adopt a correct system. The jury also wish to bring under notice the danger to persons passing across the Domain, through the want of a fence round the top of the quarry. The Mercury, Hobart, 21 July 1864.